Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails, CBS News Report Claims
Source: Huffington Post
One day after The White House released 100 pages of Benghazi emails, a report has surfaced alleging that Republicans released a set with altered text.
CBS News reported Thursday that leaked versions sent out by the GOP last Friday had visible differences than Wednesday's official batch. Two correspondences that were singled out in the report came from National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes and State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
The GOP version of Rhodes' comment, according to CBS News: "We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don't want to undermine the FBI investigation."
The White House email: "We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation."
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/republicans-benghazi-emails_n_3289428.html
Wow...
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)whoever altered them needs to be jailed
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)SDjack
(1,448 posts)gateley
(62,683 posts)Volaris
(10,269 posts)see what the GOP were doing was TRANSLATING all of Obama's big, Harvard liberal WORDS, in order to make it easier for all us good CONServatives to actually UNDERSTAND the cover-up taking place before our very eyes. And that's not illegal, because of how Patriotic it all is (kind of like Torture). God, you Liberals are sooooooo dumb. Don't you KNOW that every time you project this way, you give yourselves away for the true fools you really are? No wonder CONServatives enjoy such broad support among America's Electorate...
If I need a sarcasm tag, you are likely in the wrong corner of the intertubes.
Kingofalldems
(38,444 posts)redress for this outrage.
rightsideout
(978 posts)After the way they went after Clinton (both Clintons) and now Obama I want the Rethuglicans to fall flat on their face. I want their BS to come back and bite them.
Baitball Blogger
(46,699 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Those Republicans responsible for altering official documents should either be prosecuted for offering the false reports or resign.........the heft of the partisian beat is going to come crushing down on the necks of those responsible. Its unethical and I'll go as far as saying treasonist.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)Any thing done is done by underlings who we all know can "make mistakes"...and even if they get fired they will somehow get a better job somewhere else making more money...they take care of their people when they have to fall on the sword.
NBachers
(17,098 posts)meow2u3
(24,761 posts)Whoever altered the Benghazi emails ought to be convicted, expelled from Congress, and jailed for a long time. We have to make an example of those criminal repunks.
deminks
(11,014 posts)Inquiring minds want to know.
Botany
(70,489 posts)Deny and Shred
(1,061 posts)will we get a 6 month 24/7 tv/radio echo chamber screaming "Benghazi scandal was BS"?? Of course not! Liberal Media my hindquarters!
mountain grammy
(26,614 posts)Dirty tricks are their specialty, but the problem with dirty tricks is sometimes they backfire.
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)Oh, wait, that's not news. That's just their DNA.
Wonder who'll get to be the President of a Baptist college now?
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Someone needs to go to prison!
Republicans altered the leaked emails.
Whats surprising about that? Really... With everything else Republicans are doing, can we honestly say that this is surprising?
Doubt this will get much attention though - Republicans will just cook up another scandal and the media will eat that shit up and ignore the doctoring that had to be done to create this scandal.
Baitball Blogger
(46,699 posts)Wow! What a novel idea!
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)How often will Jonathan Karl let his Republican sources humiliate him in public?
DallasNE
(7,402 posts)This is the second time recently that Karl has carried the water for the GOP to the determent of ABC. Everyone should now assume that whatever Karl reports has a high likelihood of being bogus. How can ABC put up with this.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...breathlessly reported about all the SCANDALS that Obama has going on...and yup, you can guess
right, who does she go to for more reporting? Karl.
Hey ABC...WTF? Can you not report fact and truth?
...guess not.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)They want that one to disappear while they distract us with the rest.
These are not WH scandals, they are GOP scandals.
be fired and while we're at it, Gregory from NBC should meet the same fate as Karl.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)Shouldn't he be immediately fired a la Dan Rather?
Cha
(297,123 posts)would not call them on it!
thanks SHRED!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)I wonder when ABC is gonna apologize huh? Fake news is right now altering Pres O's comments, when will all this be investigated huh.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)the emails. We need names attached to the set they disclosed. Who changed the text? Boehner? Who was working with him on that? I think we need specifics, including staffers, who should be fired if they participated in disinformation rat-fucking.
The Democrats hold the Senate. Why don't the Democratic Senate hold investigations on the Republican Congress. And if you want to be specific, on Issa and Chaffetz abuse of power and using hearings to manufacture evidence. And why wouldn't this turn into a criminal investigation led by the DOJ based on those reports from the media about altering those emails as evidence from the White house sent to Issa's committee? Why isn't this a conspiracy by Issa to mislead the public and the Press?
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)can think of, is that both houses have other work to do. But as long as the House shoots down anything the Dems want to do to get our country working again, then I wonder if maybe this would help in the long run.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Repukes: cheaters, liars, and rat bastards. Every fucking one of them.
Beacool
(30,247 posts)The Republicans will do anything to ruin Obama's second term and to damage Hillary's chances in 2016 (if she chooses to run).
GETPLANING
(846 posts)Anansi1171
(793 posts)TomCADem
(17,387 posts)...of course, the media is generally loathe to hold Republicans accountable since everyone expects them to be crazy, right wingers.
tofuandbeer
(1,314 posts)but when it comes to the real needs of the U.S., they sit and say, "no!"
MADem
(135,425 posts)CBS fired Dan Rather because his documents were in the "wrong font" if we recall...
Are they trying to get right with the world?
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)They were having a fun week blasting the President as if this bullshit was funny.
I think they both need a few weeks off.
tanyev
(42,544 posts)Both of them have been doing this long enough to know that when Republicans are screaming bloody murder, it's usually a distraction allowing them to hide the murder weapon.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)This was posted before 10PM Thurs night and both tape their shows around 7PM. That may be why.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Bill Maher.
Get 'em Bill!!
Unfortunately S E Crap is also on and she bugs the hell out of me!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)to seeing his guests tonight. Anyone else who may be worthwhile?
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Andrew Ross Sorkin and Zack Galafa.....sp.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I do try and catch him every week because he usually has at least one worthwhile guest (and I think he's funny with his monologue and his New Rules).
Who never shut up bother the hell out of me.
I hope MM and Bill muzzle her BS!
Mr. Evil
(2,839 posts)WE ARE!!! Why any self-respecting person would vote for a republican these days is beyond me.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,868 posts)This is the fucking scandal, and the media wont touch it. This country is going down the toilet, fast.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,232 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)will sweep this under the rug, and half of America will forget about it.
John2
(2,730 posts)this from the Corporate Media because oine of them seems to be making the allegations about altering emails.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)on the Downing St. Papers, too, before sweeping them back under the rug.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)is attempting to smear the Republicans with lies.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)The GOP has no limits. Absolutely none.
Blandocyte
(1,231 posts)and so it goes. And goes.
obama2terms
(563 posts)Of who altered the emails. Like which specific person or group of GOPers altered the emails. Then after they find them hopefully there will be some kind of investigation because this is pretty serious. It really shows how little you can trust a person.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)really really took a bite out of all the long fanged backers of Mit's effort. Yes Romney was devastated by it,so they needed something fast. Real fast,and Romney jumped on it -the last debate.The scandels are all RED to the core.
Blue Owl
(50,347 posts)n/t
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)outside of MSNBC
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Right out of the bottom of the cesspool. Republicans do not support America, and tell lies about America and it's duly elected leaders. Freaking dark dark dark.
TriplD
(176 posts)Wasn't their initial charge that the White House altered talking points to improperly influence the public?
I'm pretty sure that colluding with a major news organization to leak and alter evidence from a congressional investigation in order to present to the public would be an even bigger deal.
I don't understand why Democrats in Congress aren't demanding an investigation? They need to put an end to the Republicans false narratives.