Obama Explains Why The President Must Be Held Accountable In Benghazi

President Obama spoke moments ago about leaks that put national security at risk. His remarks also describe in detail how his beauty sleep prior to a Vegas fund raiser put national security at risk and cost the lives of brave Americans in Benghazi. This comment goes a long way in explaining why the Obama administration is lying to the American people about Benghazi.

To be, uhh, clear, President Obama was talking about leaks relating to CIA operations similar to the Benghazi, Libya operation in which America armed and trained Al Qaeda and other groups in order to overthrow various governments and then allocated $40 million to track down and buy back heavy weapons.

"They can put men and women in uniform that I have sent into the battlefield at risk.

They can put, uhh, some of our intelligence officers, who are various dangerous situations that are easily compromised, at risk.

U.S. national security, uhh, is, uhh, dependent on those folks being able to operate with confidence that folks back home have their backs. So they are not just left out there 'high and dry,' uhh, and potentially put in even more danger than they may already be.

uhh, and so, I make no apologies and I don't think the American people would expect me, as Commander-In-Chief, not to be concerned about information that might compromise their missions or might get them killed.

The flip side of it is, we also live in a democracy, uhh, where a free press, free expression, uhh, and, uhh, the open flow of information helps hold me accountable, helps hold our government accountable and helps our democracy function. Uhh, and, ya know, the whole reason I got involved in politics is because I believe so deeply in democracy and that process.

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When we express concern about leaks at a time when I have still got 60,000 plus troops in Afghanistan. uhh, and I've still got a whole bunch of intelligence officers around the world who are in risky situations,uhh, in outposts, uhh that uhh in some cases are as dangerous as the outpost in Benghazi. Uhh, that part of my job is to make sure that, uhh, we are protecting what they do. Uhh, while still accommodating for the need for, uhh, information. So,... or for the need for the public to be informed and be able to hold, uhh uhh my office accountable."

In the event that you, the, uhh, reader, might think this is being taken out of context, here is a Bloomberq reporter asking about the IRS scandal and President Obama's unresponsive answer. This is simply to make the point that the man is again lying.

Reporter: "Mr. President, I want to ask you about the IRS. Can you assure the American people that nobody in the White House knew about the agencies action before your council's office found out on April 22nd."

President Obama: "I can assure you that, uhh, I certainly did not know anything about the IG report before the IG report had been leaked through press, uhh through the press."

The reason President Obama makes these implied acknowledgements that the White House knew about the targeting of conservative groups is simple. He is not held accountable. Consider the AP headline on this statement which relies upon people NOT reading the story:

BREAKING: Obama assures he did not know about IRS political targeting before reports became public.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 16, 2013

Old Glory Petraeus Fired for Opposing Benghazi Coverup

CBS News Benghazi Reporter Sharyl Attkisson discusses the departure of General David Petraeus shortly after opposing the cover-up talking points memo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Recently, the administration has attempted to use the CIA as a CYA by falsely claiming that the White House made only minor changes to talking points that originally identified the attack as terrorism. The Obama administration attempted to focus the American people on a false narrative accusing a youtube video for the Benghazi, Libya attack. An innocent video producer was arrested, he remains in jail and mothers of dead American patriots were lied to face to face while standing over the caskets of their fallen sons.

Sharyl Attkisson discusses the fact that emails now show that Gen. Petraeus, as the Director of CIA, was unhappy with the final, misleading talking points memo used to deceive the American public. She also reminds us that Petraeus promised the release of declassified drone video footage of the Benghazi attack. Since the departure of the former General from the CIA, the drone footage has been withheld.

You may recall that we had high hopes in November 2012, post election, that David Petraeus would offer the truth on the Benghazi story. He did not give a full account, which was disappointing, but he did lay some breadcrumbs toward the truth. Now it seems that he may have been in position to be blackmailed which affected his ability to be forthright.

p.s.
More revelations on Benghazi will be forth coming either today during the President's press conference or when the Accountability Review Board is heard by the House of Representatives.

Please show support for Sharyl Attkisson who has been doing an excellent job as an investigative reporter on the Benghazi story. Reports indicate her job at CBS News is on the line. Twitter profile HERE.

THANK YOU #benghazi Reporter Sharyl Attkisson (@sharylattkisson) The #Truth Matters!
— Doo Doo Economics (@DooDooEcon) May 13, 2013

Definition: Gosnelled

Gosnelled: (verb) To kill or choosing to allow the death of someone helpless and under your care, then for the death to be white washed and/or covered up for racial or political purposes.
Example: The four patriots killed by terrorists in Benghazi on 9/11/2012 were gosnelled by the administration and the mainstream media.

Etymology: Dr. Kermit Gosnell is the biggest mass murderer in American History. He killed hundreds of babies during live birth abortions with scissors by snipping their spines. Some of the babies screamed and fought for their life. Dr. Gosnell had separate operating rooms for blacks and whites. White patients had a clean environment while black patients died on the table due to substandard conditions. Pieces of aborted fetus and viable babies were found in jars. Government agencies and the mainstream media notoriously failed to investigate and report the story. Calling it a "local story," justified covering up the story due to negative implication to the practice of abortion particularly in the poor inner city.

End The Fraud of the Friday Dump

Today the IRS apologized for targeting the tea party and other patriot groups. It is unconscionable that our government is so biased against citizens that they actively seek to demonize and discriminate against patriotic Americans. The Liberator Today says "An Apology is not Enough," but what might be worse is that this information was part of a "Friday Dump" designed to minimize coverage as people prepare for the weekend.

The "Friday Dump" is the anti-transparency hallmark of the Obama administration. Today's "Dump" included a failed attempt by Jay Carney to spin the Benghazi revelations. Also included, news that the West, Texas "industrial accident" may have been a crime and a first responder has been arrested for having bomb components. Finally, the State Department has forced the 3-D printed plastic gun blueprints to be taken down from it's website, despite "The Liberator" meeting all legal requirements.

Cody Wilson, a founder of Defense Distributed, an Austin nonprofit corporation, said he had complied with the government request, but that he and his attorneys were reviewing their options and talking to organizations that support open access to information about challenging any ongoing ban.

Back to Benghazi, it is now fact that the Obama Administration lied to the American people and falsely jailed a man over the 9/11/12 terrorist attacks for political purposes. The mainstream media has for months failed in their constitutionally protected role as watchdog for the public on this issue.

Left Coast Rebel reminds us,

In the fog of war, when the reports of a terrorist attack were laid in his lap, Obama punted his duty to protecting Americans and the service's tradition of "no man left behind", to put on his own jammies and catch some Z's before an arduous day of fund raising in Las Vegas. By some accounts, he repeatedly obstructed rescue attempts, in order to preserve his own political viability and re-election. 

Ridiculous excuses from the main stream media and Jay Carney prompted a Twitter hashtag to trend titled: #JayCarneyExcuses (It trended along site #Benghazi and #IRS.)

#JayCarneyExcuses We are currently searching YouTube to find a video that will explain everything.
— Hereistheanswer (@hereistheanswer) May 10, 2013

#JayCarneyExcuses We were embarrassed to admit all #benghazi email including the original talking points went to the junkmail folder.
— Doo Doo Economics (@DooDooEcon) May 10, 2013

#JayCarneyExcuses who wants to tag in? Guys...guys...I'm getting killed in here. Is this what #benghazi felt like?
— Doo Doo Economics (@DooDooEcon) May 10, 2013

Fraud and abuse of power have become as common as the grass during the reign of Barack Obama. Rule of Law and Equal Justice have given way to Rule of Man and intimidation. It is time to End the Fraud and a good place to start would be by ending the "Friday Dump".

Democrats Ask Zero Questions on Benghazi Events In Hearing

During the Benghazi hearings on the Al Qaeda attack on an American consulate in Libya the Democrats have not asked a single question about the attack. Despite four dead American patriots, the Democratic Congressmen and women have failed to address the issue at all.

The leading Democratic Congressman in the hearing, Elijah Cummings of Maryland, began by stating his support for the whistle-blowers who testified. However, it appears that his statements were intended to be a veiled final effort to offer amnesty in exchange for silence.

"I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO PROTECT YOU" (if you shut up.)

Other Democrats attempted to provide cover for Hillary Clinton, then Secretary of State. One towering man who testified as a "whistle-blower" is named Eric Nordstrom. Mr. Nordstrom was the Libyan Regional Security Officer for the State Department during the attack. The security officer battled tears as he countered Hillary Clinton's claim by stating "It Matters!"

Gregory Hicks, Foreign Service Officer & Former Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya:

"My Jaw Dropped" when Susan Rice went on TV saying there was a protest in Benghazi related to a video.

Mr. Hicks has been praised by President Obama shortly after the attacks in Benghazi. He informed the State Department and senior Libyan officials asking for assistance throughout the attacks on September 11th 2012. Rep. Elijah Cummings repeatedly attempted to push against Hicks by stating that the U.S. military air power could not have arrived over Libya during the attacks. This is in direct opposition to the fact that drones were flying over the attack for several hours. It is nonsensical when one considers that the revolution in Libya relied upon U.S. air power.

The people on the ground who make security decisions were not able to get the resources needed to defend themselves and Ambassador Stevens. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decreased resources and then denied requests to save Americans surrounded by terrorists on American soil. The administration then lied about the situation. After that, the administration obstructed the investigation of the events in Benghazi both materially and through political proxies.

Hillary Clinton's right hand Cheryl Mills was directly referenced as the point person in the cover-up and silencing of whistle-blowers.

Islamic Supremacists Not Mentioned in Obama's Comments on Terrorists

President Obama ignored the greatest threat to the civilized world while talking about "whatever warped, twisted ideas" from self-radicalized individuals. Frankly, his oratory seemed poised to point at the tea party as he stated that he had indicated to (@30 sec):

"entire counter-terrorism team,what more can we do on THAT threat that is LOOMING on the horizon."

I was under the knife today, and have been taking some pain medication, so maybe I am hearing this wrong. So, decide for yourself.  Fully in-context clip of statement from C-SPAN CLICK HERE (1 min 34 seconds)

One passing mention of Al Qaeda which is dismissed as he pivots to "self-radicalized individuals." The president makes no mention of radical theology, only generic "ideas." No mention of the numerous jihadist attacks preceding and during his presidency, only attacks "looming on the horizon."

Many people today have commented upon President Obama's encore performance. A statement on a gay basketball player who "can bang with Shaq," where Shaq is a retired NBA player who, to my knowledge is heterosexual.(In basketball terms, "bang" refers to a physical style of post play. Not that post, post refers to under the basket. No not... I give up.) My offense at this statement is not about sexuality, it revolves around the lack of mention of patriotic Americans who died under President Obama in Benghazi and never received an encore.

This entire affair induced my OXYCODONE filled brain to embark upon a Twitter rant of epic proportions. A rant to which, I apologize. To view the rant go look up #TwistedRadicalIdeas. The moral of this story is that even while on pain killers, some of us take responsibility for our own actions... even reactions, while America's president fails the character test at every turn.

Mr. President, for one day please be reasonable. Just one, that is all we ask.  For one day, no #AttackWatch, no accusing the peaceful tea party movement of racism or terrorism, no undermining Israel, no submission or appeasement to Islamic supremacists, no selling weapons to our enemies, no trying to setup the confiscation of our second amendment, no undermining jobs with false promises of free health care, no hindering Americas massive reserve of fuel to further Climate Change policy, no Tides foundation nudging.... just one day without their Doo Doo Economics. A day without a fundamental transformation administration would be preferable.  Maybe go golfing.

In return, this blogger will, for a day, sleep, perchance to dream.

Update: fixed about 1000 typos.

Twitter Ends Censorship of Conservative Trends

Twitter Begins Censoring Conservatives

Back in September 2011 the Obama White House began #AttackWatch. It was a Twitter hashtag where people could report anything negative said against President Obama. Conservatives immediately took control and mocked the Stalinist tactic.

#AttackWatch Brown Shirt tshirts began selling online. The trend grew against the Obama Administration to the point that they realized the danger of their error.

Instead of apologizing to the American people, the Obama administration found a way to work with Twitter to shut down conservative trends. This blog and Gulagbound found that despite the fact that #AttackWatch was by far the most popular trend on Twitter it stopped being listed as a top trend. You can read all about it in our post "Twitter Hides #AttackWatch Trending - Proof."

The Administration did this by misusing the power of the presidency.

"UPDATE: Why would twitter make such an obviously corrupt move? Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is on a presidential advisory committee.

(5/26/2011) President Obama announced his intent to appoint Costolo to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)"

The proof of the censorship was obvious because the Twitter programming interface (API) took time to update. Until it was patched, several Twitter Trend web services clearly showed the tampering. Once that API was updated, Twitter could now censor for the Obama administration. Conservative topics never again trended for more than a day.

Twitter Smeared As Where People "Jump to Conclusions"

After the Boston Marathon attack, news outlets and other left wing organization began a smear campaign against Twitter. AP was hacked. President Obama warned the public about "jumping to conclusions." It was all out warfare because facts were being put out on Twitter before the news media could find them. Law Enforcement began releasing information on Twitter before old fahioned "news conferences."

Twitter had more and better information and the viewers of CNN could clearly contrast the coverage. Reports of dogs barking filled dead airspace on CNN while Twitter uncovered photos and videos of the Boston Marathon Bombing. While news reporters ran from bomb scares and stood on street corners, Twitter users were seeing pictures of people being arrested, a Saudi 2123b terrorist being tackled and connected the dots between the Motives, The Means and The Money behind the attack.

The establishment media, which has been loyal to president Obama, was threatened and retaliated. My guess is that the president's statement or the actions of his handlers made matters worse. Twitter began to realize they needed to fight back. Someone at Twitter then flipped a switch and emancipated the army of conservatives into trending freedom. A conservative hashtag, #YouJustPulledAnObama, began to soar.

Despite the millions of Obama Twitter bots (fake accounts) and paid social media company attack dogs calling people racists and attempting intimidation against the conservatives on Twitter, #YouJustPulledAnObama has trended for days on end.

One of the worst, unfunny, unwitty, liberal tweets of all time has more than 2000 retweets to rank as the top tweet in the trend. The Soviet style salute is a clear sign that social media bots cannot stand up to conservatives.

President Obama is a good president, he cares about the citizens of America.RT if you agree. #YouJustPulledAnObama
— Eche Madubuike (@EcheMadubuike) April 27, 2013

While Obama followers are urged to declare their loyalty, patriotic conservatives are storming the gates. Fellow SLOBS blog Beers with Demo provides insight into some of what is being unleashed on Twitter with "What We've Been Tweeting."

 

The cultural winds have changed. Andrew Breitbart is smiling.