Not by the White House but by GOPers. When do the hearings on this start? Or is this not important? We had the news from CNN that the emails that broke last Friday-and were the match that lit the fuse on the current scandalfest were actually themselves doctored in some way.
Cynical people might well wonder if this was the work of GOP Congressional staffers. Now we have some new developments that suggest it was the GOP indeed behind it.
"CBS News reported Thursday that leaked versions sent out by the GOP last Friday had visible differences than Wednesday's official batch. Two correspondences that were singled out in the report came from National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes and State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland."
Cynical people might well wonder if this was the work of GOP Congressional staffers. Now we have some new developments that suggest it was the GOP indeed behind it.
"CBS News reported Thursday that leaked versions sent out by the GOP last Friday had visible differences than Wednesday's official batch. Two correspondences that were singled out in the report came from National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes and State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland."
"The GOP version of Rhodes' comment, according to CBS News: "We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don't want to undermine the FBI investigation."
"The White House email: "We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation."
"The GOP version of Nuland's comment, according to CBS News: The penultimate point is a paragraph talking about all the previous warnings provided by the Agency (CIA) about al-Qaeda's presence and activities of al-Qaeda."
"The White House email: "The penultimate point could be abused by members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings."
"The news parallels a Tuesday CNN report which initially introduced the contradiction between what was revealed in a White House Benghazi email version, versus what was reported in media outlets. On Monday, Mother Jones noted that the Republicans' interim report included the correct version of the emails, signaling that more malice and less incompetence may have been at play with the alleged alterations."
Yet, the GOP response after this revelation wasn't to demand to know who exactly doctored the evidence but to demand more emails and more unclassified information. It's hart to believe but some actually don't think any of this is about the truth.
So who will police the policemen? While the GOP goes on a fishing expedition who is going to hold it accountable? Or are we supposed to rely on their pristine honesty? If the police alter evidence that normally is a big problem.
Meanwhile, in the real world other news, a top Fed official suggests that rising inequality may be harming economic growth. This is a very interesting idea and even Krugman has been skeptical that a rise in inequality necessarily harms growth.
Here is Krugman's skepticism
While it's a very important subject, when do you suspect Congress will be having a study on this?
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