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Report: Issa’s Benghazi Document Dump Compromises the Identities of Libyans Working With U.S.

WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 10: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) chairs a hearing on Capitol Hill on October 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. The hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee focused on the security situation in Benghazi leading up to the September 11 attack that resulted in the assassination of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens. (Credit: Getty Images)
In the spirit of transparency, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Friday released 166 pages of unclassified State Department communications regarding Libya. But hidden in the scores of documents were the unretracted names of several Libyans working with the U.S. government.
Obama administration officials say Issa’s document dump has compromised several Libyans working with the U.S. and put their lives at risk, Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin reports.
Issa posted the sensitive State Department documents on the House Oversight Committee’s website Friday afternoon as part of his investigation into the security errors and multiple inconsistencies in the Obama administration’s evolving story relating to the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. The attack left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead.
However, now the documents are getting attention for all the wrong reasons. Foreign Policy has more details:
Issa didn’t bother to retract the names of Libyan civilians and local leaders mentioned in the cables, and just as with the WikiLeaks dump of State Department cables last year, the administration says that Issa has done damage to U.S. efforts to work with those Libyans and exposed them to physical danger from the very groups that had an interest in attacking the U.S. consulate.
“Much like WikiLeaks, when you dump a bunch of documents into the ether, there are a lot of unintended consequences,” an administration official told The Cable Friday afternoon. “This does damage to the individuals because they are named, danger to security cooperation because these are militias and groups that we work with and that is now well known, and danger to the investigation, because these people could help us down the road.”
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One administration official accused Issa of doing harm to the investigation for the sake of creating negative news stories days before the final presidential debate, which will focus on foreign policy. In previous investigations, Issa has acknowledged and respected the need to protect information that could be important to completing the administration’s own investigations, the official noted.
“He’s trying to gather all the facts, but he’s blurting out all the evidence before the State Department and FBI investigation is done,” the official said.
Among the Libyans reportedly identified in the communications are a female human rights activist, a Benghazi port manager and a local militia commander.
House Oversight Committee spokesman Frederick Hill defended the document release, saying the State Department has not complained to them directly so far.
“Certainly there are people who made reckless decisions and put lives in danger in this situation and these people have motivations to discredit efforts to hold them accountable rather than having their true motivations be the security of people on the ground,” Hill said.
To read Foreign Policy’s entire report, click here.
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Comments (97)
FloraBelleza
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:17amWhen Democrats exposed the name of the doctor who help us with O.B.L., there are now in jail, they seams like that was just fine with that decision, or when they released confidential information to that MSM to make Obama looked good, I don’t remember they fell that way about people’s life.
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TurboCat
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 2:30amThat was my first thought. I’ve been really concerned about that doctor and his family. Maybe Issa just got so disgusted with this whole administration that he just acted. I’d like to hear his side of the story first, because I’ve been supporting his efforts to get the truth about Fast and Furious.
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statutoryape
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 3:39amIf I was that doctor, I would try to set off a beacon for a drone strike! Just cuz the left does something wrong doesn’t mean the right is allowed to act in a reckless and unethical manner. Common sense!!!
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GETLIFE
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 5:20amState Dept. should have retracted the names before releasing them as “unclassified.”
That’s Clinton’s job, not Issa’s.
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kryptonite
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 5:56amHey Hussein, you killed bin Laden. Four months later, 39 SEALs were killed because you exposed them, you miserable traitor.
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realindependent
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 7:06amI cannot believe The Blaze posted this story. Wow as Rush Limbaugh says this was a random act of journalism. Bravo!! This finally proves that Issa and his cohorts in Congress are doing this for purely Political reasons. Shame on you Issa you should know better..
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 7:50amIssa is no dummy. The dhimmies have done all they can to thwart his efforts and discredit him because they hate him and they hate light being shed on their thugocracy. Is it as just as dumbfounding to all you patriots out there at how dark the activities in the W.H. and in Congressional halls have truly become?
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phillycornerboy
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:11amnotice the “administration” instantly re-acts to the threat to the libyians and all but ignores our ambassador (a hero who died at his post). they are simply trying to shift the focus off their treason.
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Walkabout
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:19amThe FBI took weeks to get to Benghazi. So I have 0 faith that the administration is conducting an investigation. I have 100% faith that they are conducting a delaying tactic & will exculpate themselves at the end.
I watched Brett Baier’s report on the Benghazi attack. Obama told so many lies. The Obama administration said the Republicans cut the State Department budget & therefore there was no funding for 16 man Site Security Teams. The Pentagon provided the teams free of charge to the State Department. Typical of the Democrats to lie BRAZENLY!.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:25amLike anybody else here who has had the responsibility to handle secured information, this story to me stinks to the high heavens. Not to be a conspiracy theorist, nor a member of the tin foil hat club, the first thing that jumped out at me after reading the headlines, then the first of the story. These 166 pages came from the State Department and were marked as UNCLASSIFIED. At the very least they should have been packaged as CONFIDENTIAL if they had names in them that should be kept under wraps. Issa has been a huge thorn in the side of the Administration lately, and this looks like a bit of pay back time. Naturally, Holder will not take a look at Hillary, but will go after Issa, and as one would expect, with zeal. Let’s see where this goes.
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prado
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:31amDemocrats have no regard for sensitive information let along the the safety of people involved with collecting it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002517.html
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fastfacts
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:42amDid you hear that the new CLAIM or SPIN is that the Benghazi attack was a kidnapping gone wrong (http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/oct/benghazi_botched_kidnapping.html ). This does actually make some sense.
What do you think?
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:58pmFASTFACTS, Actually, I heard that exact thought bandied about on Fox the morning the story was released. Then heard nothing else about until now. I guess a kidnapping is starting to make sense again.
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13th Imam
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 2:30pmKeyword
” Unclasssified”
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rickc34
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:01pmObama threw the Doctor and the Seals to the wolves. But these Libyan’s are more important..hypocrite Obama.
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survivorseed
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:37amDeny, delay, deflect and defend…hardly traits mr Beck would be proud of hearing from his loyal followers
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Albrks
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:59amIt might be a little easier if the President didnt treat his branch ike they were above the law. You know, by refusing oversight by the represenatives of the people. You are probably one of the “people”, so why you would be supportive of this raises a few questions. The first one that come to mind is, are you looking foward to being a subject of an unchecked and out of control government official that doesnt recognized any limits to his power? I know-I know, you not beleive that this President ever went on Univision and told the group that the Constitution didnt act unilateraly on immigration. Then he did it anyway.
Secondly, dont you find it odd that the President (or the President designates) declassified this information, gave it to Issa then complained. If nothing smells to you in that, then your pretty gullible.
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Wyerd_001
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:19amI guess that would be on the guy that didn’t redact the name….like the White House who should have classified papers with informants….
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:23amFree the youtube guy!!!! Nah target now. Free the little education girl 0! Justify 4 more dead! Justify F&F hundreds dead! But he got us a phone
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johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:29amThe administration of Barack Hussein Obama will go down in history as one of the most inept ever.
They killed Chris Stevens as surely as if they had pulled the trigger themselves. You put an openly gay guy in the middle of a Muslim _issing match to negotiate an arms give-away program to Al Qaeda elements, and figure that because he has a fancy title, he’ll be safe from the savages? When the sub-humans dragged him through the streets of Benghazi while he was still alive, sodomizing him for his homosexuality, was that graphic enough for the Obama idiots in DC?
Did Obama and those liberal idiots really think that they were going to change Muslim attitudes towards gays? Then, when the poor sacrificial lamb bleats that he figures his life is in danger, you disregard his pleadings and allow him to be slaughtered?
What will Obama pull off between 7 Nov and January 2013?
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Walkabout
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:38amAlbrks
I think the Al Qaeda peple in Benghazi already know who is who.
I don’t think not redacting the name helps.
Even if you redacted the names, knowing the position/title of the person or what they do, makes it pretty easy to figure out who who they are. Which leaves us with doing nothing, if Obama had his way. Holding hearings behind closed doors is not enough. You must publicize or the liberal media controls the narrative.
FOXNEWS might have the biggest bullhorn, but the liberla media has more of them so they control more than 50% of the broadcasts. Glenn reported how the liberal media (MSKM) reported the Al Smith dinner attended by Obama m & Romney. They reported that Obama met with Catholics & Romney met hobnobbed with rich people. That reporting is criminal!
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:48amTo many boddies. What the hell give me a strawberry frappe. And they are after reporters? I COULD FIMD THIS 911 guy from my couch. UN Wolves are laughing at us.
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:55amGive me a stinking drone
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Ilikepeople
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:00amDo you know what other affect Benghazi will have other than Republicans using it as an election tool? It’s helps simmer down Fast and Furious in the mind of Americans, and in addition to that any children who are probably under 20 years of age 9/11 will become about Benghazi instead of the WTC. But I know the money worshiping Republicans only care about the election side of it.
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razhunter100
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:40amissa is a flucktard …name one indictment this sob has done…name 1…will wait…
2 headed snake people…if remember he said on fox was not going to bring charges on fast and furious…been 2years…anything yet ?
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Diane TX
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:46amIt’s the responsibility of the St Dept to “retract” names and sensitive info before giving reports and data to Congress.
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razhunter100
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:59amok…so , what …no criminals?
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realindependent
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 7:10am@ Diane Tx
No Issa is in charge of the oversight com. He gets classified and unclassified materials every day. He should have redacted the names, but unfortunately when all your thinking about is scoring political points your not thinking about important things like name redaction’s.
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FortunateSon
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 5:01pm@RAZ
Unfortunatly the wheels of justice turn too slow. Holder only found in contempt 4 months ago. Issa will have his hands full after election cleaning up all the corruption from this administration.
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Diane TX
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:33amAdd your comments
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Elena2010
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:31amHey all Blazers — watch the other hand
http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/setback-for-secret-big-brother-database/
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razhunter100
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:36amnice thanks
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starman70
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 7:21amExcellent post and link! Can you even imagine the number of our TAX dollars which are being wasted by our own government collecting this data on American Citizens while overlooking the real terrorists, Islamic Radicals?
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PaxInVeritate
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 1:38amIn regards to that linked article, let’s see…
Do I think that, ”one’s personal and/or national ‘way of life’ is under attack and is either already lost or that the threat is imminent.” - Check
Do I hold, “individual liberty [in high regard]? - Check Am I “suspicious of centralized federal authority”? - Check
Do I think that the “end-time prophecies” are unfolding? - Check
Am I a veteran? - Nope
4 out of 5 ain’t bad. If I could rewind time it would be 5 out of 5. As it is… up is down, right is wrong and to love God, freedom, life, your fellow man and your country means you want to be a murderer (because that is what a terrorist is), and end up in Hell for all eternity. Yeah… that makes a lot of sense. These nut jobs who “think” they are protecting this Nation are going to have a rude awakening when they have their “private time” with God.
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Elena2010
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:29amEvac those people before they get strung up on lampposts as did some Yemenis who were accused of helping the US.
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uptickusa
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:09amThe Democrats will never regain the presidency again
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Gonzo
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:35amIf Mitt does what really needs to be done, he’s not going to be very popular with the people standing around with their hand out. We may be in for a succession of one term POTUSs.
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Chromo200
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:04amIf the administration was doing it’s job, they would have worked with Congress from day one and this would not have been such a messy thing. Now it every ones fault but the White House.
When is this cr@p going to be over ..
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starman70
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 7:15amHopefully, November 6fh, 2012 when we not only remove BHO but replace the secret COMMUNISTS in the Senate and House of Representatives!!!!
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Diane TX
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:03amTest
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burned at edges
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:09amone two three
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environmentalandawake
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:51pmThis is messed up. In approximately 1987 Sudam Insane was paraded through the Umatilla Army Depot, and Hanford Washington. Although you don’t have that Hanford intel, I do! They did this because they wnated an over measured response to the 1979 Hostage Crisis in Iran. BTW we are still dealing with those jerks. I digress, and I’m sorta sorry. We did so to Squash Iran. We actually had good reason to believe in ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ in Iraq. We taught them how to make them. Even more ugly is that we sold them a carbide tool company from Florida, as I remember it. Bottom Line: We went in to destroy that uglyness which we created!!!! History is repeating itself here. Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid!!!!
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lovenfl3
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:00amThese people are absolutely amazing. This is like living in bizarre world as portrayed in Seinfeld. Everything they screw up is the Republicans fault. I’m sure George Bush is really behind this whole thing…..doh! Did you hear Michelle Obama say recently that her husband has no ego?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlmEt4ESH20
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babylonvi
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:47pmHe was told they were unclassified. During the hearings he continuously asked the witnesses if what they were presenting was classified. State is at fault here and, if I were a conspiratorial type of person, I would think that DOS did this on purpose to attack Issa.
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:51pmThese saprano Shiat town thugs are really dumb.
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TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:02amThat makes a crappy kind of sense……..
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Elena2010
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:26amExactly what I thought!
If they are UNCLAS, then there should be no confidential names named.
Somebody really screwed up on this one! And it was not Issa.
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barber2
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:46pmThis just proves how hard it is to best the Obama Administration . Dueling with the devil in the White House is a difficult deal. Come on Republicans, get some Machiavellian advice ! NOBAMA 2012
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burned at edges
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:45pmhow were you all able to post?
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:35pmGive her a damned medal. This patriot salutes you. God bless the USA
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noland
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:17pmi’ll take Issa’s side any day …………
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amerbur
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:13pmA closer look at who these individuals are, why are they in our White House and what kind of secruity clearence do they have sounds like some of the questions we need to be asking. A civil rights acitvist, a militia group comander (muslim brotherhood?}, and a Bengazi Port manager? Really – in the white house?
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:20pmIndeed.
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:28pmSure raises more red flags, huh?
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1TrueOne55
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:14am@AMERBUR:
They were never in the white house according to the article. These were people that our Libyan ambassador was meeting with in country. If you look at Glennbeck.com you will find a new radio cast where Glenn posits what the ambassador could have been doing that could have been related to his death.
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:11pmJosh Rogin is a leftist political hack who works for Tavis Smiley and has written for the socialist rag Mother Jones: http://www.peekyou.com/josh_rogin/336072190
Jason Howerton learn how to spell check before publishing, it’s a regular occurrence.
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PaxInVeritate
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:07pmIs it possible that the Administration is trying to deflect the attention of the Al Qaeda names working with them by suggesting that they are “spies” working for U.S. national interests?
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americanmama
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:39pmi’d say “yep”. With this president anything is possible.
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DOra Glasberg
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:50pmStop the presses – Issa’s a moron and a criminal.
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barber2
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:42pmMs. Gasberg: always nice to get an opinion from the Obama headquarters.
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randy
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:05amOh STFU you Moron.
Has anyone here besides me ever googled Dora Glasberg?
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Mr.buff1959
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:08amIts, a typo. Gasbag is correct spelling.
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Walkabout
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:49amrandy
I looked her up. She or he is a Huffpo reader according to Facebook (That is if it is the same person.). Big surprise there. NOT!
I also found her or his reply to this comment “On the article Michael Reagan Says ‘Win One for the Gipper’ in New Pro-Walker Ad ”
Dora Glasberg
11:57 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
No thinking person respects Reagan.
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Well what did we expect?
& there is more
Dora Glasberg
8:55 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
“Republicans are very sick people”
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On the article Christie Calls Lawmaker ‘Arrogant S.O.B.’
.Dora Glasberg
5:52 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
I hope he farts himself to death
http://fairlawn-saddlebrook.patch.com/users/dora-glasberg-6f13e84a/comments
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On the article Christie Calls Lawmaker ‘Arrogant S.O.B.’
.Dora Glasberg
11:02 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
That’s why folks loved Palin. Another dolt.
…On the article Christie Calls Lawmaker ‘Arrogant S.O.B.’
.Dora Glasberg
11:02 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
We have had cut taxes for 30 years WHERE ARE THE JOBS.
Why DO conservatives cling to FAILED policies?
It really is a mystery.
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Walkabout
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:04amBe careful responding to Dora. Apparently she or he is a real person. Lampoon him all you want. Judging from his posts he is a real crank. Most of his comments are just down right nasty.
Somehow poor old Dora is under the beleife that NewJersey has cat taxes for the last 30 years.
So McGreevey & Corzine cut taxes? About says it all you need to know about Dora.
But Dora the New Jersey resident voted for McGreevey & Corzine happily, but wishes Christies dead.
Par for the course for a Huffpo reader?
I think he is over 60 years old & doesn’t have much to do except b/itch online. :)
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Walkabout
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:06amIs Dora the same as the Voice_of_Reason (voice of UnReason). He used the same icon as the Voice_of_UnReason. Gotta have a sock puppet I guess.
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Walkabout
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:14amNot sure who the real Dora Glasberg is. He appears to dwell on the east coast.
What ever. News pollster try to use polls to demoralize the base. Trolls try to do the same thing online.
Smile people. Glasberg is a gasbag. :)
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crusaderx9
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:43pmThe free world is literally in the balance on this issue of the Libya cover up as the obama regime and the mainstream media have nowhere to hide.
More to follow!
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 4:06amThis is a MUST watch video on 0′s plan and how it’s working and where it’s going to lead:
http://www.usasurvival.org/ck10.18.12.html#axzz29kRuvgGT (click on image to view video) 45 min.
Very much info. Cliff Kincaid and Trunews – they cover all the facts that have come out.
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Oneirishman
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:43pmLets not pretend that Obama wouldn’t have gotten around to screwing that up to. He’s a little busy trying to get some crap to stick to the Libyan wall as it is. Besides he’s made a strategic sift in policy from blaming Bush to blaming Romney. So it’s Romney’s fault.
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:42pmHe’s right. 0 is desprate & really dumb. He’s screwing it up any wich way. Dora the troll good to have u. Fools come in flocks?
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Fatheroftwo
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:40pmI’m sorry! Explain to me again why this is not an optimal thing to do!!!!
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marine249
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:47pmcan someone explain the word ‘OPTIMAL” to me?
my NEW WORLD DICTIONARY does a “P” poor job of it.
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:31pmOptimal is a war room briefing term. Like not the best option but
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marine249
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:46pm@ PAUL
Like
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Like not the best option but
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we sure did f— up this one?
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:33pmWhatever agency he got them from should have redacted them, so oh welll…………..wow it feels good to blame like a democrat and it’s so easy !!!!!!!!!!!! Yay …….
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GoodStuff
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:32pmWell done Issa.
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sparkyrules
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:15pmDitto.
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:36amYes Issa, good job!
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