White House blames State Dept., CIA for edits made to Benghazi talking points

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney blamed the State Department and the CIA for the fact that all references to terrorist involvement in the Benghazi attack were edited from the official administration talking points.

“The CIA was the agency that made changes to the talking points and produced the talking points,” Carney told reporters at the White House briefing today. He said that the references to terrorism were deleted because the administration died not want to say anything “beyond what we knew” for certain.

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