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2013-08-19 Africa North

Issa iggies real Benghazi scandal, deflects arms smuggling questions

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Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Benghazi has no traction in the scheme of things...yes the entire issue has been marginalized...it is now right up there with say...Global Warming

Posted by Unolulet Hupomoling9738 2013-08-19 00:51|| 2013-08-19 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 No autopsies or statements on causes of death, closed caskets, quick burials.... generally a cause for pause.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-19 07:58|| 2013-08-19 07:58|| Front Page Top

#3 An interesting leap. Has Darrell also signed a non-disclosure statement ?

I think so.

Such a presence would draw attention to the shabby, nondescript building

More like the consulate was viewed as temporary and neither the CIA or State wished to spend money for security for it.

Posted by Pappy 2013-08-19 11:31|| 2013-08-19 11:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes Pappy, what I suspect we're seeing now is a lot of folks going through the motions, the theatrics of an investigation. When Lindsey Graham visited survivors at Walter Reed and nothing came of it, I became even more suspect. If one could peel the onion, I think we'd find Brennan and ValJar as co-plumbers. They had no desire for the truth to be revealed prior to the election. We're dealing with the residuals of a cover-up.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-19 11:51|| 2013-08-19 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 As our most recent near-monomaniacal lib-troll had sed (more or less):

"People at embassies, like Colonel Higgens in Lebanon, get killed all the time. What's the big deal with Benghazi?"

It's true. The list of US citizens who've died who were KIA in Other than War is long (the non-US is even longer). It comes with the territory.

But it's funny and bitterly ironic when it's their turn and their time to be in charge, the 'caring Left', doesn't.

Posted by Pappy 2013-08-19 14:36|| 2013-08-19 14:36|| Front Page Top

#6 An interesting leap. Has Darrell also signed a non-disclosure statement ?

Does signing a non-disclosure agreement mean Issa feels he is obligated or entitled to lie? Can't he say something vague like, "I cannot speak to that..."?

Posted by Dopey Sinatra 2013-08-19 16:19|| 2013-08-19 16:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Saying "I cannot speak to that" implies either a lack of knowledge or a prohibition. Deflection provides the cover of leaving the topic altogether and moving elsewhere. Politicians are remarkably adept at selecting what questions to address and deflecting others.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-19 16:25|| 2013-08-19 16:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Does signing a non-disclosure agreement mean Issa feels he is obligated or entitled to lie?

It's more of a careful parsing.

Then again, at this point, more traction is likely to be gained by focusing on the security deficiencies than by expanding it to include "arms trafficking". 'Dilution' or expansion into other, tangential areas, is a sure way to cripple or kill an investigation (ask Ken Starr about that.)

Posted by Pappy 2013-08-19 18:40|| 2013-08-19 18:40|| Front Page Top

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