With The Focus Now On Benghazi, Where Is Former CIA Director Petraeus?

ABC: Petraeus Called Final Benghazi Talking Points “Useless” The Day Before Rice’s Full Ginsburg; Update: Transcript Added -- Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

One of the mysteries in the Benghazi scandal has been the role of David Petraeus, who was then the Director of the CIA but was forced to resign in a personal scandal shortly thereafter. While the White House and State Department tried to cobble together talking points to explain away the terrorist attack that took four American lives, what did Petraeus do? According to new information reported for the first time by Jonathan Karl on ABC News’ This Week earlier this morning, Petraeus rejected the final version as “useless” — and then threw the issue to the White House:

We already knew that Petraeus was stunned by the revisions; now we know he rejected them personally. ”I would just as soon not use them, but it’s their [the White House] call.” That would contradict the meme over the last few days that this was an intramural fight between State and CIA with the White House just serving as bystanders. The CIA Director called the “demonstration” talking points useless the day before Susan Rice went on five Sunday talk shows, but the White House apparently disagreed. They, evidently, found the false narrative very useful.

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My Comment: it would not surprise me if in the weeks to come that we may be seeing retired ex-CIA Director Petraeus back in Washington testifying on Benghazi.