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This is also noteworthy:
uld SecreLary of SLaLe Plllary CllnLon geL her false 8enghazl Lalklng polnLs Lhe nlghL of Lhe aLLack from
resldenL Cbama? lrom LheCnSnews.com sLory below [usL posLed:
Cver the course of a week--from Ian. 8 to Ian. 1S--CNSNews.com tr|ed to get the State Department to
s|mp|y say when exact|y on the n|ght of Sept. 11, 2012, the department |ssued th|s statement. 1he State
Department wou|d not respond. CNSNews.comca||ed aga|n 1uesday to |nqu|re what t|me the statement
was re|eased. 1he State Department aga|n d|d not respond. nowever, the Assoc|ated ress conf|rmed
to CNSNews.com that at 10:S8 p.m. Lastern t|me that n|ght, |t ran a story quot|ng from C||nton's statement
||nk|ng the 8enghaz| attacks to "|nf|ammatory mater|a| posted on the Internet." A|so, IactCheck.org, a
pro[ect of the Annenberg ub||c o||cy Center, has reported that the State Department re|eased C||nton's
statement "about 10:00 p.m."--wh|ch |s when Carney te||s CNSNews.com Cbama phoned
C||nton. IactCheck.org a|so po|nted out that MSN8C posted a keuters storyat 10:32 p.m. that n|ght, wh|ch
quoted C||nton's statement ||nk|ng the 8enghaz| attacks to "|nf|ammatory mater|a| posted on the Internet."
[cnsnews Cbama Called Plllary aL 10M nlghL of #8enghazl ALLack--AbouL Same 1lme CllnLon ubllcly Llnked
ALLack Lo ?ou1ube vldeo hLLp://ow.ly/h1ly2
WH: Obama Called Hillary at 10PM on Night
of Benghazi Attack--About Same Time
Clinton First Publicly Linked Attack to
YouTube Video
8y lred Lucas, lebruary 20, 2013
hLLp://cnsnews.com/news/arLlcle/wh-obama-called-hlllary-10pm-nlghL-benghazl-aLLack-abouL-same-Llme-
cllnLon-flrsL
(CnSnews.com) - resldenL 8arack Cbama called SecreLary of SLaLe Plllary CllnLon aL abouL 10 p.m. on Lhe
nlghL of Lhe LerrorlsL aLLacks on Lhe u.S. faclllLles ln 8enghazl, Llbya, WhlLe Pouse ress SecreLary !ay Carney
Lold CnSnews.com.
1haL was more Lhan slx hours afLer Lhe aLLacks sLarLed, more Lhan an hour before 1ryone Woods and Clen
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uoherLy were kllled--and abouL Lhe Llme LhaL CllnLon flrsL released a sLaLemenL llnklng Lhe aLLacks Lo
lnflammaLory maLerlal posLed on Lhe lnLerneL," a reference Lo an anLl-Musllm vldeo on ?ou1ube.
Llke every presldenL before hlm, he has a naLlonal securlLy advlser and depuLy naLlonal securlLy advlser,"
Carney Lold CnSnews.comon 1uesday. Pe was ln regular communlcaLlon wlLh hls naLlonal securlLy Leam
dlrecLly, Lhrough Lhem, and spoke wlLh Lhe secreLary of sLaLe aL approxlmaLely 10 p.m. Pe called her Lo geL an
updaLe on Lhe slLuaLlon."
Carney was respondlng Lo quesLlons from CnSnews.com abouL who Cbama communlcaLed wlLh on Lhe
evenlng of SepL. 11, 2012. CuLgolng uefense SecreLary Leon aneLLa and Cen. MarLln uempsey, chalrman of
Lhe !olnL Chlefs, Lold Lhe SenaLe Armed Servlces CommlLLee Lhey flrsL noLlfled Lhe presldenL of Lhe aLLack
durlng a SepL. 11, 2012 meeLlng LhaL began aL 3 p.m. and ran for abouL 30 mlnuLes. 1hey also Lold Lhe
commlLLee Lhey dld noL Lalk Lo Cbama or anyone else aL Lhe WhlLe Pouse afLer LhaL meeLlng.
u.S. Ambassador ChrlsLopher SLevens, SLaLe ueparLmenL lnformaLlon ManagemenL Cfflcer Sean SmlLh, and
former navy SLALs 1yrone Woods and Clen uoherLy, who worked for ClA, were kllled ln Lhe 8enghazl aLLacks.
1haL nlghL, whlle Lhe aLLacks were sLlll unfoldlng, and before Woods and uoherLy were kllled, SecreLary of
SLaLe CllnLon released a sLaLemenL--enLlLled "SLaLemenL on Lhe ALLack ln 8engazl"-- llnklng Lhe aLLacks Lo an
anLl-Musllm vldeo LhaL had been posLed on ?ou1ube. Some have soughL Lo [usLlfy Lhls vlclous behavlor as a
response Lo lnflammaLory maLerlal posLed on Lhe lnLerneL," CllnLon sald. "1he unlLed SLaLes deplores any
lnLenLlonal efforL Lo denlgraLe Lhe rellglous bellefs of oLhers. Cur commlLmenL Lo rellglous Lolerance goes
back Lo Lhe very beglnnlng of our naLlon. 8uL leL me be clear: 1here ls never any [usLlflcaLlon for vlolenL acLs
of Lhls klnd."
Cver Lhe course of a week--from !an. 8 Lo !an. 13--CnSnews.com Lrled Lo geL Lhe SLaLe ueparLmenL Lo slmply
say when exacLly on Lhe nlghL of SepL. 11, 2012, Lhe deparLmenL lssued Lhls sLaLemenL. 1he SLaLe ueparLmenL
would noL respond. CnSnews.com called agaln 1uesday Lo lnqulre whaL Llme Lhe sLaLemenL was released.
1he SLaLe ueparLmenL agaln dld noL respond.
Powever, Lhe AssoclaLed ress conflrmed Lo CnSnews.com LhaL aL 10:38 p.m. LasLern Llme LhaL nlghL, lL ran a
sLory quoLlng from CllnLon's sLaLemenL llnklng Lhe 8enghazl aLLacks Lo lnflammaLory maLerlal posLed on Lhe
lnLerneL." Also, lacLCheck.org, a pro[ecL of Lhe Annenberg ubllc ollcy CenLer, has reporLed LhaL Lhe SLaLe
ueparLmenL released CllnLon's sLaLemenL "abouL 10:00 p.m."--whlch ls when Carney
Lells CnSnews.com Cbama phoned CllnLon.
lacLCheck.org also polnLed ouL LhaL MSn8C posLed a 8euLers sLory aL 10:32 p.m. LhaL nlghL, whlch quoLed
CllnLon's sLaLemenL llnklng Lhe 8enghazl aLLacks Lo "lnflammaLory maLerlal posLed on Lhe lnLerneL."
1he 8enghazl aLLacks laLer were deLermlned Lo have noLhlng Lo do wlLh a proLesL over Lhe ?ou1ube vldeo--
alLhough admlnlsLraLlon offlclals, lncludlng Lhe presldenL, conLlnued Lo make LhaL lnference for days afLer Lhe
aLLacks.
uurlng her !an. 23 LesLlmony Lo Lhe SenaLe lorelgn 8elaLlons CommlLLee, CllnLon sLaLed she spoke wlLh
Cbama Lhe nlghL of Lhe aLLack, buL dld noL say whaL Llme.
"l was noLlfled of Lhe aLLack shorLly afLer 4 p.m. Cver Lhe followlng hours we were ln conLlnuous meeLlngs
and conversaLlons, boLh wlLhln Lhe deparLmenL, wlLh our Leam ln 1rlpoll, wlLh Lhe lnLeragency and
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lnLernaLlonally," CllnLon sald. Clven LhaL CllnLon was noLlfled shorLly afLer 4:00 p.m. of Lhe 8enghazl aLLack,
she knew lL was golng on for abouL an hour before uefense SecreLary Leon aneLLa noLlfled Lhe presldenL.
CllnLon wenL on Lo say, So lL was a consLanL ongolng dlscusslon and seLs of meeLlngs. l spoke wlLh resldenL
Cbama laLer ln Lhe evenlng Lo, you know, brlng hlm up Lo daLe, Lo hear hls perspecLlve. Cbvlously, we kepL
Lalklng wlLh everyone durlng Lhe nlghL. Larly ln Lhe mornlng on Lhe 12Lh l spoke wlLh Ceneral uempsey, agaln
wlLh [naLlonal SecurlLy Advlser] 1om uonllon."
Cn 1uesday, CnSnews.com emalled WhlLe Pouse ress SecreLary Carney follow-up quesLlons abouL Lhe
Cbama-CllnLon 10:00 p.m. Lelephone call on SepL. 11. uld Lhe presldenL and Sec. CllnLon dlscuss Lhe
sLaLemenL she was abouL Lo lssue?" CnSnews.com asked. "And dld Lhey dlscuss Lhe lssue of 'lnflammaLory
maLerlal posLed on Lhe lnLerneL?'"
Carney dld noL dlrecLly answer elLher quesLlon. lnsLead, he responded, AL abouL 10 pm, Lhe resldenL called
SecreLary CllnLon Lo geL an updaLe on Lhe slLuaLlon."
CnSnews.com also asked Carney abouL Lhe SenaLe LesLlmony of aneLLa and uempsey: aneLLa and
uempsey sald afLer Lhey were flnlshed wlLh Lhe 3:30 meeLlng--Lhe meeLlng from 3 Lo 3:30--LhaL Lhey weren'L
ln conLacL wlLh Lhe WhlLe Pouse."
Carney responded, no. 1hey dldn'L say LhaL. 1hey sald Lhey hadn'L spoken wlLh Lhe presldenL. 1he presldenL
has a naLlonal SecurlLy Advlsor as has every presldenL before hlm daLlng back many, many presldencles. Pe
has a depuLy naLlonal securlLy advlser and remember he had already spoken wlLh and meL wlLh ln person and
dlscussed ongolng aLLack ln 8enghazl wlLh Lhe secreLary of defense, wlLh Lhe chalrman of Lhe [olnL chlefs. Pe
Lhen spoke wlLh Lhe secreLary of sLaLe because afLer all, lL was a dlplomaLlc faclllLy LhaL was aLLacked and aL
LhaL polnL, we were geLLlng lnformaLlon LhaL Amerlcan llves had been losL. l Lhlnk LhaL answers your
quesLlon."
AL a SenaLe Armed Servlces CommlLLee hearlng on leb. 7, Sen. kelly AyoLLe (8.-n.P.) asked aneLLa: uld you
communlcaLe wlLh anyone else aL Lhe WhlLe Pouse LhaL nlghL?"
no," sald aneLLa.
Carney sLressed LhaL Lhe SLaLe ueparLmenL's AccounLablllLy 8evlew 8oard (A88)--chalred by reLlred Admlral
Mlke Mullen and reLlred Ambassador 1homas lckerlng--sald, LhaL Lhe admlnlsLraLlon's response was
adequaLe.
LeL me say agaln, Lhe A88 reporL speclflcally noLes LhaL Lhe lnLeragency cooperaLlon LhaL evenlng was 'Llmely
and approprlaLe,'" Carney sald. Maybe CnS ls challenglng Lhe credlblllLy of Admlral Mullen and Ambassador
lckerlng. robably, buL l don'L know."
Carney wenL on Lo read from page 37 of Lhe reporL LhaL sald, 1he 8oard found no evldence of any undue
delays ln declslon maklng or denlal of supporL from WashlngLon or from Lhe mlllLary combaLanL commanders.
CulLe Lhe conLrary: Lhe safe evacuaLlon of all u.S. governmenL personnel from 8enghazl Lwelve hours afLer
Lhe lnlLlal aLLack and subsequenLly Lo 8amsLeln Alr lorce 8ase was Lhe resulL of excepLlonal u.S. governmenL
coordlnaLlon and mlllLary response and helped save Lhe llves of Lwo severely wounded Amerlcans."

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On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Stephanie Arje wrote:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: 202-646-5188
February 20, 2013

Judicial Watch Sues Office of the Director of National Intelligence
for Documents Describing Attack on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi

Judicial Watch Seeks the Speaking Points Intelligence Memo Referencing Link to
Terrorism that was Allegedly Scrubbed by Obama Administration Officials

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit
against the Obama Administrations Office of the Director of National Intelligence seeking access to records
detailing the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, which killed Ambassador
Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Specifically, Judicial Watch seeks a controversial speaking points
memo indicating that intelligence officials believed from the outset that terrorists were behind the attack despite
public statements to the contrary issued by Obama administration officials, including UN Ambassador Susan
Rice and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The lawsuit was filed on February 14, 2013 (Judicial
Watch v. Office of the Dir. of National Intelligence (No. 13-0198)).

Judicial Watch seeks the following records pursuant to its October 19, 2012, FOIA request:

Any and all memoranda, assessments, analyses, and/or talking points regarding the September 11, 2012
attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya and/or the killing of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher
Stevens produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence between September 11, 2012
and September 20, 2012. This request includes, but is not limited to, the speaking points
memorandum referred to by Senator Dianne Feinstein during a televised interview on October 17,
2012, (see http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/10/17/ feinstein-intelligence-flaw-lax-security-to-
blame-for-libyan-terror-attack/).

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence acknowledged receiving JWs request on October 19, 2012,
and was required by law to respond by November 26, 2012. As of the date of Judicial Watchs lawsuit, the
agency has failed to produce any records responsive to the request, indicate when any responsive records will be
produced, or demonstrated that responsive records are exempt from production.
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Regarding the speaking points memorandum requested by Judicial Watch, according to the CBS Affiliate in
San Francisco: When asked by CBS 5 if there was an intelligence flaw, the senior California senator [Feinstein]
who hails from San Francisco replied: I think what happened was the director of intelligenceput out some
speaking points on the initial intelligence assessment. I think that was possibly a mistake.

Former CIA Director General David Petraeus reportedly testified before Congress that the initial speaking
points produced by the CIA stated there were indications the attack was linked to al Qaeda, and suggested the
terrorism reference was removed sometime during an interagency review process.

In the days and weeks following the Benghazi attacks, the Obama administration blamed the incident on a
rudimentary Internet video deemed offensive to Muslims. This false claim was repeated by both Ambassador
Rice and Secretary Clinton in multiple public statements and press interviews. For example, at a September 14,
2012, event honoring the four victims of the Benghazi attack, Secretary Clinton made the following statement:
Weve seen the heavy assault on our post in Benghazi that took the lives of those brave men. Weve seen the
rage and violence directed at American embassies over an awful video that we had nothing to do with.

Later, when asked about the alleged discrepancy between the intelligence communitys assessment and the
Obama administrations public statements during congressional testimony, former Secretary of State Clinton
shouted, What difference does it make? I personally was not focused on talking points, she stated.

With all of the Benghazi lies coming out of the Obama administration, the only way to get at the truth is to
release these records immediately, stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. From the beginning, the
Obama White House has been more concerned with self-protection than to disclosing the truth about Benghazi.
The Obama administrations lawless Benghazi cover-up is a disgrace and an insult to the victims of the attacks
and their families. The Obama Benghazi scandal makes Iran-Contra seem like patty-cake by comparison.

In December, Judicial Watch released its special report, The Benghazi Attack of September 11, 2012:
Analysis and Further Questions from a Diplomatic Security Service Regional Security Officer and Special
Agent. The report closely examined the Obama administrations actions before, during, and after the assault, as
well as the State Departments commitment to protect overseas diplomats.

In addition to Judicial Watchs Benghazi investigation, Congress also seeks answers from the Obama
administration. Republicans in the Senate have indicated they plan to put a hold on the nomination of John O.
Brennan, former Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, who is
President Obamas pick to serve as Director of the CIA, until the Obama White House releases more details on
the Benghazi attacks, including the speaking points memos.

Visit www.judicialwatch.org.
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