Obama administration’s struggle to get its lies straight is an insult to the intelligence of the American people
May 13, 2011
By Paul Joseph Watson
You have to wonder what on earth the Obama administration hopes to achieve by continually insulting the intelligence of the American people, after the official narrative behind the alleged Bin Laden raid was changed yet again, presumably in a desperate effort to counter the revelation that the White House “situation room” photos were staged.
After first claiming that Navy SEALS recorded the entire 40 minute raid of the alleged Bin Laden compound live on their head cameras, CIA Director Leon Panetta subsequently backtracked, saying the video feed was cut off when the SEALS entered the building, but now the official narrative has been reversed yet again with the claim that SEALS did in fact record the whole episode.
According to a CBS News report, “The 40 minutes it took to kill bin Laden and scoop his archives into garbage bags were all recorded by tiny helmet cameras worn by each of the 25 SEALs.”
This mirrors the first version of the narrative which preceded the release of “situation room” photos that purported to show Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and White House security staff watching the raid unfold live. In one photo, Clinton is show with her hand over her mouth as if anxiously reacting in shock to what she is witnessing.
At the time, the corporate media reported that these images represented the moment when “The leader of the free world saw the terror chief shot in the left eye.”
However, CIA Director Leon Panetta subsequently revealed that there was a 25 minute blackout when the live feed was cut, and that Obama and Clinton saw nothing of the raid after the SEALS had entered the compound. This led to accusations that the “situation room” photos were staged, which prompted Hillary Clinton to claim that the dramatic ‘hand over mouth’ image was in fact merely her coughing.
But now the story has flipped yet again, into its third incarnation, going back to the first claim that there was no blackout of the video feed. Presumably in a few days the story will be changed a fourth time when the White House is presented with a new anomaly that it can’t properly explain.
After first claiming that Navy SEALS recorded the entire 40 minute raid of the alleged Bin Laden compound live on their head cameras, CIA Director Leon Panetta subsequently backtracked, saying the video feed was cut off when the SEALS entered the building, but now the official narrative has been reversed yet again with the claim that SEALS did in fact record the whole episode.
According to a CBS News report, “The 40 minutes it took to kill bin Laden and scoop his archives into garbage bags were all recorded by tiny helmet cameras worn by each of the 25 SEALs.” Read More
