They’ve Lost Fox And Friends: GOP Claims Of Benghazi ‘Cover Up’ Collapses
By Igor Volsky on May 6, 2013 at 9:16 am
Fox News morning show, Fox & Friends, is taking a surprisingly skeptical approach to GOP claims that the Obama administration and the entire U.S. government engaged in a massive cover-up of the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya in an effort to re-elect the president and protect him from scrutiny.
On Monday, the trio of hosts invited Rep. Jassen Chaffetz (R-UT) a regular fixture on cable television and a critic of Obamas handling of the September 11, 2012 attacks to discuss the House Republicans upcoming hearing with three witnesses who claim that the administration prevented them from speaking out about the incident. We were certainly misled at every step of the way, Chaffetz said, arguing that officials manipulated the findings of the Accountability Review Board, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rices talking points, and told military officials on the ground not to interfere or protect American interests during the attack.
The hosts then tore into Chaffetzs theory, wondering if Admirals Thomas Pickering and Mike Mullen, who headed the review, the entire CIA, and Republican-appointed officials could all be complicit in such a massive conspiracy:
BRIAN KILMEADE: Are you saying that admiral Pickering and Mullen are complicit because they did the review board? Are you saying that the CIA is complicit because they allowed their talking points to be edited?
What about Admiral Mullen and Pickering? Why would they sacrifice their reputation for a report that isnt accurate? (...)
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