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They were content based. they had to do with victoria newlyn indicated in one e-mail that there was a concern about even mentioning this group that was linked to al qaeda because that might lead members of congress to beat the state department for not heeding cia warnings. and you heard jay carney repeatedly throughout that briefing to day say it was the cia that was drafting these talking points. but the reality is, erin, is that, yes, the cia was drafting the talking points but it was an inter...

Quarters, not just at the state department. >> specifically concern about giving members of congress something to use against the state department. >> well, again, this was a process where there was an effort under way, an interagency process, to develop information that could be delivered by government officials, both congressional and administrative, administration officials, about what we knew and not going beyond what we knew. so the assertions -- >> thats -- the language of that e-mail is p...

These were not stylistic changes. these were content changes. so, again, what role did the white house play, not just in making but in directing changes? >> well, thank you for that question. the way to look at this is to start from that week and understand that in the wake of the attacks in benghazi, an effort was underway to fine out what happened, who is responsible. in response to a request from the house permanent select committee on intelligence, to the cia -- the cia began a process of de...

Drafted, reverends to al qaeda affiliates and terrorism, and said we do know that was the first assessment of the cia in the talking points we do know that islamic extremists participated, and then after 12 verses late there are no reverends to al qaeda no reverends to islamic extremism or terrorism. jay carney maintained the white house only made one stylistic change to change the word consulate diplomatic facility at the end of the process but the e-mails published by the weekly standard and a...

Felt comfortable providing for public dissemination to the public, members of congress and administration. as we learned more about what happened, we provided it. that who is everybody has received the information that it has throughout this process. from the -- one of the things that is interesting about the points is that from the very beginning there was included in the points the statement about demonstrations taking place outside of the building and the facility in benghazi. that is what th...

Review all of these e-mails, which they have now leaked to reporters, but they were able to review the e-mails as long as they wanted, take extensive notes, and again, once the process was completed, the confirmation of john brennan went forward and senators told us they had the information they needed about that aspect of the benghazi incident, and its only now, for west virginia what i think is, again, -- for what i think is, again reflective of ongoing attempts to politicize the tragedy that ...

State department facility that was attacked, and an ambassador who was killed, as well as three others. the nsf, the fbi, the lead investigating authority, and other entities. the cia, in this case deputy director of the cia, took that process and issued a set of talking points on that saturday morning, and those talking points were disseminated. this is all in response to requests from congress. and the only edit made by the white house or the state department to those talking points generated ...

That concern was expressed in other quarters, not just the state department. >> concern about giving members of congress something to use against the state department. >> well, again, this was a process where there was an effort underway, an enter agency process, to develop information that could be delivered by government officials, both congressional andded a administration officials, before the what we knew and not going beyond what we knew. so, the assertions that -- >> thats -- the language...

They chose to leak it today which is their prerogative but the white house involvement to the talking points that were generated by the c.i.a. suggest a single change. >> why not come forward and say friday night, officials were involved in the interagency process? why not offer that information? >> there was no intent to do anything but answer the question. the questions were related, this is the republican accusation that everybody was excited about at the time. that the white house change the...

Suggested. and there was concern about preserving the integrity of the investigation. that concern was expressed in other quarters. not just at the state department. >> specifically concern about giving members something to use against the state department. >> this was a process where there was an effort underway. an interagency process to develop information that could be delivered by government officials, both administrative, about not going beyond what we knew. >> the language of that e-mail ...