UPDATED: Issa: ‘An Act Of Terror Is Different Than A Terrorist Attack’

[DonViejo]

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Monday disputed President Barack Obama's assertion that he attributed last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya to terrorists, arguing that an "act of terror" is a different characterization than "a terrorist attack."

"The President sent a letter to the president of Libya were he didn't call it a terrorist attack even when in real time the president of Libya was calling this a pre-planned Sept. 11 terrorist attack," Issa said during an interview with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. "So I think when you look at official correspondence from the President through the acting ambassador to the president of Libya, which came out in our hearing and was testified to under oath, the words that are being used carefully -- like you just said, act of terror -- an act of terror is different than a terrorist attack. The truth is, this was a terrorist attack, this had al Qaeda at it, this came over the wall very quickly, attacked and killed two people and then later two more hours later."

Obama used the phrase "acts of terror" the day after the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi that left four Americans dead, a point he reiterated at a Monday news conference.

Issa also assailed the U.S. government's response to the attack, suggesting that military forces could have been deployed there easily.

full article
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/issa-act-of-terror-is-different-than-terrorist

UPDATE:

During a visit to Washington Hospital Center on Sep. 13, 2001 — just two days after the attacks on the World Trade Center — President George W. Bush described the incident as an “unbelievable act of terror.”

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/13/2002871/issa-obama-covered-up-benghazi-terrorism-by-calling-it-an-act-of-terror/

[treestar]

1. this is insane

[graham4anything]

2. How come the republicans were arguing this before it even happened?

Could they have known in advance it was going to happen.

This reminds me of the Rather memo uproar, before the general public even knew

pre-known?

Just like the recount in Miami-Dade, pre-arranged and known prior to happening.

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. They don't seem to want anybody to talk about that movie. n/t

[Sunlei]

19. yes that sub titled b-grade film has not been probed at all.

This AM, my TX. assistant DA friend we talked about the murders, family safety and the discord/hate in politics. She's such a good moral person, she said we have to 'love and respect' each other more.

It's very, very wrong. when our Leadership like Issa disrespects America, Americans and our President like this.

[freshwest]

9. When the guy who made the film the media first said caused the attack turned out to have GOP funds..

I smelled something rotten. The guy was a total freak as it turned out anyway, having edited the film and working hard to give it a completely idiotic racist bent.

There was soft money involved. For all we know, the film was made to stir zealots up to harm the Democrats in the election, even so far as to paying for the rioters.

Obama never went the low road with these vermin. And it won't do any good to do so now. He's said he counts on the humanity of Americans and their love of country to do the right thing.

He's been bashed on that by those who say he's leading a children's crusade to save the country. I won't bash anything that will help anyone and find those voices to be disingenous.

Despair and cynicism allows the status quo to continue, and not making aconstructive criticism or demanding the impossible, to set things up to fail, does nothing but discourage others.

From the Koch brothers alone, and there are more than them, there are billions to be spent to make mischief. Anything goes with them, nothing is too low. After the October Surprise and Brooks Brothers Riot, you have a right to be suspicious.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Sort of like how a "bullshit phony scandal" is different than a "phony scandal which is bullshit".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Sort of like how a brain-damaged douchebag is different from

a bag of douche whose brain is damaged.

[Buzz Clik]

5. Impeach! Obama is clueless of the Queen's English! The Kenyan must go!!!!1111oneone

Issa is a jackass.

[onehandle]

7. Ok. I can play. A dude walking around inside a JC Penney with an AR-15 is 'An Act Of Terror.'

A dude killing 20 kindergardeners in a school is a Terrorist Attack.

How's that, you sack of shit in a cheap suit?

[upaloopa]

8. Act of terror subject of the preposition "of"

Terrorist attack. Adverbial phrase
That's about the difference

[Downtown Hound]

10. Oh, blow it out your blowhole you dipshit dill hole. n/t

[Blue Owl]

11. Oil of Snake is different than Snake Oil

[hopemountain]

12. it is all about intention

when one intends to lie - then, what is said is not a lie. by the same token, the person who intends to lie is not a liar.
see? it's all very much about the truth.
snort.

[HooptieWagon]

13. He's babbling again...has he ever been drug-tested? nt

[jmowreader]

14. "Douchebag car thief" is different from "bag of douche who steals cars."

[Cha]

15. Yo Darr-ell

[RoccoR5955]

16. +1000 n/t

[Arkana]

17. Sweet dancing Jehovah.

Issa can't possibly think that anyone but the most diehard teahadists will take him seriously on this one, can he?

[JDPriestly]

18. Ridiculous. Not only did Obama say "acts of terror," but the video of the attack was realeased.

The attackers had a lot of equipment and a truck as I recall.

Issa missed the first release of that video -- I think it might have been September 12, 2012. Not sure, but I recall that it was soon after the event.

Issa is embarrassed and trying to save face. He should just resign. He is incompetent. He cannot admit when he is wrong. He cannot even admit it. And those are sure signs of incompetency.

[tclambert]

20. Just like a stupid person is different from Darrell Issa.

[winter is coming]

21. Wouldn't "terrorist attack" be a subset of "acts of terror"?

There are certainly acts of terror that aren't terrorist attacks, but nobody thinks Obama was referring to the lunch menu from my middle school.

[BlueDemKev]

22. Right, and a "certificate of live birth" isn't the same as a "birth certificate"

These retardlicans are insane.

[Beacool]

23. To quote Hillary: What difference does it make?

[emulatorloo]

24. LOL

[marshall]

27. It's like "person of color" vs "colored person"

Semantically it is the same, but the meaning shifts depending on context.

[Crunchy Frog]

25. Manufactured scandal.

Looks like I'm going to have to avoid listening to or watching news for the next several months.

Why do Dems always fall for allowing Repukes to get away with this sort of crap?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. What Dems need to do is unearth the GOP's beastly scandals

and the GOP has many beastly scandals