The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
May 16, 2013

White House Releases Emails on Benghazi Talking Points 
-------------------------------------------------------


 
The White House has released 100 emails showing the initial government
discussions on how to describe the fatal attack on the U.S. compound in
Benghazi, Libya, last year. Republicans have accused the White House of
misrepresenting the attack in order to safeguard President Obama's
campaign for re-election. But the emails show no political interference
from the White House and no objections to linking the attack to militant
groups. One reference to the group Ansar al-Sharia was removed after
discussions between the FBI and CIA yielded concerns over disclosing
classified information and compromising an ongoing investigation.

 

.