How valiantly Ben Rhodes tried to get the correct Benghazi info out, only to be foiled by Kathryn Ruemmler.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2013
The White House really, really, really wanted to release a comprehensive Benghazi timeline last October, according to the administration’s stenographers at BuzzFeed. But darnit, that pesky White House Counsel broad got in the way.
The War on Women: It’s coming from inside the White House!
#WarOnWomen RT @freddoso Looks like they have the next fall-guy — er, gal — in mind: http://t.co/8zPNWS9k5Y
— jon gabriel (@exjon) May 22, 2013
I think it's fair to say Team Obama's #WarOnWomen has arrived at the doorstep of one Kathryn Ruemmler.
— The H2 (@TheH2) May 22, 2013
You guys! Obama really wanted to be up front about everything but the mean lawyer lady overruled him! http://t.co/ljbz6Qc6ZD LOLOLOLOLOL
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 22, 2013
@iowahawkblog K. Ruemmler is The Fall Gal. "I might preserve deniability / Might get rolled over by a bus / cause I'm the unknown lawyer…"
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) May 22, 2013
It’s not Obama’s fault, the administration wants you to know. BuzzFeed dutifully reports that the CIA and Obama’s national security team were all about transparency, transparency, transparency. But then along came the White House Counsel’s office, headed up by “Kathryn Ruemmler, Kathryn Ruemmler, Kathryn Ruemmler.”
“It was aggravating,” one administration official said. “It comes back to Kathryn Ruemmler, Kathyrn Ruemmler, Kathryn Ruemmler. I hate to say it, as it sounds like piling on, but it’s on her doorstep too.”
https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesNRO/status/337052837357948928
Ruemmler “advised the officials to not release any information to the public out of fear it could be used against them in any subsequent investigations and other legal complications.”
Looks like Obama’s gonna need a bigger bus. This road is getting really bumpy.
Who's going under the bus, under the bus, under the bus? "Kathryn Ruemmler, Kathyrn Ruemmler, Kathryn Ruemmler." http://t.co/hAZCQuwwHQ
— John Tabin (@johntabin) May 22, 2013
So, this is the administration’s strategy for handling the Benghazi scandal?
https://twitter.com/llondo/status/337053141596008448
Ruemeller's terrible, awful legal advice "tripped up" POTUS…a Harvard Law grad who lectured at U of C?
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) May 22, 2013
You guys! We finally have the answer to who hasn’t been letting Obama be clear! His lawyer! http://t.co/ljbz6Qc6ZD #clownshow
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 22, 2013
After the WH's anonymous back channel whisper campaign against Kathryn Ruemmler, I'm totally convinced they'd never abandon an ambassador.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2013
“Real” reporting on “how Obama got tripped up by his lawyers”:
BuzzFeed proves itself useful as an outlet for panicked WH backstabbing assholes http://t.co/9Ug6qIECKw
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2013
WH pulling strings in BuzzFeed article as it neglects to mention youtube video issue while carefully slashing Ruemmler yet praising team O.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
Carney has been setting Ruemmler up for days by saying WH Counsel decided not to tell Obama anything. Of course he also said that was best.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
Buzzfeed article also mixes the use of 'there' and 'their' which is Ruemmler's fault as well. "Rhodes… say that there hands were tied"
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
@sunnyright Yeah – it reads like they got the draft directly from the WH with way it gushes over the release of emails. Yikes.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
Buzzfeed gushes: Emails between Rhodes & others appear to back up talking points more an exercise in bureaucracy than a political plot.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
So the WH Counsel's head, Ruemmler, who refused to say a word to Obama about the IRS singlehandedly took over the handling of Benghazi?
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
@JRubinBlogger I'm guessing they wanted it done quickly without anyone proofreading the article first. Yikes!
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
Buzzfeed parroting Rhodes' narrative about releasing a timeline in weeks before election ignores night of & weeks after lying about a video.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
@OrwellForce This is all about deflection. It's fast forwarding Benghazi issue until mid-October which ignores their response and PR spin.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
@OrwellForce It's even worse than just throwing Ruemmler under the bus, because she had nothing to do with the initial issues w Benghazi.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
So WH argument is Ruemmler screwed up Obama's ability to release a Benghazi timeline in mid-October well after they scrubbed talking points?
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
Even if WH releases a timeline in mid-October, it would correspond w/ the story they created after 9/11. What difference would it make?
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
Shorter Buzzfeed: Obama couldn't tell the truth because WH was afraid it would get him in trouble if anyone actually looked into it. #UhHuh
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
A preview of what’s next?
Tomorrow on Buzzfeed: Ruemmler forced Obama to go on the View and blame the video when he was just begging to call it terrorism.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 22, 2013
So Kathryn Ruemmler ordered the stand down, edited the CIA talking points, told Carney to lie about those edits & pushed the video?
— Harold Stickeehans (@StickeeNotes) May 22, 2013
By the end of the day tomorrow, Kathryn Ruemmler will have been the one who uploaded the YouTube video and ordered the SOF stand-down.
— The H2 (@TheH2) May 22, 2013
Update:
So how ’bout this leak?
I'm sure the BuzzFeed phone lines are being subpoenaed right now, yes? Someone leaked sensitive information to them yesterday.
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 22, 2013
Something tells me @BuzzFeed's phone lines & emails are safe from the DOJ despite their "co-conspirator" role in this leak…
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) May 22, 2013
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