‘60 Minutes’ retracts, apologizes for Benghazi report; CBS says it was misled by source - The Washington Post
I watched this report by Lara Logan and thought, "this is going to stir up that hornet's nest again." There are those who are deadly anxious to lay this at the President's feet. In a real sense every thing that occurs on his watch is his responsibility but those attackers want to find proof that the President refused assistance directly which just never happened.
The report by Ms. Logan was false and relied on false eyewitnesses. It is strange that Ms. Logan is not held to the same standard that Dan Rather was in a similar incident concerning President Bush's early years. That mistake cost him his job and reputation which was intended to demonstrate the vigilance of CBS in its reporting. It that one no one died, in this one lives were lost.
I have to wonder what the motivation could have been for the British security agent who recounted an imaginary account. Was it a desire for acclaim or a desire to paint the administration in a bad light regardless of the truth.
In retrospect, everyone wishes security had been stronger but it bears mentioning that this was not an embassy but ,rather, a consulate. There can't be military detachments at every outpost the United States maintains sufficient to repel a determined force. We must rely on the host country's protection.
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