BREAKING: Simon & Schuster tells NYT it is pulling Benghazi book. “We are suspending the publication” and notifying stores to return books…
This doesn’t make any sense. It sounds like character assassination by the Obama admin… More to come. ..
‘We were wrong’: CBS’s Lara Logan apologizes for Benghazi report
(CNN) – CBS correspondent Lara Logan apologized Friday and said the network was “wrong” for a “60 Minutes” report that raised questions about the Obama administration’s response to last year’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The assault left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
“In this case, we were wrong. We made a mistake,” she said on “CBS This Morning.” “That’s disappointing for any journalist. It’s very disappointing for me.”
A primary source for the “60 Minutes” report on October 27 was a security contractor using the pseudonym “Morgan Jones,” later identified as Dylan Davies. Davies told CBS he was able to reach the Benghazi compound on the night of September 11, 2012, scale a wall and even fight off a militant.
That story cast doubt on whether the Obama administration sent all possible help to try to save Stevens and his three colleagues. The “60 Minutes” story was cited by congressional Republicans who have demanded to know why a military rescue was not attempted.
Logan responded Friday to questions from CBS’s Norah O’Donnell, who pressed her for details about Davies.
“What we know now is, he told the FBI a different story to what he told us,” Logan said. “That was the moment for us when we realized that we no longer had confidence in our source and we were wrong to put him on air, and we apologize to our viewers.”
Logan was also asked about how CBS vetted Davies and his story.
“We verified him, confirmed who he was, that he was working for the State Department at the time, that he was in Benghazi at the special mission compound the night of the attack,” Logan said. “He showed us — he gave us access to communications he had with U.S. government officials.”
In a new book, “Jones” told the same story he told CBS. He also said he acted in violation of his employer’s orders to stay away from the compound.
Logan said CBS has tried to contact Davies but has not heard from him.
Congressman: Benghazi questions need answers
The apology comes a day after CBS issued a statement saying, “60 Minutes has learned of new information that undercuts the account told to us by Morgan Jones of his actions on the night of the attack on the Benghazi compound. We are currently looking into this serious matter to determine if he misled us, and if so, we will make a correction.”
A U.S. official told CNN on Thursday that there were discrepancies between the contractor’s accounts to the FBI and CBS, although the official did not specify them.
A second U.S. official told CNN the same thing Friday.
The New York Times, citing two senior government officials,reported Thursday that the contractor told the FBI he did not go the Benghazi compound on the night of the attack.
When Logan was asked Friday why CBS was willing to stand by its report after Davies lied to his employer, she said, “because he was very upfront about it; that was part of his story.”
Source: http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/breaking-simon-schuster-tells-nyt-it-is-pulling-benghazi-book-we-are-suspending-the-publication-and-notifying-stores-to-return-books
They have obviously been threatened by the Kenyan administration.