OT "If not for Congress, they would still lead us to believe it was a video gone awry."

[theget]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57584921/officials-on-benghazi-we-made-mistakes-but-without-malice/?tag=socsh

"We're portrayed by Republicans as either being lying or idiots," said
one Obama administration official who was part of the Benghazi
response. "It's actually closer to us being idiots."

Closer?

Still no word on who decided to blame it on a video.

Another point of view.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-redacted-truth-subjunctive-outrage/2013/05/16/de28aee8-be64-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html

"Just hours into the Benghazi assault, Hicks reports, by phone to then-
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton herself, on the attack with
absolutely no mention of any demonstration or video, later to become
the essence of the Susan Rice talking points that left him “stunned”
and “embarrassed.” “My jaw dropped,” he testified last week to
Congress."

And the film did seem to spark some controversy, just not in Libya.
Here's the admin making ads with taxpayer dollars apologizing for the
First Amendment. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57516963/anti-film-ads-in-pakistan-feature-obama-clinton/