https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/05/12/abc-petraeus-called-final-benghazi-talking-points-useless-the-day-before-rices-full-ginsburg/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:16:16 -0400<![CDATA[One of the mysteries in the Benghazi scandal has been the role of David Petraeus, who was then the Director of the CIA but was forced to resign in a personal scandal shortly thereafter.  While the White House and State Department tried to cobble together talking points to explain away the terrorist attack that took four American lives, what did Petraeus do?  According to new information reported for the first time by Jonathan Karl on ABC News&#8217; This Week earlier this morning, Petraeus rejected the final version as &#8220;useless&#8221; &#8212; and then threw the issue to the White House:]]>Sun, 12 May 2013 11:01:14 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/05/12/abc-petraeus-called-final-benghazi-talking-points-useless-the-day-before-rices-full-ginsburg-n206796