Email Release Shows No Political Interference From White House

Posted by | May 15, 2013 23:26 | Filed under: Top Stories


With the release of 100 pages of emails, the so-called Benghazi “scandal” should go away.

The internal debate did not include political interference from the White House, according to the emails, which were provided to Congressional intelligence committees several months ago…

Much of the Republican concern has focused on whether administration officials acknowledged early enough that an Islamist terrorist organization was behind the attack, rather than groups of demonstrators participating in anti-American protests outside many U.S. diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa.

According to the emails and initial CIA-drafted talking points, the agency believed the attack included a mix of Islamist extremists from Ansar al-Sharia, an al-Qaeda affiliated group, and angry demonstrators.

White House officials did not challenge that analysis, the emails show.

But CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell later removed the reference to Ansar al-Sharia because, senior administration officials said, the assessment was still classified and because FBI officials believed making the information public could compromise their investigation.

The emails are here.

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