"Issa’s latest Benghazi stunt backfires"

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Issa’s latest Benghazi stunt backfires

by Steve Benen at MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/issas-latest-benghazi-stunt-backfires

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A still-classified State Department e-mail says that one of the first responses from the White House to the Benghazi attack was to contact YouTube to warn of the “ramifications” of allowing the posting of an anti-Islamic video, according to Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Issa, in a perpetual state of high dudgeon, issued a statement describing the White House’s message to YouTube as evidence of … something nefarious. It’s not entirely clear what.

But the trouble, as Karl, to his credit, was quick to note in his report, is that Issa’s revelation actually undermines Issa’s preferred narrative.

The memo suggests that even as the attack was still underway – and before the CIA began the process of compiling talking points on its analysis of what happened – the White House believed it was in retaliation for a controversial video. […]



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[tularetom]

1. The formation of the select Benghazi committee was a slap in the face to Issa

And he'll do anything to discredit the committee. But what he has done is to make himself look like a mean, vindictive asshole. Actually, even more like one.