Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   Stepping in front of the bus Date:   4/2/2014 1:41:56 PM

“The former acting director of the CIA, in his first public testimony on Benghazi, confirmed that he ignored guidance from the top CIA officer on the ground in favor of reporting from analysts far removed from the scene

“Still, Morell explained that when he received the email from the CIA chief of station, he recognized the ‘discrepancy’ between what he was saying and what other analysts were saying. He said he quickly had his analysts ‘revisit their judgment’ that a protest was underway -- but ‘based on a totality of the information available to them, they stuck with their initial conclusions.’

“The testimony was met with skepticism in some corners. One source who was on the ground in Benghazi that night questioned the claims.

"’Why would he ever believe that people who weren't there hold credence [over] those of us that were...and even his own respected Chief of Station?’ the source said. ‘It [makes] no sense.’” [Fox News, 02APR14]

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Something about this smells fishy.

Is anyone else but me… surmising that the administration has something on Morell… and is directing him to dive on his sword… or else! No rational person… especially from the top echelon of the intelligence system… would go before Congress and profess to be both disloyal and incompetent.

This is not stonewalling… this has the odor of intentional misdirection.