Nearly a year out from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, CNN’s Jake Tapper unveiled what looks like an enormous puzzle piece that’s been missing from the “phony scandal.” On today’s episode of “The Lead,” sources told CNN that dozens of people working for the CIA — the agency that ran the annex — were in Benghazi that night, and survivors are reportedly undergoing monthly polygraphs to ensure whatever they were doing there remains secret.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might have trouble recalling things now and then, but Tapper remembers a question put to her by Sen. Rand Paul during the infamous “what difference does it make” hearing.
There’s little question there’s a massive, ongoing cover-up in progress: the question now is whether it’s motivated more by national security or by politics.
@jaketapper you go Jake. We still want answers.
— Adam Strange (@Adam_Strange) August 1, 2013
@jaketapper @Matthops82: It will be interesting to see if the CIA allows itself to become the sacrificial lamb in the #Benghazi scandal?
— SGP (@sgpRN2005) August 1, 2013
@sgpRN2005 the CIA will burn Hillary at the stake before they go down for this scandal
— Mitch (@MitchTheis) August 1, 2013
@jaketapper deflect and pass blame. @glennbeck called the gun running scheme in the months following #Benghazi
— Jim L (@DetroitDookies) August 1, 2013
Hmm who originally said there was a bigger CIA presence is gun running in #BENGAHZI ? Oh yeah @glennbeck when will ppl learn @jaketapper
— Steve V (@stevo1962) August 1, 2013
@whitehouse Maybe you should call @jaketapper at CNN to update yourself on that phony scandal #Benghazi where 4 Americans were killed
— JPeterman (@PragueArtist) August 1, 2013
@jaketapper You're not making any friends in ~certain quarters, you know. Carry on.
— Eileen (@mylifeback) August 1, 2013
Tapper does seems to be ticking off just the right people with his pesky questions.
Jake Tapper reveals classified information about CIA in Benghazi – should his sources go to prison? Should he? http://t.co/34tTn0rPWQ
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 1, 2013
Does this reporting show @JakeTapper doing great journalism, or is he Aiding The Enemy? http://t.co/i7ArtXHW4F
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 1, 2013
I do believe Barack Obama's go to Jurno on economics just called Jake Tapper a Traitor.. Bold strategy
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 1, 2013
Thank you very much, @jaketapper, for your courage and integrity, it's statists hacks @mattyglesias than corrupt adms are enabled #Benghazi
— Sergio Chavez (@serchavez) August 1, 2013
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Update: Jake Tapper’s not the only one reminded of that exchange between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Paul.
There were dozens of CIA operatives on ground at Benghazi attack. http://t.co/97gK8rRuHm
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 2, 2013
Also, did Hillary Clinton know the truth about gun-running from Benghazi? http://t.co/97gK8rRuHm
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 2, 2013
