5 Big Takeaways from NY Mag’s Piece on Lara Logan’s Benghazi Report
I just want to highlight #2:
2. Logan Consulted with Lindsey Graham
Despite her claims that she tried to preclude politics from entering the report, Logan met several times with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) before the segment. Graham has been one of the main congressional voices advocating continued focus on Benghazi:
The two met two or three times to talk about the Libya attack, with Graham telling Logan that from his point of view, it was “a fair thing to say” that there was a “build-up of Al Qaeda types” in the area—a major talking point for the right in arguments that the Obama White House tried covering up alleged terrorist links.
She consulted with him again after her piece began to unravel:
At one point, Logan called Graham and asked for help. “She called afterward and basically said, ‘What did he tell the FBI?’?” he recalls. “I’ve never seen the FBI interview, but I talked to the No. 2, who is now gone, and he said that he’s looked at the interviews and the guy never mentioned this.”
You’ll recall that Graham put a hold on Senate nominees after the 60 Minutes report, a campaign that flagged when the story was discredited.
Meanwhile, Logan had been speaking increasingly often about her politics, both on television and in paid speeches, to the point that some at CBS News wondered that the higher-ups didn’t object; they did, but only after the botched Benghazi report.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/5-big-takeaways-from-ny-mags-piece-on-lara-logans-benghazi-report/
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Okay Lara, got it! 