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Newt Gingrich holds forth: IRS Scandal Just Got Much Worse
Moe Lane writing at RedState: IRS continues to flail about in Lerner case; consequences to ensue.
Great article by Jeff Emanuel also at RedState exposing the implications and bringing us up to date on: Fast and Furious: Barack Obama’s Bloodiest Scandal and its Shameless Cover-Up.
Oh yes, and last but not least, from Gary Bauer at Campaign for Working Families, End of Day Report . . . that terrorist that was a key part of planning the Benghazi siege on our embassy, whose capture was announced with much fanfare by Obama, it was another manipulation:
. . . Facing a backlash over the Bergdahl deal and outrageous new claims in the IRS scandal, Obama pulled another rabbit out of his hat yesterday by announcing the capture of Ahmed Abu Khatallah, an alleged ringleader of the September 2012 Benghazi attacks.
But even the capture of a wanted terrorist isn’t doing much to boost the administration. Rather than applause, the general reaction seems to be, “What took so long?”
In fact, CNN asks that very question in an article headlined, “Hiding In Plain Sight.” The report notes: “[Khatallah] didn’t hide in the months after the September 11, 2012, assault on a U.S. diplomatic compound, instead giving media interviews in public…”
Fox News reporter James Rosen pressed State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki yesterday about this very issue, asking whether U.S. special forces should have posed as journalists to capture Khatalla. In a testy exchange, Rosen said, “You’re still not answering the central question, Jen. You’re not answering the question of why a reporter was able to get within six inches of this guy, and U.S. special forces weren’t for more than two years.”
According to the New York Times, the blame lies with Obama. The left’s paper of record reported yesterday that a plan to capture Khattala “was on Obama’s desk awaiting approval” … “for more than year.”
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