Benghazi Talking Points Causes A Stir In The Media

Benghazi Memos Reportedly Revised 12 Times, Official 'Concerned' They Would Hurt State -- FOX News

New details about the Obama administration's initial story-line on the Benghazi attack are raising additional questions about top-level efforts to downplay terrorism, with one report showing a State Department official pushed to delete a section that could have been used to "beat up" her department.

The fresh reports have surfaced two days after three whistle-blowers testified on Capitol Hill about the Benghazi attack. One of them sharply challenged the administration's decision to describe the attack out of the gate as a protest gone wrong.

ABC News reported Friday that, despite administration claims that the flawed description reflected the best intelligence at the time, the talking points that led to the statement were revised 12 times.

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More News On The Benghazi Talking Points Memo

Officials removed terror reference from Benghazi memo - report -- BBC
Benghazi memo edits show State, White House involvement -- USA Today
Report: Terror references removed from Benghazi talking points -- Politico
Post-Benghazi talking points revised a dozen times to weed out terror references: report -- New York daily News
Email traffic confirms Hillary Clinton’s leading role in scrubbing the Benghazi talking points -- Power Line
White House Lies About the Benghazi Talking Points -- Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO
ABC's "Exclusive" Benghazi Report Shows Nothing New -- Media Matters
ABC News Reveals Drafts of Benghazi Talking Points -- Mother Jones
What those edited Benghazi talking points tell us -- Greg Sargent, Washington Post
How new Benghazi emails reopen talking-points controversy -- Jay Bookman, AJC
After Benghazi revelations, heads will roll -- Mark Mardell, BBC


My Comment: The White house is obviously concerned on where all of this is going .... otherwise they would not be doing this. As to what is my point of view .... what ABC News reported this morning is actually old news .... news that was posted and discussed months ago by bloggers (like this blog)/FOX News/Eli Lake (Daily Beast)/CBS/and The British press. But .... what is different now is that I am finally seeing a change in the U.S. mainstream media's coverage of this story. I suspect that some editors are now realizing that this is a big story .... and that it does justify some investigation and some reporting. Kudos to them .... they may be 7 months late to the story .... but .... better late than never.