Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails, CBS News Report Claims

[SHRED]

Source: Huffington Post

One day after The White House released 100 pages of Benghazi emails, a report has surfaced alleging that Republicans released a set with altered text.

CBS News reported Thursday that leaked versions sent out by the GOP last Friday had visible differences than Wednesday's official batch. Two correspondences that were singled out in the report came from National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes and State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

The GOP version of Rhodes' comment, according to CBS News: "We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don't want to undermine the FBI investigation."

The White House email: "We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/republicans-benghazi-emails_n_3289428.html

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Wow...

[liberal N proud]

1. So now who needs to be impeached?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

23. This is more of a scandal than the scandal

whoever altered them needs to be jailed

[grahamhgreen]

29. If this was rope-a-dope, that would be Ali's KO punch.

[SDjack]

2. I want to know "who is going to prison?" nt

[gateley]

14. Exactly! Let's see if Boehner ever utters those words again.

[Volaris]

33. no, no, no, you have it ALL wrong...

see what the GOP were doing was TRANSLATING all of Obama's big, Harvard liberal WORDS, in order to make it easier for all us good CONServatives to actually UNDERSTAND the cover-up taking place before our very eyes. And that's not illegal, because of how Patriotic it all is (kind of like Torture). God, you Liberals are sooooooo dumb. Don't you KNOW that every time you project this way, you give yourselves away for the true fools you really are? No wonder CONServatives enjoy such broad support among America's Electorate...

If I need a sarcasm tag, you are likely in the wrong corner of the intertubes.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Hopefully the American people will have some legal

redress for this outrage.

[rightsideout]

4. I want to see this backfire on the Rethuglicans so much

After the way they went after Clinton (both Clintons) and now Obama I want the Rethuglicans to fall flat on their face. I want their BS to come back and bite them.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Point, Set and Match.

[Historic NY]

6. They need to be identified and publically pilloried.

“Those Republicans responsible for altering official documents should either be prosecuted for offering the false reports or resign.........the heft of the partisian beat is going to come crushing down on the necks of those responsible. Its unethical and I'll go as far as saying treasonist.”

[zeemike]

10. Not a chance...they are not fools.

Any thing done is done by underlings who we all know can "make mistakes"...and even if they get fired they will somehow get a better job somewhere else making more money...they take care of their people when they have to fall on the sword.

[NBachers]

37. "Mistakes . . Were Made" "The Gun . . Just Went Off" "You can apologize . . if I offended you"

[meow2u3]

20. They also need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

Whoever altered the Benghazi emails ought to be convicted, expelled from Congress, and jailed for a long time. We have to make an example of those criminal repunks.

[deminks]

7. OK, Boner, who's going to go to jail for this one?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Botany]

50. Bingo ..... but they have no shame and they will move on like nothing happened

[Deny and Shred]

8. So now that we know the depths to which they'll sink,

will we get a 6 month 24/7 tv/radio echo chamber screaming "Benghazi scandal was BS"?? Of course not! Liberal Media my hindquarters!

[mountain grammy]

9. Oh My God, you mean the (gasp!) scandal is on the GOP? Surprise!

Dirty tricks are their specialty, but the problem with dirty tricks is sometimes they backfire.

[mbperrin]

11. STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!!!!!!!!! REPUBLICANS ARE FUCKING LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, wait, that's not news. That's just their DNA.

Wonder who'll get to be the President of a Baptist college now?

[Historic NY]

13. YUP + 1000000000000000000000

[Auntie Bush]

12. Wow! This could be bigger than Wategate!

Someone needs to go to prison!

[Mr. X]

15. Wow...

Republicans altered the leaked emails.

Whats surprising about that? Really... With everything else Republicans are doing, can we honestly say that this is surprising?

Doubt this will get much attention though - Republicans will just cook up another scandal and the media will eat that shit up and ignore the doctoring that had to be done to create this scandal.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. Maybe it's time we charge someone with fraud?

Wow! What a novel idea!

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. Paging Jonathan Karl: Your contact played you for a fool...will you continue to kiss their asses?

How often will Jonathan Karl let his Republican sources humiliate him in public?

[DallasNE]

24. How Long Will ABC Allow Jonathan Karl To Humiliate Them In Public

This is the second time recently that Karl has carried the water for the GOP to the determent of ABC. Everyone should now assume that whatever Karl reports has a high likelihood of being bogus. How can ABC put up with this.

[SoapBox]

27. And just tonight, Diane Sawyer...

...breathlessly reported about all the SCANDALS that Obama has going on...and yup, you can guess
right, who does she go to for more reporting? Karl.

Hey ABC...WTF? Can you not report fact and truth?

...guess not.

[DCKit]

31. Andrea Mitchell was right there with her, but not a word about Benghazi.

They want that one to disappear while they distract us with the rest.

These are not WH scandals, they are GOP scandals.

[Rebl]

67. He should

be fired and while we're at it, Gregory from NBC should meet the same fate as Karl.

[cui bono]

40. Is he the one who reported about the fake emails?

Shouldn't he be immediately fired a la Dan Rather?

[Cha]

18. They did not think they would get caught. Surely, the corp media

would not call them on it!

thanks SHRED!

[Iliyah]

19. It took them long enough

I wonder when ABC is gonna apologize huh? Fake news is right now altering Pres O's comments, when will all this be investigated huh.

[Ilsa]

21. It isn't enough to say "Republicans" changed

the emails. We need names attached to the set they disclosed. Who changed the text? Boehner? Who was working with him on that? I think we need specifics, including staffers, who should be fired if they participated in disinformation rat-fucking.

[John2]

43. So why not?

The Democrats hold the Senate. Why don't the Democratic Senate hold investigations on the Republican Congress. And if you want to be specific, on Issa and Chaffetz abuse of power and using hearings to manufacture evidence. And why wouldn't this turn into a criminal investigation led by the DOJ based on those reports from the media about altering those emails as evidence from the White house sent to Issa's committee? Why isn't this a conspiracy by Issa to mislead the public and the Press?

[Ilsa]

46. The only reason "why not?" that I

can think of, is that both houses have other work to do. But as long as the House shoots down anything the Dems want to do to get our country working again, then I wonder if maybe this would help in the long run.

[Zoeisright]

22. NOW who needs to be investigated?

Repukes: cheaters, liars, and rat bastards. Every fucking one of them.

[Beacool]

25. I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked!!!

The Republicans will do anything to ruin Obama's second term and to damage Hillary's chances in 2016 (if she chooses to run).

[GETPLANING]

26. Appoint a special prosecutor!

[Anansi1171]

28. .BOOM! These are the criminals at heart! -nt

[TomCADem]

30. The Cover-Up Of GOP Efforts To Portray a Cover-Up...

...of course, the media is generally loathe to hold Republicans accountable since everyone expects them to be crazy, right wingers.

[tofuandbeer]

32. Sure. The GOP will work their asses off to destroy the President...

but when it comes to the real needs of the U.S., they sit and say, "no!"

[MADem]

34. GOP-Too clever by half when it comes to playing with docs--and how ironic that CBS is reporting it.

CBS fired Dan Rather because his documents were in the "wrong font" if we recall...

Are they trying to get right with the world?

[AzDar]

35. K & R

[SCVDem]

36. So why didn't Stewart or Colbert cover this?

They were having a fun week blasting the President as if this bullshit was funny.

I think they both need a few weeks off.

[tanyev]

49. Yeah, that's been ticking me off, too.

Both of them have been doing this long enough to know that when Republicans are screaming bloody murder, it's usually a distraction allowing them to hide the murder weapon.

[leftynyc]

51. Let's see

This was posted before 10PM Thurs night and both tape their shows around 7PM. That may be why.

[SCVDem]

55. I have my last best hope tonight.

Bill Maher.

Get 'em Bill!!

Unfortunately S E Crap is also on and she bugs the hell out of me!

[leftynyc]

57. Ugh - I haven't gotten around

to seeing his guests tonight. Anyone else who may be worthwhile?

[SCVDem]

59. How about Michael Moore?

Andrew Ross Sorkin and Zack Galafa.....sp.

[leftynyc]

60. Much better

I do try and catch him every week because he usually has at least one worthwhile guest (and I think he's funny with his monologue and his New Rules).

[SCVDem]

61. Rw women

Who never shut up bother the hell out of me.

I hope MM and Bill muzzle her BS!

[Mr. Evil]

38. And guess who's paying for all of this nonsense...

WE ARE!!! Why any self-respecting person would vote for a republican these days is beyond me.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

39. Unbelievable.

This is the fucking scandal, and the media wont touch it. This country is going down the toilet, fast.

[Tarheel_Dem]

41. Looks like the GOP might just have Dan Rather'd themselves. How fitting. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

42. Corporate media...

will sweep this under the rug, and half of America will forget about it.

[John2]

44. Well, we are learning

this from the Corporate Media because oine of them seems to be making the allegations about altering emails.

[awoke_in_2003]

53. Our media reported...

on the Downing St. Papers, too, before sweeping them back under the rug.

[NewJeffCT]

63. No, Rush and Fox will claim that "liberal" CBS

is attempting to smear the Republicans with lies.

[awoke_in_2003]

65. Yep. nt

[blkmusclmachine]

45. Not surprised.

The GOP has no limits. Absolutely none.

[Blandocyte]

47. Benghazigategate!

and so it goes. And goes.

[obama2terms]

48. They need to find some evidence

Of who altered the emails. Like which specific person or group of GOPers altered the emails. Then after they find them hopefully there will be some kind of investigation because this is pretty serious. It really shows how little you can trust a person.

[Scurrilous]

52. K & R

[libodem]

54. .

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

56. That 47 % statement that slipped into public domain

really really took a bite out of all the long fanged backers of Mit's effort. Yes Romney was devastated by it,so they needed something fast. Real fast,and Romney jumped on it -the last debate.The scandels are all RED to the core.

[Blue Owl]

58. Alls I'm hearing is liberal media crickets

n/t

[NewJeffCT]

66. I haven't heard much of it, either

outside of MSNBC

[Berlum]

62. Deliberate anti-American lies by Republicans.

Right out of the bottom of the cesspool. Republicans do not support America, and tell lies about America and it's duly elected leaders. Freaking dark dark dark.

[TriplD]

64. Bengazi-gate was Republican projection

Wasn't their initial charge that the White House altered talking points to improperly influence the public?

I'm pretty sure that colluding with a major news organization to leak and alter evidence from a congressional investigation in order to present to the public would be an even bigger deal.

I don't understand why Democrats in Congress aren't demanding an investigation? They need to put an end to the Republicans false narratives.