Carney was quoted yesterday, "The overriding concern of everyone involved in that circumstance is always to make sure that we're not giving to those who speak in public about these issues information that cannot be confirmed, speculation about who is responsible, other things like warnings that may or may not be relevant."
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/10/white-house-scrambles-to-contain-benghazi-gate-fallout/#ixzz2SzEe6wSqHe was referring to the fact that spokesperson for the State Department, Victoria Nuland, had attempted to change the CIA communications regarding the possible culprits in the Benghazi attacks. However, the agreed upon narrative of a "spontaneous protest over a video" fit this exact description...it could not be confirmed, it was speculation, and it was not relevant. So, instead of stating the obvious, that Al-Qaida was responsible, they opted to completely fabricate the response, thinking in their shrunken little heads that the alternative, an offensive video, was more likely to be well-received by the ill-informed newshounds, and arrogantly enough, that the well-informed American public would be stupid enough to believe it. These people truly are agonizingly stupid.