The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast
326. The Smear Playbook: Beyond Swalwell. Familiar names: Mueller, Clapper, Holder.
April 17, 202634 min · 5,070 words
Show notes
Remember what happened to CIA chief David Petraeus under the Obama administration when he didn't go along easily with the coverup on the Islamic extremist nature of the 9/11/2012 terrorist attacks that killed four Americans? Inside information from my CBS investigations at the time.
Highlighted moments
one way to detect a true organized smear operation is not whether the allegations against a target are true, often they are, but whether their release, the leaks, the spin, and the timing are engineered by somebody to accomplish a separate hidden goal.
“the FBI wanted Petraeus to know that they had something on him. Something that they said they weren't going to use, but they wanted him to know that they knew it.”
“so much information leaks out from the FBI when they want it to leak out. The press is called, New York Times is called, Washington Post is called, information is leaked, and the media acts like they got a big exclusive, but it's really just them being used as tools of someone who wants information out for their own purposes. Well, this did not leak out.”
“by 4.42 p.m. that afternoon, the talking points version was different. They changed attacks in Benghazi to demonstrations in Benghazi.”
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