Benghazi emails show State Department had heavy hand in watering down account of attack

Published May 15, 2013

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WASHINGTON –  Early versions of the Obama administration's internal account regarding the Benghazi attack did in fact state that "Islamic extremists with ties to Al Qaeda" participated in the assault -- though the line was later taken out -- according to emails and notes the White House released late Wednesday. 

The White House released 100 pages of emails and notes related to the administration's response to the attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, last September. 

The White House had until now declined to make the documents public and had let congressional investigators review the documents without making copies. 

The documents describe how the administration developed "talking points" to describe what the administration wanted to discuss publicly immediately after the Sept. 11, 2012, attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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