The White House held a “deep background” briefing with reporters on Friday afternoon to discuss recent revelations about the Benghazi investigation, sources familiar with the meeting tell POLITICO.
The meeting was conducted on “deep background,” according to White House spokesman Josh Earnest, but sources told POLITICO that the existence of the meeting was “off the record.” The meeting began around 12:45 p.m. and postponed the daily, on-the-record White House press briefing until mid-afternoon.
The session was announced to reporters in the wake of an ABC News report showing that White House and State Dept. officials were involved in revising the now-discredited CIA talking points about the attack on Benghazi.
Emails obtained by ABC News show that State Dept. spokesperson Victoria Nuland requested that the CIA scrub references to an Al Qaeda-linked group, which, Nuland told White House officials, “could be abused by members [of Congress] to beat up the State Department for not paying attention to warnings.”
White House holds ‘deep background’ Benghazi briefing – POLITICO.com
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Well, at least we understand that this administration has set multiple precedents for future administrations, as they’ll never need to accept responsibility or accountability for anything they do.
Holy shit, all they need to do is blame any problem on the previous administration.
Isn’t it great how this president has brought us all together by bridging those gaps, especially while being so open and transparent:)
Not only a “secret” meeting, but one with the supposed “independent” Press. So much for their independence.
Steve, Please print the names of the “journalists” and their respective propaganda organizations if and when this comes to light. I can assure you Chuck Todd was one. He was about to crap in his pants last night on the evening news.
There is no clearer evidence of who the progressive media activists and loyalists are than to see who attended the meeting – those who the Administration has complete trust in to faithfully carry their message, regardless of the truth.
So far, no names: “…Jay Carney began his on-the-record press briefing by announcing that 14 news organizations were invited to the closed door briefing, but that it was not a substitute for the on-the-record briefing. He then announced that it was “erroneous” to describe the briefing as “off-the-record,” and instead suggested it was “deep background…”
But it won’t take long for the reporters that didn’t get a shot at the “deep background” to put the list together.
And it’s not considered “off-the-record”? Then let one of the gang of 14 tell us exactly what was said. The mere fact we don’t know who was there makes it questionable.
“..could be abused by members [of Congress] to beat up the State Department for not paying attention to warnings.”
What about the murders that happened as a result of this ‘not paying attention to warnings’?
Should we really be protecting a department full of people who are guilty, at the very least, of negligent homicide?
How far has this country fallen that ANY of this would be tolerated by EITHER side?!