A Washington ‘whodunit’: who fed bogus Benghazi ‘emails’ to the media? *UPDATE: a ‘glaring ommission

[Cha]

This is really long so I've taken out enticing snips to lead you to the whole article by Joy Reid..especially the Updates at the bottom of her Piece..

snip*** way down towards the end..

Whodunnit?

Maddow and others are calling on Karl to give up his source, since it appears he was used to transmit false information in order to plant the seeds of a media scandal. I doubt he will do that, both because it’s not in the nature of a journalist, especially in the small, cruel world that is Washington, to burn a source — even a bad one. Every political source has friends. And every reporter needs sources with friends.

The fact is, it will ultimately be up to good old fashioned sleuthing (or another, timely leak…) to figure out who fed bogus information to ABC and TWS. And my own sources say there is a fair amount of nervousness among Republican staffers on Capitol Hill right now over this potential story. So no one’s taking the risk of losing their jobs by talking.

So who could the leaker be?

***snip

UPDATE: A very trusted source of mine gave me a cryptic piece of advice yesterday, which was to take a look at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. I didn’t know quite what to make of it at the time, but tonight it occurred to me: could someone on that committee also have been on the Select Committee on Intelligence, which is the one that got the email briefing in February?

snip***

Pretty juicy list! Note how stacked the minority side of the committee is with presidential aspirants, potential aspirants, a former aspirant, and some of the most hardcore tea party Senators, including some, like Rand Paul, John McCain and Kelly Ayotte, who have gone after, first Susan Rice, and then Hillary Clinton guns blazing on Benghazi. But only one of those Senators ALSO sits on the Select Committee on Intelligence — which is the one that my administration source says got the February briefing”

***snip

Suspense!

A Whole Lot More.. including who Joy Reid thinks could be the source passing bogus emails.

h/t Meta @ TOD http://blog.reidreport.com/2013/05/benghazi-emails-whodunit/

I so hope Jon Karl's "source" is sleuthed out. Wonder if he's shaking in his shoes yet or too arrogant to think "I could really get busted here!"?

[Kablooie]

1. Soon we'll hear that the ABC document was accurate and the White House one was doctored.

Just wait and see.
They'll say anything to keep the scandal going.

[DCKit]

6. I've already heard that inferred twice this week.

The MSM and Rs both work for TPTB.

[pacalo]

2. Very interesting. I think she's onto something, Cha.

[Cha]

3. It sounds like it, pacalo. Lots of characters in

this "whodunit". Confusing at times to keep them all straight. Thought Joy Reid did a great job of sorting them out.

The very least, we have more information to Work with.

But only one of those Senators ALSO sits on the Select Committee on Intelligence — which is the one that my administration source says got the February briefing”

Jon Karl got them from someone that's what we do know.. and he acted like they were the originals.

[Festivito]

4. Why is Jon Karl not being Dan Rather'd? Source did not matter there.

Even the veracity of the Dan Rather fax did not matter -- only that it was questionable. No one seemed interested in who manufactured the faxed original, only that Dan reported its content.

In this case the source is not just re-created, it is clearly doctored, Jon Karl did not vet it, and did report the un-vetted content. So, why isn't ABC calling for investigations leading to removal?

[sheshe2]

5. Hmmmm, and what makes Coburn so interesting~ he sits on both committees.

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From your Link:

Now, what makes Coburn interesting?
SNIP:
On May 9th — literally the day before Jonathan Karl’s “bombshell” report went live, Coburn appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, with his old pal and fellow House of Representatives class of 1994 alumnus (and my work colleague) Joe Scarborough (Coburn left the House in 2000, per a term limits pledge, and then ran successfully for the Senate in 2004. He announced this year that he would be retiring when his term ends in 2016.) Coburn talked about his failed “tote your gun on federal land” amendment to an unrelated bill, and about Benghazi, among other topics. And and what he had to say on Benghazi was interesting indeed (per the conservative Washington Times):

Sen. Tom Coburn said Thursday that the State Department has “real trouble” because of “glaring omission” in the information that it turned over to lawmakers in relation to the attacks in Benghazi that led to the death of a U.S. ambassador and three others at a consulate in Libya.

SNIP:

“Having sat on the intelligence committee and seen the review of emails that went back and forth as they developed the list, there is are glaring problem there that will eventually come out, and I can’t talk about now, but there was an omission that was given to the intelligence committee,” he said.

Great find Cha, thank you!

When we get to the source. we will get some answers.

[Cha]

7. Thank you for posting more from the link

She. Yes, Coburn. Like Joy says.. "it doesn't necessarily mean he's Jon Karl's source but it doesn't rule him out. But, it is intriguing."

Joy Reid's article is chock full of names, dates, places, and timelines that are most helpful to sorting this out. Don't think she's going to be giving up on it anytime soon.

When we get to the source. we will get some answers.

Yes, because it's clear Jon Karl isn't going to... so far anyway.

[zappaman]

8. Big REC and KICK! n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. I wonder whether there will be a Deep throat?