‘Doctored’ Benghazi e-mails rankle Dem lawmaker

[ProSense]

‘Doctored’ Benghazi e-mails rankle Dem lawmaker

By Erik Wemple

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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) today asked for an accounting as to how “doctored” e-mails relating to the Obama administration’s deliberations on Benghazi wound up in the hands of the media...Schiff was irked that prior to the e-mails’ release, news reports inaccurately portrayed key bits of correspondence, and he specifically cited ABC News in a chat with the Erik Wemple Blog today. On May 10, ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl issued an explosive story chronicling the evolution of the administration’s talking points...Though ABC News and Weekly Standard didn’t give extensive details on their sourcing for the stories, Schiff says it’s not hard to reverse-engineer them: “I don’t know precisely who doctored and leaked the e-mails but plainly it didn’t come from administration, and it wouldn’t have come from Democratic staffers,” Schiff said. Earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney accused “Republicans” of “fabricating” e-mails in an effort to embarrass the Obama administration.

At a moment when everyone is talking about leaks and investigations, Schiff has more for the pile: “A GOP leak of doctored e-mails (became) the basis of GOP talking points,” said Schiff. “That’s a pretty disturbing irony considering the investigation was supposed to be about spin on talking points.”

In his quest for accountability, Schiff singles out Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. A reliable critic of the White House, Issa recently welcomed a trio of Benghazi whistleblowers to testify before his committee and vows to continue looking into the controversy. “Congressman Issa owes the public an answer as to who doctored these emails, who leaked them to the press, and who is being held accountable,” said the statement.

Why Issa? That’s the question of his spokesman, Frederick Hill, who e-mailed this note today: “The Oversight Committee did not view the talking point e-mails until they were publicly released on Wednesday. They were not made available to our committee prior to that. Schiff should check his facts and stop playing politics to the detriment of Benghazi victims’ families who are still seeking answers.”

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/05/18/doctored-benghazi-e-mails-rankle-dem-lawmaker/

There you have it: Who made the doctored e-mail available to Issa's oversight committee?

Another question: Why were Republicans, including Issa, who should have known the emails were doctored relying on fake email to support their investigation?

Wow, This is Pretty Epic (Republicans manufactured evidence on Benghazi)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022857236

[spanone]

1. rankles? that's all we get?

if this doesn't get traction......

[ananda]

2. I guess only sociopathic Reeps get outraged.

..

[ProSense]

3. The statement by

"if this doesn't get traction......"

...Issa's spokesman needs to be looked at carefully:

Why Issa? That’s the question of his spokesman, Frederick Hill, who e-mailed this note today: “The Oversight Committee did not view the talking point e-mails until they were publicly released on Wednesday. They were not made available to our committee prior to that. Schiff should check his facts and stop playing politics to the detriment of Benghazi victims’ families who are still seeking answers.”

The denial they saw the e-mail before hand and the admission that it was presented as evidence in the investigation.

[winter is coming]

4. Oh, I'm sure a strongly worded letter is in the offing. n/t

[freshwest]

5. The media was complicit. The GOP holds majority in the house. So that's what we get...

If we get the house back in 2014, the shit will hit the fan. If not, they get aways with it - and will find one thing after another all the way through 2016. Numbers is the way it's done.

[malaise]

6. Let's see if hack Gregory raises this tomorrow

If it's Sunday it's meet McGramps or Graham

[PatrynXX]

7. Now Doctored Emails.. sounds more like Watergate

Just not the way the GOP was counting on...

[sheshe2]

8. From Frederick Hill

Schiff should check his facts and stop playing politics to the detriment of Benghazi victims’ families who are still seeking answers.”

Really Fred..what you and your party are doing with this witch hunt is NOT Detrimental to the Victims and their families?
The party of ugly is beneath contempt!


Great post, ProSense!

[NewJeffCT]

9. And, when you're "rankled", you write a strongly worded letter

to Speaker Boehner and that's it, right?

[magellan]

10. If this had happened under Bush**, Repubs would be investigating to find the leaker!!

But because it's a Dem president, nada.

I hope Schiff is "rankled" and "irked" enough to raise a good stink over this and demand an investigation into who leaked the doctored emails to ABC. But I doubt that would happen even if Dems had a majority in the House.

[ProSense]

12. Yeah, and the

media would be outraged: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022857091

[Cha]

11. Go Adam Schiff.. just remember Issa and his Freddy Hill wil lie about this

until there's no more breath to lie.

“Congressman Issa owes the public an answer as to who doctored these emails, who leaked them to the press, and who is being held accountable,” said the statement.

thanks ProSense

[ProSense]

15. Still, not a peep from the media. n/t

[Rex]

13. I wonder if ABC will apologize for being a mouthpiece for the GOP?

I keeeed! Of COURSE they will not! Why bite the hand that feeds you!

[Life Long Dem]

14. And so wrong on so many levels.

“That’s a pretty disturbing irony considering the investigation was supposed to be about spin on talking points.”

[Hugabear]

16. Let's see if the rethugs hold hearings about these faked emails

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to happen