12-11-21 It was lying for the nation's good! Happy ending of the Broadwell-Petraeus-Benghazi affair...

As the B Broadwell-Petraeus-Benghazi (in order of significance) affair unwinds, we hear what we have always suspected - they were lying to us for our own good, and we were not sensitive enough to figure it out and thank them for it!  jz

David Petraeus Testifying About Benghazi Attacks On Capitol Hill

Posted: 11/16/2012 8:16 am EST

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King said Petraeus' testimony differed from an earlier assessment the former CIA director gave lawmakers just days after the September 11 attack, which left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

"He (Petraeus) ... stated that he thought all along he made it clear that there was significant terrorist involvement, and that is not my recollection of what he told us on September 14," King said.

"The clear impression we were given (in September) was that the overwhelming amount of evidence was that it arose out of a spontaneous demonstration, and was not a terrorist attack," he said.

U.S. officials initially said the violence erupted spontaneously amid a large protest about a privately made video produced in the United States that mocked the Prophet Mohammed. The intelligence community later revised its assessment, saying it believes the attack was a planned terrorist assault.

King said that the word spontaneous was minimized during Petraeus' testimony Friday, which was given one week after he resigned from the CIA. Lawmakers said they didn't ask him about why he left the agency. Petraeus has admitted an extramarital affair with his biographer.