STEPHEN F. HAYES
Weekly Standard
May 16, 2013
The White House on Wednesday released 94 pages of emails between top
administration and intelligence officials who helped shape the talking
points about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that the CIA would provide
to policymakers in both the legislative and executive branches.
The documents, first reported by THE WEEKLY STANDARD in articles here and here,
directly contradict claims by White House press secretary Jay Carney
and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the revisions of those
talking points were driven by the intelligence community and show heavy
input from top Obama administration officials, particularly those at the
State Department.
The emails provide further detail about the rewriting of the talking
points during a 24-hour period from midday September 14 to midday
September 15. As THE WEEKLY STANDARD previously reported, a briefing
from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shows that the
big changes came in three waves – internally at the CIA, after email
feedback from top administration officials, and during or after a
meeting of high-ranking intelligence and national security officials the
following morning.
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