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In reply to the discussion: Why is everyone "outraged"?? [View all]csziggy
(34,189 posts)Benghazi was in part to blame because of cuts to State Department security budgets.
The AP records were taken because Congress asked for an investigation into leaks of classified information.
And as you said, "That is the flaw in the Republicans' argument about inserting the Obama Administration or the White house into this fuss. The IRS placed extra scrutiny on these groups because it was initiated by Congress! The Press also knows this because they reported it at the time. The issue was a legitimate one because you had these organizations sprouting up and funded by certain donors like the Koch brothers, pretending to be for Social Welfare when in actuality these groups are mostly engaged in politics."
But the M$M will never clarify these things for the American public, so the impression will be left that it is all the Obama administration's fault.