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Attack was changed from al-qaeda-affiliated individuals to extremist organizations. and what some lawmakers say had the effect of minimizing the role of terrorists in the consulate attack. >> the initially talking points put together by the committee, al-qaeda affiliated groups were involved, however, by the time, we understand, that went through its editing process after it left langley, that reference was taken out. >> lawmakers say the cia talking points went through an interagency review pro...

Completely debunked the idea that there was some politicization of the intelligence. theres never been any substance to that charge. i can only surmise that, you know, this was a campaign era attack and some of my colleagues just cant let it go. all the evidence to the contrary they just cant seem to let it go. you know, people respected what he had to say today. many of us value the contributions he has made to the country and are sorry to see him go but, again, there is simply no there there. ...

Group called ansar al-sharia. megyn: we have been talking how they went even farther and jay carney told us there was no evidence that this was preplanned. catherine, thanks so much. yesterday president obama testified his administrations handling of the consulate attack that killed four americans. take a listen to this exchange went president and ed henry. >> i wanted to ask about the families of these four americans killed. sean smiths father ray said he believes his son basically called 911 f...

The consulate attack in ben geaz. and they could soon get some answers from general petraeus himself. well get to that. plus, republic leaders saying they will block any attempt to make the u.s. ambassador susan rice the next secretary of state, if they can. their promise, the presidents response and the rest of the days news from the journalists of fox news on this wednesday fox report. uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christm...

>> bret: as. >> shepard: as we reported before the death the petraeus matter like a oil spill. there is a new questions hot next secretary of state will be. susan rice could be nominated. remember the ambassador is linked to general petraeus in that they each made similar controversial statements in the immediate aftermath of the u.s. consulate attacks in libya. that the attack was not an act of terrorism. as you know, the current secretary of state hillary clinton has said she will step aside a...

Is of this possible hamas retaliation which hamas says could begin at any moment. rick, back to you. rick: leland vittert on the ground in southern israel. leland, thanks. jenna: right now on our top story the investigation into the terror attack in benghazi killing our ambassador there and three other americans. senator john mccain speaking moments ago after a closed-door briefing. take a listen. >> we will be introducing this afternoon a resolution that would establish such a select committee ...

To us? >> could have. probably would not have. because i think under those circumstances, general petraeus would have wised up and done something about it relatively early on. but dont forget, he was a relatively newbie, relatively new to the c.i.a., an outside guy. you dont bring a lot of your posse into the c.i.a. when you come in there probably not a lot of people who had the, who would have the guts or the access to go talk to him directly about something that they saw. >> colonel jack jacob...

New york and in new jersey. outside of those areas, you know, people dont have power, they dont have certain things, i dont have power, big deal. i mean these people are dealing with, like this man said, he has nothing. and i find it hard to believe that we cant figure out a way to get in there and to give these people some temporary help, shelter, food, clothing. some people are complaining that they havent seen the red cross to the extent that they would like to see them. and i dont know what ...

Murders. still, so many questions unanswered. tonight, there is new information, under pressure from democratic and republican senators, the state department is now allowing the senators to look at documents related to the consulate attack. but there is a catch. and that catch is big. the senators will only have access to the documents today and tomorrow, when most senators are not even in washington. also todays news that the house foreign affairs committee will hold an open herg -- hearing on ...

Murders. still, so many questions unanswered. tonight, there is new information, under pressure from democratic and republican senators, the state department is now allowing the senators to look at documents related to the consulate attack. but there is a catch. and that catch is big. the senators will only have access to the documents today and tomorrow, when most senators are not even in washington. also todays news that the house foreign affairs committee will hold an open herg -- hearing on ...