I am feeling rather faint! And I do think Breitbart News should have printed an 'Elf 'n' Safety' warning on their story reporting that the BBC - yes, the BBC! - had actually apologised for its worse than useless coverage of the Benghazi scandal:
In a piece titled, "After Benghazi revelations, heads will roll," Mardell writes, "In the interests of full disclosure I have to say I have not in the past been persuaded that allegations of a cover-up were a big deal." He adds, "It seemed to me a partisan attack based on very little."
Well, as a fully indoctrinated BBC-man, Mark Mardell would naturally fear no evil from the sainted Obama in the whitest of White Houses. Still, credit where credit is due, when ten tons of brown, smelly stuff is tipped out right in front of him, even he can take notice:
This is the first hard evidence that the state department did ask for changes to the CIA's original assessment.
Specifically, they wanted references to previous warnings deleted and this sentence removed: "We do know that Islamic extremists with ties to al-Qa'ida participated in the attack."
There's little doubt in my mind that this will haunt Hillary Clinton if she decides to run for president, unless she executes some pretty fancy footwork.
State department spokesperson Victoria Nuland is directly implicated, and the fingerprints of senior White House aides Ben Rhodes and Jay Carney are there as well.
Take note of that name - Ben Rhodes. His name keeps cropping up as being one of the backroom apparatchiks doing Obama's bidding. Suddenly the media searchlight is swivelling towards him. A second-rate, 'back corridors' man who has slithered his way into a position of influence way above his abilities, I wonder how he will take the heat of scrutiny?
