Re: Kerry subpoenaed

Posted: May 2, 2014

Admittedly I didn't copy the entire article which you can find on CNN.com - but this part clarifies what Issa is having a hissy fit over:   One of the documents was a previously undisclosed email on September 14, 2012, from Ben Rhodes, a national security official specializing in communications, that listed talking points about protests that had erupted at U.S. embassies and compounds in the Muslim world.Among the goals listed in the Rhodes email was to "underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy." The intelligence community later said the assault was a result of a coordinated terrorist attack and not the protests.The existence of the Rhodes email is new, and that provides Republicans with a fresh front in their attacks on the administration over Benghazi. However, the messaging of the Rhodes email is the same as previously released documents.Rep. Cummings Elijah, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, blasted the call to compel Kerry's testimony."These actions are not a responsible approach to congressional oversight, they continue a trend of generating unnecessary conflict for the sake of publicity, and they are shockingly disrespectful to the secretary of state," the Maryland Democrat said in a statement. SO TO RECAP:  The EXISTENCE of the email is new, however the MESSAGING OF THE RHODES EMAIL IS THE SAME AS PREVIOUSY RELEASED DOCUMENTS. Apparently nothing NEW here to see. Next!;