When President Obama’s National Security Advisor Lied, The Media Laughed

[Highmark]

Stunning but not surprising to see how the MSM handles the two administrations.  In fact Obama promoted her to a position she wasn't qualified for.   

 

Buried deep beneath the Michael Flynn hysteria this week was Judicial Watch’s release of newly obtained State Department documents related to the Benghazi terrorist attack on September 11, 2012. One email confirms—again—that the Obama administration knew the day after the attack it was not a random act of violence stemming from an anti-Muslim video. That was the excuse shamefully propagated by top Obama administration officials (including the president himself) and swallowed whole by a media establishment desperate to help Obama win re-election six weeks later.

According to the summary of a call on September 12, 2012 between State Department Under-Secretary Patrick Kennedy and several congressional staffers, Kennedy was asked if the attack came under cover of protest: “No this was a direct breaching attack,” he answered. Kennedy also denied the attack was coordinated with the protests in Cairo over the video: “Attack in Cairo was a demonstration. There were no weapons shown or used. A few cans of spray paint.”

It’s somewhat ironic—galling?—that this email was disclosed the same day the anti-Trump universe was spinning into the stratosphere over Flynn’s resignation as President Trump’s national security advisor. It begs for a little trip down memory lane, to a kinder, gentler time when the media gave a great big pass to another national security advisor in the days after four Americans, including an ambassador, were murdered in Libya by Islamic terrorists under her watch.

Lying to Us Only Matters If We Dislike You

Fun fact: While Trump press secretary Sean Spicer fielded 55 questions on February 14 related to the Flynn debacle, Obama’s press secretary Jay Carney received only 13 questions from reporters on September 12, 2012, three of which were set-ups to blast Mitt Romney’s criticism of the administration after the attack. 55 to 13.

So as we now suffer through yet another patch of media mania, conspiracy theories, and unsubstantiated claims about how Trump hearts Russia, as well as the daily beatings endured by Spicer, let’s reminisce to when the media and Obama’s press flaks spun, deflected—even joked about golf and “Saturday Night Live!”—less than a week after Benghazi.

The day after Hillary Clinton’s deputy had that call with key Capitol Hill staffers, including advisors to senators Durbin, Feinstein, and McGaskill, to dispute the notion the attack was about an anti-Muslim video, here’s what Carney said: “I think it’s important to note with regards to that protest that there are protests taking place in different countries across the world that are responding to the movie that has circulated on the Internet. As Secretary Clinton said today, the United States government had nothing to do with this movie. We reject its message and its contents. We find it disgusting and reprehensible.”

On September 14, hours before the remains of the Benghazi victims would arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Carney was still blaming the video. Just steps from the Oval Office, Carney opened his briefing with this: “First of all, we are obviously closely monitoring developments in the region today. You saw that following the incidents in response to this video, the president directed the administration to take a number of steps to prepare for continued unrest.”

Carney went on to mention the video/film/movie another 30 times during his briefing. He stuck with his story even after some reporters pushed back, citing other sources who said it was indeed a pre-mediated attack. One reporter said several senators admitted the “attack on Benghazi was a terrorist attack organized and carried out by terrorists, that it was premeditated, a calculated act of terror,” and asked Carney, “is there anything more you can — now that the administration is briefing senators on this, is there anything more you can tell us?”

Carney: “Again, it’s actively under investigation, both the Benghazi attack and incidents elsewhere. And my point was that we don’t have and did not have concrete evidence to suggest that this was not in reaction to the film. But we’re obviously investigating the matter…” Who cares, Sean Spicer called Justin Trudeau Joe, OMG!

Susan Rice’s Audacity of Trope

But of course nothing matches the audacity of trope by Obama’s National Security Advisor Susan Rice on September 16, 2012. Rice went on several Sunday shows to peddle a story she knew was completely phony, one that was already quickly unraveling even as most in the media and administration tried to keep it intact.

You can read most of her comments here, but Rice repeats the line that Benghazi attack was not premediated and was connected to the demonstrations in Cairo over the video (a document obtained by Judicial Watch last year shows Hillary Clinton met with Rice a few days before her television appearances). Which presidential administration is fact-challenged, again?

In a press gaggle on Air Force One the next day, guess how many times Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked about Rice’s comments? Ten? Five? One? Not once. Let me repeat that. The day after Obama’s national security advisor was on five news programs to blame a terrorist attack on a YouTube video, not one reporter asked the White House about it. I actually had to re-read the transcripts several times, even checking the date over and over, to make sure this was accurate. Her name did not even come up.

No discussion about the investigation. No discussion about emerging evidence from around the world that Benghazi was indeed a terrorist attack. (The only time it was mentioned was when Jen Psaki criticized Mitt Romney’s comments about how the administration handled Benghazi and questioned whether he was ready for “primetime.”)

Here’s what they did discuss: Debate prep, Occupy Wall Street, and the Chicago’s teachers strike. An actual human reporter asked this: “It was a beautiful weekend for golf and he wasn’t out on the course. Is it safe to assume maybe he was doing some preparation at the White House?” WHAT? Then they joked about football and “Saturday Night Live.”

Sometimes the hypocrisy, double standard, and outright lies by the media under the Trump presidency is funny. Sometimes it is infuriating. But never was the media’s complicit sheep-like coverage more evident than it the days after Benghazi, behavior you can never imagine now. They have yet to admit their mistakes and failures, even as more evidence is revealed.

Remember that the next time you want to worry about how Trump is responsible for undermining the media’s integrity and credibility.

http://thefederalist.com/2017/02/17/president-obamas-national-security-advisor-deceived-people-media-laughed/

Edited February 21, 2017 by Highmark

[Snoslinger]

:zzz:

 

[Snake]

4 hours ago, Snoslinger said:

:zzz:

 

Liberals set themselves up for shit like this.

Bold faced lied into the camera, on 5 programs, to the American people.Liberals aren't happy unless they lie big league.

[Highmark]

12 minutes ago, Snake said:

Liberals set themselves up for shit like this.

Bold faced lied into the camera, on 5 programs, to the American people.Liberals aren't happy unless they lie big league.

Lets not forget these instances of Obama Cabinet members breaking the law which got a pass from the MSM.  Bet most of the libs on here hardly knew about any of this.  

 

Sebelius violated Hatch Act and may be fired, Obama administration lawyers find

 

President Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius violated the Hatch Act, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Wednesday.

Sebelius violated the law, the office said, when she publicly endorsed President Barack Obama’s re-election during a taxpayer-funded public event on Feb. 25, 2012.

Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner wrote to Obama that the OSC found Sebelius “violated the Hatch Act by making extemporaneous political remarks in a speech delivered in her official capacity” on Feb. 25.

“The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from using their official authority or influence to affect the outcome of an election,” Lerner wrote to the president. “A federal employee is permitted to make partisan remarks when speaking in their personal capacity, but not when using an official title or when speaking about agency business.”

“Secretary Sebelius and the Department of Health and Human Services reimbursed the U.S. government for all costs and expenses associated with her travel to the February 25, 2012, event,” Lerner continued. “HHS subsequently reclassified the trip from official to political and issued a statement to that effect. OSC found no evidence that Secretary Sebelius made any other political statements in her official capacity.”

The Federal Times suggests that Sebelius may be fired for her illegal activity. “The finding could possibly cost Sebelius her job,” the outlet reported. “Although OSC did not recommend any specific punishment, and said Obama will decide how to punish her, Hatch Act violators are usually fired.”

Dan Epstein, the executive director of good-government group Cause of Action, told The Daily Caller that since Sebelius is a Senate-confirmed presidential appointee, she isn’t entitled to a review from the Merit Systems Protection Board — one that that could reduce her penalty if she were a career staffer.

“Sebelius doesn’t get MSPB Review so there’s no ability for the MSPB to lower the penalty to a suspension and the Board isn’t entitled to review,” Epstein said. “If Sebelius wasn’t a cabinet member or a PAS (Presidentially Appointed and Senate Confirmed) OSC would proceed by filing a complaint with the MSPB.”

“Thus the point is that by Close of Business on September 12, 2012, the President has been informed of a Hatch Act violation and yet has decided not to fire Sebelius,” Epstein added. “The President has therefore decided to overlook the improper political activities of his appointees when in their official capacities. He has effectively said it is okay to politicize the executive branch.”

It’s unclear what punishment Sebelius will face, as Obama technically has to decide. But, when federal employees violate the Hatch Act — according to law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC — the standard punishment is termination.

“Hatch Act violators are typically fired; however, only an unanimous vote [by] the Merit Systems Protection Board can reduce the penalty to unpaid suspension,” Tully Rinckey PLLC partner John P. Mahoney told The Daily Caller, “[a]lthough the parties can agree to settle for less severe penalties.”

But since in Sebelius’ case she isn’t allowed to have that MSPB board intervene, her future is in Obama’s hands.

Epstein is calling on Obama to fire Sebelius right away.

“This is the most high profile example of a Hatch Act violation since the Act was passed in 1939,” Epstein said. “Never before has a member of the President’s Cabinet been found to have committed a Hatch Act violation. President Obama should immediately fire HHS Secretary Sebelius for her violation of federal law. Additionally, the Justice Department should begin an investigation into any potential election crimes the Secretary may have committed through her then-taxpayer funded comments on February 25, 2012.”

A spokesperson for Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch — the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over HHS — expressed outrage at Sebelius’ behavior. “That the Secretary violated federal law in this manner is disturbing, but hardly a surprise,” Hatch spokesperson Antonia Ferrier said in an email.

“Since almost day one, this Administration has had a singular focus on politicking — not governing — that’s borne out by the Secretary ignoring a strict prohibition on electioneering while working for federal taxpayers.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/12/sebelius-violated-hatch-act-and-may-be-fired-obama-administration-lawyers-find/#ixzz4ZLhfnacI

[Highmark]

Lets not forget the most crooked one.

Holder Admits Lies in Fast and Furious, Refuses to Resign

Instead of offering his resignation as a growing chorus of critics has demanded, Attorney General Eric Holder (left) is going on the offensive over his alleged perjury and the growing scandal surrounding the Obama administration’s deadly “Fast and Furious” program that supplied weapons to Mexican drug cartels.

Meanwhile, Holder is also calling for more gun control while attacking Congress for shedding light on the alleged government criminality. But Republicans and some Democrats are still pursuing the truth.

In May Holder testified before Congress — under oath — that he had learned about the gun-running scheme only “in the last few weeks.” But last week, he changed his story after it became well known via the Justice Department’s own documents that his claim was completely false.

“In my testimony before the House committee, I did say ‘a few weeks.’ I probably could have said ‘a couple of months,’” Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 8. “I don’t think that what I said in terms of using the term ‘a few weeks’ was inaccurate, based on what happened.”

As it turns out, however, Holder is still not telling the truth. And the evidence that shows it was still available on the Department of Justice’s own website by November 14.

“My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner,” Holder boasted in April of 2009 at an arms trafficking conference in Mexico. Gunrunner, of course, is the very same operation being investigated by Congress after whistleblowers exposed it.

Holder also admitted that a letter sent to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) by Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich claiming that the ATF was not deliberately allowing guns across the border was “inaccurate.” But, Holder claimed, DOJ was not lying on purpose — it was the field office's fault.

Still, Senators were outraged that they had been misled. “It’s unconscionable that a federal agency would let such a misleading letter stand for more than nine months,” Grassley said. “The head of the Criminal Division knew it was false, his deputy knew it was false, the whistleblowers knew it was false, the documents suggested it was false, and I discovered it was false  — but, if Congress had relied on the department’s official talking points, we still wouldn’t know the truth today.”

In his testimony last week, Holder pointed to an ongoing internal investigation of the program as evidence that something was being done. He promised it never should have happened and that he would hold lower-ranking bureaucrats accountable after the Inspector General concludes his inquiry.

But so far, officials involved in the operation have simply been transferred to other positions. And some have even been promoted, provoking a furor among critics.

In a slight change of tone, however, Holder finally admitted during his testimony last week that the gun-running scheme was “flawed in concept, as well as in execution.” Similar operations must “never” happen again, he added.

“Unfortunately, we will feel its effects for years to come as guns that were lost during this operation continue to show up at crime scenes both here and in Mexico,” the Attorney General said. So far the Obama administration’s weapons have been linked to the murders of at least two U.S. federal lawmen and countless civilians.

Despite the acknowledgments, however, Holder also lashed out at congressional critics. More than a few have called for his resignation, saying he perjured himself and that he is “unfit” for office. One Republican even suggested Holder and other DOJ officials were an “accessory to murder.”

Holder doesn’t seem to think so, though. “I'd like to correct some of the inaccurate, and frankly, irresponsible accusations surrounding Fast and Furious,” he told the Senate Committee. And as part of what analysts called his new “aggressive” strategy, Holder also recently sent an angry letter to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has played a key role in the congressional investigation.  

“I cannot sit idly by as a majority member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform suggests, as happened this week, that law enforcement and government employees who devote their lives to protecting our citizens be considered ‘accessories to murder,’ ” Holder wrote. “Such irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric must be repudiated in the strongest possible terms.”

According to critics, Holder is trying to deflect the uproar over the deadly scheme by blaming it on Republican politics. And early on during his testimony, he seemed to confirm that suspicion when he claimed: “I am determined to ensure that our shared concerns about Operation Fast and Furious lead to more than headline-grabbing Washington 'gotcha' games and cynical political point-scoring."

But the Attorney General, whose term has been clouded by scandals since he took office, still refused to accept any responsibility for the thousands of guns his department put in the hands of criminals. Instead, he laid part of the blame on the size of his bureaucracy.

“I cannot be expected to know the details of every operation that is ongoing," Holder told Senators. "As I look at the information as it was brought to me, I think that I acted in a responsible way by ordering the inspector general investigation, by issuing the directive to the field."

But according to law enforcement advocates and border groups, the DOJ cannot possibly be trusted to investigate itself — a special prosecutor and a formal congressional investigation are likely needed. And the calls for a real investigation — along with demands for Holder’s resignation and possible prosecution — are growing louder.

Obama’s top law enforcer also admitted that he had not apologized to the family of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, and refused to apologize when offered the opportunity to do so. Terry was killed close to the border late last year and several “Fast and Furious” guns were recovered at the crime scene.

"It pains me whenever there is the death of a law enforcement official, especially under the circumstances that this occurred," Holder claimed. "It is not fair, however, to assume that the mistakes that happened in Fast and Furious directly led to the death of Agent Terry."

Following Holder’s testimony, however, the family demanded that he accept responsibility. “Mr. Holder needs to own up to Operation Fast and Furious,” the slain agent’s relatives said in a statement. “In the end, Mr. Holder may choose not to apologize to the Terry family for the role that ATF and DOJ played in the death of Brian Terry, but the Attorney General should accept responsibility immediately. It is without question, the right thing to do.”

The President himself is also embroiled in the scandal. Obama claimed early on, for example, that he did not know anything about the gun-trafficking operation until it was exposed by whistleblowers. But he championed and signed legislation — the misnamed “stimulus” bill — which provided tens of millions in funding for the scheme. And the White House was briefed on several occasions.

But as the administration continues its futile efforts to downplay the growing scandal — claiming it was a simple mistake — critics are not buying it. In fact, National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre says it was a deliberate plot to undermine the God-given right to keep and bear arms.

Meanwhile, Holder attacked Congress for not violating the Constitution with even more gun-control legislation. He claimed a “lack of effective enforcement tools” — not the administration’s gun-running program or the “War on Drugs” — was to blame for escalating violence in Mexico.   

“We must be careful not to lose sight of the critical problem that this flawed investigation has highlighted: we are losing the battle to stop the flow of illegal guns to Mexico,” Holder told the Senate last week.

But instead of more gun control, almost 40 U.S. Representatives are calling for Holder to step down. And because he has failed to resign voluntary, the NRA is calling for Obama to fire him immediately.

 

[Highmark]

http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-announces-list-of-washingtons-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-for-2012/

Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians”

• Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
• Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Ambassador Susan Rice
• Attorney General Eric Holder
• Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL)
• Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
• President Barack Obama
• Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
• Rep. David Rivera (R-FL)
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

 

[JEFF]

You'll have better luck corralling a rabid wolverine doused in oil then getting a liberal to even acknowledge these facts. Much less comment about them. 

[Zambroski]

Looks like this thread is missing some of the site "intellectually elite".  Well, except for Slinger who gave the PERFECT response.

I wish they'd keep 'splainin' stuff to us big "dummies".

"WIRE TO WIRE"

"VEGAS ODDS"

"THE MARKET LIKES STABILITY"

 

[old indy]

17 hours ago, Highmark said:

http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-announces-list-of-washingtons-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-for-2012/

Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians”

• Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
• Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Ambassador Susan Rice
• Attorney General Eric Holder
• Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL)
• Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
• President Barack Obama
• Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
• Rep. David Rivera (R-FL)
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

 

But none of this matters!   its all in the past now..  none of what these people did has any fall out or ill effects on the American people..

[Zambroski]

6 minutes ago, old indy said:

But none of this matters!   its all in the past now..  none of what these people did has any fall out or ill effects on the American people..

That's because it was either never reported or glossed over in the lib-tard MSM so quickly is was missed all together.  Laughable.

Now, SNL serves as the left's voice of reason.  Seems about right.  Dems are done.

[ICEMAN!]

Benghazi?  How many investigations and millions of dollars were spent on that debacle?

How long will the investigations go on for and how many millions will be spent investigating Trump and his associates' lies and collusion with the Russians before, during and after the campaign?

[Zambroski]

2 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said:

Benghazi?  How many investigations and millions of dollars were spent on that debacle?

How long will the investigations go on for and how many millions will be spent investigating Trump and his associates' lies and collusion with the Russians before, during and after the campaign?

Get new material.  Your side dropped the ball on Benghazi and all Americans (less your side) know it.  Hillary is a lying conniving traitor, but an "ace" at covering her tracks and destroying evidence.  A lifelong Democrat.

[Snoslinger]

5 minutes ago, Zambroski said:

Get new material.  Your side dropped the ball on Benghazi and all Americans (less your side) know it.  Hillary is a lying conniving traitor, but an "ace" at covering her tracks and destroying evidence.  A lifelong Democrat.

did you type that with a straight face?

 

[ICEMAN!]

5 minutes ago, Zambroski said:

Get new material.  Your side dropped the ball on Benghazi and all Americans (less your side) know it.  Hillary is a lying conniving traitor, but an "ace" at covering her tracks and destroying evidence.  A lifelong Democrat.

So no Trump investigation from the Republican traitors in government?  Nice that they're putting party before country.  Zero ethics, morals, patriotism.

[Cold War]

8 years---------------and scandal free!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Snoslinger]

"get new material" he says

 

[old indy]

18 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said:

Benghazi?  How many investigations and millions of dollars were spent on that debacle?

How long will the investigations go on for and how many millions will be spent investigating Trump and his associates' lies and collusion with the Russians before, during and after the campaign?

How much information was covered up or simply ignored to protect the lies that came before?  just like hill and her server mess?  its all bullshit lies.

Edited February 22, 2017 by old indy

[Cold War]

5 minutes ago, old indy said:

How much information was covered up or simply ignored to protect the lies that came before?  just like hill and her server mess?  its all bullshit lies.

If they wouldn't of floated the ridiculous lie about a video, Benghazi would of  been a two day story that was only covered in RWN.

The Dems kept it alive by continuing to lie.   

[Zambroski]

20 minutes ago, Snoslinger said:

did you type that with a straight face?

 

Yep. Maybe a slight smirk.

19 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said:

So no Trump investigation from the Republican traitors in government?  Nice that they're putting party before country.  Zero ethics, morals, patriotism.

Shouldn't you be up there learning Arab?  Stop concerning yourself with us...we've got it under control...finally.

18 minutes ago, Cold War said:

8 years---------------and scandal free!!!!!!!!!!!

 

IT CANNOT GET FUNNIER THAN THIS!

14 minutes ago, Snoslinger said:

"get new material" he says

 

Poor Liberals.  The jury came to the decision in November.  "GUILTY",  Weird thing is, the Dems decided to give themselves the death sentence.  An odd bunch for sure.

[Rw06GT]

34 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said:

Benghazi?  How many investigations and millions of dollars were spent on that debacle?

How long will the investigations go on for and how many millions will be spent investigating Trump and his associates' lies and collusion with the Russians before, during and after the campaign?

Fucking nitwit

[motonoggin]

More red team/blue team bullshit

[Snoslinger]

point #1 - the majority of the country, including ALOT of republicans, thinks BENGAZI! was an obvious witch hunt. numerous investigations agreed

point #2 - the media didn't laugh at that story, or any of the others posted

point #3 - learn what "equivalency" means. drummed up, and stale, BS about bengazi does not equate to fresh, factual news about the trump/putin/Flynn/Ukraine/trump lawyer/tillerson connections. sorry.

 

[Zambroski]

3 minutes ago, Snoslinger said:

point #1 - the majority of the country, including ALOT of republicans, thinks BENGAZI! was an obvious witch hunt. numerous investigations agreed  dereliction of duty and a complete and utter disregard for American's safety overseas by lackadaisical, and inept Obama administration.

point #2 - the media didn't laugh at that story, or any of the others posted, it was jsut the liberal MSM that glossed over it and sold it as nothing more than meanie R witch hunts by racist war mongers.

point #3 - learn what "equivalency" means. drummed up, and stale, BS about bengazi does not equate to fresh, factual news about the trump/putin/Flynn/Ukraine/trump lawyer/tillerson connections. sorry. that I don't read or let my household have access to real and pertinant information that clearly shows no real evidence of any wrong doing at all.

 

There...I fixed it all for you.  Now you seem somewhat "in touch" with reality.