NEW BENGHAZI REPORT FAULTS CLINTON FOR SECURITY LAPSES, CLAIMS WHITE HOUSE CHANGED CIA TALKING POINTS TO AVOID CRITICISM
“[A]n April 2012 State Department cable bearing Secretary Hillary Clinton’s signature acknowledged then-Ambassador Cretz’s formal request for additional security assets but ordered the withdrawal of security elements to proceed as planned,” the report reads.
But here’s the thing: Clinton said in her January 2013 testimony that she was not aware of any security requests for that area.
“They didn’t come to me. I didn’t approve them. I didn’t deny them,” she said, contrary to the report’s findings.
“The report also found that White House and high-ranking officials at the State Department changed CIA talking points following the attacks, which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others, in order to shield the State Department from ‘criticism for inadequate security levels’ on the ground in Benghazi,” the Washington Examiner’s Susan Ferrechio notes.
She continues: