
Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson revealed to Greta Wodele Brawner in an interview on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal that pictures taken by the White House photographer on September 12, 2012, have never been released to the media. Ms. Attkisson said that she intends on publishing a new list of questions that might explain what President Obama was actually doing on the night of the Benghazi attacks.
“Some of those questions remain…but new questions have arisen as more information comes out that conflicts previous information. But I still would like to know, and I think the public should know, what President Obama did that night. We don’t have to know every little step that he took and every little word that he uttered, but the total lack of willingness of them to tell us anything, really, about what happened throughout the course of the night; what decisions the Commander-in-Chief made while Americans were under attack on foreign soil. There could be nothing, that I can think of, that’s of more important public interest, and yet it’s been shrouded in secrecy even two years later. I really think that’s an important question to answer.”
Ms. Attkisson said that she had requested the White House photos from that night because they are public information. She made several attempts to reach then-deputy press secretary Josh Earnest for approval to obtain the photos from that night, but Earnest would never return a phone call or email.
“We would go back to the White House press photographer’s office and say, ‘You’ve given us an impossible task. You’ve told us to talk to somebody who won’t talk to us. You need to give us another route to follow to try to get these photos.’ And they would say, ‘No, you have to talk to Josh Earnest.’ So, that just went down a dead-end road. I think that’s entirely unacceptable.”
Attkisson said that since the press officers are paid by the public, the White House photos should be available to American citizens as long as they don’t reveal any national secrets.
“To this day they remain secret. I would just be interested in seeing whatever they show.”
h/t Eagle Rising
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