[Infowarrior] - Wag The Dog 2013?

[Richard Forno]

A *lot* of friends have asked this same question.  Could it be a convenient diversion from other things, such as the public outcry over Snowden's disclosures?   Instead of ficticious Firefly Girls an administration is running from it's the real-world Surveillance Sorority?    --- rick

http://freebeacon.com/terror-threat-intelligence-not-new/

Terror Threat Intelligence Not New
BY: Bill Gertz

Intelligence regarding al Qaeda plans to attack U.S. embassies, officials, and interests last Sunday was known for months by U.S. intelligence agencies but was used only recently to trigger the closure of embassies and issuance of public warnings of impending attacks.

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The timing of the administration’s announced closure of numerous U.S. embassies in the Middle East has raised concerns among some U.S. officials that the Obama administration is politicizing intelligence to distract attention from the Benghazi and other scandals.

“Why is this coming out now?” asked one official with access to terrorist threat data. “Is the administration trying to suck up news coverage with the embassy threats to distract attention from what the CIA was doing in Benghazi?”

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