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2013-05-12 Home Front: WoT

Report: Petraeus Thought Benghazi Talking Points 'Essentially Useless'

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ABC's Jonathan Karl, who broke news on the multiple revisions to the Obama administration's Benghazi talking points, added a new piece to the puzzle on Sunday, revealing that then-CIA director David Petraeus thought the final product was "essentially useless."

Those particular words are Karl's, but he quotes from an e-mail in which Petraeus, who only put eyes on the talking points the afternoon before Susan Rice's infamous Sunday Show tour, says of the talking points "I would just as soon not use them, but it's their [the White House's] call."

The talking points had been denuded of any reference to terrorism, al-Qaeda, or Ansar al-Sharia, the local jihadist group who took credit for the murder of four Americans and the destruction of the U.S. facility in Benghazi.

Posted by tipper 2013-05-12 12:55|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Has the general's opinion of the talking points evolved ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-12 13:25|| 2013-05-12 13:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Not really. The email was dated just prior to the White House releasing the talking points.

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-12 17:21|| 2013-05-12 17:21|| Front Page Top

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