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The Bystander President

No, this is not Watergate or Iran-Contra. Nor is it like the sex scandal that got Bill Clinton impeached.

The AP, IRS and Benghazi matters represent a scandal not of presidential wrongdoing, but of presidential indolence, indifference and incompetence in discharging the duties of chief executive.

The American Conservative

By Patrick J. Buchanan • May 21, 2013, 3:49 AM

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-bystander-president/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bystander-president

Bombshell in the Benghazi e-mails: The CIA warned of impending jihadist attack

Special to WorldTribune.com

By Grace Vuoto

The White House recently released more than 100 pages of e-mails between the CIA, State Department and the White House regarding the now infamous talking points.

http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/05/20/bombshell-in-the-benghazi-e-mails-the-cia-warned-of-impending-jihadist-attack/

Benghazi: The anatomy of a scandal; how the story of a U.S. tragedy unfolded — and then fell apart

The tragedy of Benghazi, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, seemed a cut-and-dried story in the days after a mob attacked the State Department’s mission in eastern Libya.
From President Obama on down, the recap was simple: A crowd of demonstrators angry over an obscure YouTube video that denigrated Islam’s Prophet Muhammad spontaneously stormed the complex.
The State Department’s top spokeswoman assured the public that security for fallen Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and his aide Sean Smith was “robust.”