Page 47 - Background Briefing News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

From the obama administration, or are we alleging a full-fledged cover-up of what took place? >> well, it's both. they're alleging both. and i think that they do feel that if they can't prove the cover-up, they can undercut the president's reputation for competence, osama bin laden, the other achievements in foreign policy that they can really undercut that. what the administration has yet to answer is the key question. we've been told in a background briefing from the state department -- and there was testimony -- that in realtime, the guard at the control -- what they call the top, the guard...

It is terrorism and that these faces are being matched to known jihaddists and i think the bottom line is that once again, this video shows that there was no demonstration outside of the consulate when the attack happened. therefore this idea that it was is a demonstration that was hijacked by terrorists or spun out of control and led to the assault again is false, judge. >> judge jeanine: was the white house seeing from this video surveillance camera, were they seeing this live or the state department? did they have access to the information that was on that camera? >> they would not have had...

We do not have all the answers. no one in this administration has ever claimed otherwise. every one of us has made clear that we are providing the best information we have at that time, and that information continues to be updated. obviously we know more as time goes by and we will know even more than we did hours and days after the attack so that's what an investigative process is designed to do, to try to sort through all of the information, some of it contradictory and conflicting. >> and let me say this. i mean, i think there is -- i read a former cia person wrote in the atlantic, this is ...

It gives romney an opportunity to introduce and create a new buzz with his running mate then ride that wave into the convention, they hope. and the background briefing in boston staffers told us they believe combination of the running mate and the convention could give romney an 11 point bounce in the polls. a surge heading into fall. as we know, labor day tends to be the moment where the nation tunes into politics particularly the presidential campaign. romney has timed this for a crescendo landing on labor day at the republican convection hoping to build as much momentum for his ticket. he s...

Report ran the gamut from the times managing editor for news saying he didn't like the practice and maybe the paper should push back a little harder, to a statement from the associated press declaring that submitting quotes for an official blessing is not something they do. most of the others admitted thatv they have bought into the quote approval system and would try harder not to. the washington post released a statement that makes you wonder what is their policy? something about how they can trust the reporters to do the right thing. some years ago, a veteran newsman and journalist professo...