Alexandra Jaffe @ The Hill:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday questioned whether the Obama administration was engaged in a Watergate-esque “cover-up” of its handling of the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.
“This is either a massive cover-up or an incompetence that is not acceptable service to the American people,” he said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
McCain said that information that has surfaced since the attacks, which claimed the lives of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, indicates the narrative provided by the White House in the days following was “patently false.”
“There was no demonstration. So for literally days and days they told the American people something that had no basis in fact whatsoever,” he said.
The White House initially claimed that the attacks on the consulate in Benghazi were sparked by spontaneous anger over an anti-Muslim film created in the U.S., but later said the attack had been planned and carried out by armed militants.The administration has said their public statements on the attack were based on the intelligence that was then available.
Too late, John. Most of us here have been saying this very thing nearly since the attacks and murders happened.
But it does bring even more light on the real problem here that Obama has. Either the rumours and allegations are true, and the Obama admin and campaign are involved in a heavy cover-up. Or, even if the rumours and allegations are false, it shows a serious lack of competency coming from the Obama WH on handling foreign relations, terrorism, and protecting American assets abroad (which includes American people abroad, whether they be engaged in official government capacities or simply sightseeing).