The Five Different Reasons Why Susan Rice’s Benghazi Talking Points Were Edited

A clear statement has yet to emerge from the Obama administration about who edited Susan Rice’s talking points — and why — before she relayed faulty information on Sunday talk shows.

1. References were removed to not tip off al-Qaeda and were substituted with “extremists,” according to David Petraeus.

Source: scrapetv.com  /  via: nytimes.com

2. The links to al-Qaeda were too “tenuous” to make public by DNI because the source wasn’t trusted.

Source: greatpowerpolitics.com  /  via: cbsnews.com

3. “The talking points were debated and edited by a collective of experts from around the IC,” not just DNI, according to a DNI spokesman.

Source: acus.org  /  via: thecable.foreignpolicy.com

4. The CIA told Senators McCain, Graham, and Ayotte the FBI removed references to al-Qaeda from the talking points “to prevent compromising an ongoing criminal investigation.”

Source: i2.mail.com  /  via: csmonitor.com

5. The CIA later called Senators McCain, Graham, and Ayotte back, saying they had misspoke to them and that they — not the FBI — had edited the talking points.

Source: www2.pictures.zimbio.com  /  via: csmonitor.com