Who Took Out the References to Terrorism?

The testimony of David Petraeus today narrowed the focus somewhat on who gave Susan Rice her talking points of September 16 regarding the Benghazi attack. The video which was viewed by lawmakers, screams out to them that it was a coordinated and sophisticated operation. It is the same video that State Department officials were monitoring in real time as the attacks on the consulate and CIA annex were happening.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/16/petraeus-to-testify-knew-libya-was-terrorism-from-start-source-says/

So who took out the references to terror attack in the talking points between September 11-16 when Rice went on the talk show circuit? The most logical guess is someone in the administration.

But if Petraeus and the CIA called it a terror attack from the beginning, why did Petraeus tell lawmakers on September 14 that it was a protest gone wild over the video?

As for Rice, if she was merely duped and given false facts to spread, as ambassador to the UN and rumored to be the next Secretary of State, are you suggesting to me that she had never received any information about Benghazi being anything other than a protest over a video that spun out of control? True, she may not be in the chain of authority for this incident, but she is one of the highest-ranking ambassadors in the State Department-the same State Department which was watching it all happen from Foggy Bottom. Can Ms Rice have been that ignorant of the truth 5 days after it happened? I doubt that very much. She needs to be called in and put under oath. What did she know, when did she know it and who gave her the talking points?

(Reminds me of the time we were trying to learn who hired Craig Livingstone in the Clinton White House. We never have learned, have we, Mrs Clinton?)

I also feel that Petraeus should have been put under oath questioned in more detail about when and how he learned that his affair with Paula Broadwell had been discovered. This whole FBI investigation of the affair and his sudden resignation smacks to me of J Edgar Hoover and his secret files, which he used to blackmail high-ranking people in Washington when the time was right.  We now know that Eric Holder was aware weeks, if not months before the election, but the President only learned the day after the election? C'mon!

Finally, Congress needs to form a select committee (as in Watergate) to investigate this mess. As it stands now, we have multiple committees in both the House and Senate responsible for investigating certain aspects as they pertain to intelligence, foreign affairs, and government oversight. Why should they not be combined?

Yes, it's that serious.

Of course, Harry Reid has already announced his opposition to such a plan. Are you surprised? As they always do, the Dems are in cover up mode.