American Elephants  How to Handle a Scandal — Lessons
in Futility. by The Elephant's Child  How to handle a scandal—
or not. The Obama administration was quite desperate to insist
that the attack on the Consulate in Benghazi was a violent
protest against a YouTube video that spun out of control. If
they admitted that it was a planned attack, premeditated, not
only on the Consulate but on the supposedly secret safe house in
Benghazi, they might have to explain why the Consulate was an
unprotected building without any safeguards or fire protection,
and why the secret safe house was well known to the attackers,
as were the Ambassador’s movements,  why there were no security
people, and why the Obama administration sent out UN Ambassador
Susan Rice to make the rounds of Sunday shows to claim that it
was simply a protest against a despicable, disgusting 14 minute
video — when they knew better.  President Not-My-Fault claimed
that the two ex-SEALS killed in Libya were inept security
guards.  According to the Obama