Did Acting CIA Director Michael Morell Lie To Congress On Benghazi?

Photo: Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morel

Lawmakers: CIA #2 Lied to Us About Benghazi -- Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

“When U.S. intelligence officials testified behind closed doors two weeks ago, they were asked point blank whether they had altered the talking points on which U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice based her comments about the Benghazi attacks that have turned into a political firestorm,” read a Reuters story on November 28. “Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, acting CIA Director Michael Morell and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen each said no, according to two congressional sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.”

For two weeks, the official public position of the intelligence community was that no one knew who had made the changes. In private meetings with lawmakers, on Capitol Hill and at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, Morell denied that he had played any significant role in writing or revising the talking points.

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My Comment: The Reuters report that covered the Congressional testimony from Mike Morell on the Benghazi talking points (and his denying of it) can be read here. This is just one more example on why a special prosecutor/special committee needs to examine the entire issue of Benghazi .... specifically on the government's response to it after the attack.