The  released roughly a hundred pages of emails on Wednesday related to the September 11, 2012 attack on the United States diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. The assault killed four US personnel, including US Ambassador to Libya . The documents show conversations the administration had in preparing to discuss the attacks publicly. File photo of the White House in , February 2008. The emails show conversations between the White House, the , and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over what the government should say about the attack. They show the CIA director at the time, , disagreed with the choice of information delivered by  Ambassador on September 16, 2012 during appearances on Sunday talk shows because he wanted to see more detail on the attack released, "No mention of the cable to Cairo, either?... Frankly, I'd just as soon not use it then." he said in an email. An email by then-State Department spokeswoman also expressed reservations about the disclosure of information about the attacks because of the opportunity it would give congressional  means to undermine the White House. The email, sent by Nuland on September 14 at 7.39pm to the White House, State Department and CIA, stated "The line of 'knowing' there were extremists among the demonstrators will come back to us at podium".
The United States released roughly a hundred pages of emails on Wednesday related to the September 11, 2012 attack on the United States diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. The assault killed four US personnel, including US Ambassador to Libya . The documents show conversations the administration had in preparing to discuss the attacks publicly. File photo of the White House in Washington, DC, February 2008. The emails show conversations between the White House, the , and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over what the government should say about the attack. They show the CIA director at the time, , disagreed with the choice of information delivered by United Nations Ambassador on September 16, 2012 during appearances on Sunday talk shows because he wanted to see more detail on the attack released, "No mention of the cable to Cairo, either?... Frankly, I'd just as soon not use it then." he said in an email. An email by then-State Department spokeswoman also expressed reservations about the disclosure of information about the attacks because of the opportunity it would give congressional Republicans means to undermine the White House. The email, sent by Nuland on September 14 at 7.39pm to the White House, State Department and CIA, stated "The line of 'knowing' there were extremists among the demonstrators will come back to us at podium".
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