How convenient!
The State Department told reporters Friday afternoon that it won’t answer any more questions about the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans until the investigation into the incident is complete.
“I’m going to frustrate all of you, infinitely, by telling you that now that we have an open FBI investigation on the death of these four Americans, we are not going to be in a position to talk at all about what the U.S. government may or may not be learning about how any of this this happened — not who they were, not how it happened, not what happened to Ambassador Stevens, not any of it — until the Justice Department is ready to talk about the investigation that’s its got,” State Department spokeswoman Victorian Nuland told reporters late Friday afternoon.
“So I’m going to send to the FBI for those kinds of questions and they’re probably not going to talk to you about it,” she said.
All aspects of the attack, including what led up to it, its causes, the identity of the perpetrators, and the circumstances surrounding the death of Amb. Chris Stevens and the other three Americans,are off limits for reporters.
We can’t have any unhelpful information about Obama’s less than stellar foreign policy performance prior to the election now, can we.
Bet this investigation takes just as long, and reveals just as much info, as Fast & Furious, eh?
– The Lefty news sites are getting bombarded with “where the hell is Obama” type questions, and you no, embarrissing references to hiding and apologies and stuff.
Just because they won’t answer doesn’t mean we, conservative radio, the Republicans in Congress, and the Romney campaign should stop asking questions. I’m sure some very creative people can find some excellent phrasing to use too.
– This is pure cover Obama’s puusy ass from the git-go. First off the FBI is tasked with domestic crimes. They have no jurisdiction or resources for foreign investigations what-so-ever. They can only aid in stateside investigations and have to get all their intel from CIA/NSA/Interpol sources, and you can bet your ass the Israeli’s are telling them to pound salt right now.
– This is total bullshit.
I think embassies and consulates are considered US territory in a legal sense.
The Justice Department dow exists solely to willfully obscure problems like Fast and Furious and to hassle enemies. A better name would be the “fuck you insignificant little proles” department or the “dog collar and camo netting” department. .
– I know that BT, but they have zero resources. Anything they do, they’d have to do here in the states, and any info would be developed by the foreigm services.
– Basically they could only act as an intel clearing house. The CIA et al would be the investigative body of note. This is part of the same scam bringing in the FBI under cover of Homeland defense so they can use war powers to circumvent all the Constitutional domestic safeguards etc.
I do agree that it’s seems like every crisis results in a blurring of constitutional rights.
And yeah saying the Justice Department is on it is akin to saying the checks in the mail.
– Obama’s plan is obvious. He thought he could game and control the MB and Al Qaeda, and he got his half white ass punked. Now their in total disarray.
– Like everything else he does, it was totally ego based and complete fairytales, and he has no plan B,
OT: Zombie has a plan for winning the election. Very OUTLAW! – I suspect the more pragmatic and decidedly non-hobbity portions of the rightosphere won’t approve.
Jarring headlines work. Jarring headlines that are basically true work even better.
FDR: We can’t release any news on the incident at Pearl Harbor until 5-0 have completed their investigation of it.
Fucking hell.
Reporters at the briefing pointed out that the officials on that conference call noted that they were giving out preliminary information that might have been wrong and if the State Department doesn’t talk about the night’s events ever again, that wrong information would remain uncorrected in the public sphere.
“The U.S. government is going to be happy to let incorrect information stand?” one reporter asked.
“I will make a personal pledge to you that if I become aware that information we gave that first night is radically wrong in a way that you deserve to know, I will do my best to get that information to you,” Nuland said. “But I have to respect the fact that this is now a crime scene.”
If Romney doesn’t grab that statement and beat Obama’s eyes shut with it there is no point in even voting.
“The U.S. government is going to be happy to let incorrect information stand?” one reporter asked”
– Of course, absolutely. The correct information will almost always be worse for Bummblefuck becasue he fucks up everything he comes in contact with. After 4 straight years of this bullshit you’d have to be living under a rock not to know that.
– The very definition of insanity:
– “QE3 stimulous will cause another downgrade in America’s credit rating and more unemployment.”
– Insane.
While I still don’t give a shit about this crappy movie, this is an interesting twist: Ruh Roh: Producer of Anti-Islam Film Was a Fed Informer
Like I said, no novelist would contrast Chris Stevens on the streets of Benghazi and Barack Obama on stage in Vegas. Too crude, too telling, too devastating.
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Evidently, the maker of the anti islam video was “detained” by the cops. http://tinyurl.com/9mewjaf
The comments are especially instructive.
Leftists are now claiming “social responsibility” trumps the First Amendment.
Just think what the Justice Department could do if they used their forces for Good instead of Evil.
Leftists are now claiming “social responsibility” trumps the First Amendment.
It’s only fair…
blake
let’s see if that guys PO actually tries a violation of probation on him. Under CA’s new AB109 law, it has to go to a judge, instead of just the PO violating him.
unfortunately, if his terms DO read he cannot use a computer without prior approval, the White House will lean on the PO to nail him to the fence.
Notice the last sentence where the spokesperson called it a crime scene instead of an act of war.
The rot runs deep.
I say we start a Mock Mohammed Day. We can all cut short YouTube vids of, say Koran burning, ripping a picture of some mosque in half, stomping on an Islamic flag, Fido pissing on a Koran, etc.
From Dante’s Inferno, Canto XXVIII:
Very well then, the questions will be asked and answered without their input. They forfeit their input while the story builds up around them.
“Just think what the Justice Department could do if they used their forces for Good instead of Evil.”
We’ve already seen what they can do when they use their forces for SCIENCE!(TM) and PEACE!(TM).
Treacher is unsurprised that the State Dept. is refusing any further questions.
Here he recounts his story of being hit by a State Dept. SUV, issued a bogus jaywalking citation, lied about, stonewalled, and left with a still-fucked-up knee two years after the fact.
And yet he still has that shit-eating grin on his face, as he eviscerates them. Heckuva guy.