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GrundleStiltzkin

State Dept. Admits to Editing Iran Press Briefing Video

The U.S. State Department admitted today to deleting video from an archived press briefing which included statements it made about controversial American diplomatic talks with Iran.

A few weeks ago, a reporter noticed that video was missing from the State Department’s website and asked the agency for an explanation. A spokesman at the time dismissed the incident as a "technical glitch," saying that although the video was missing the transcript was never edited and complete versions of the video still existed in other government databases available to the public.

Today, spokesman John Kirby admitted the edit was made deliberately, directed by unknown persons, and executed by a staffer in the technical department. He claimed the technical staffer could not recall who had relayed the message to remove a portion of the briefing.

Comecon John, give it up.

greenblood

1) I don't actually care if it was deleted or not. But don't blame a glitch then admit later that it was authorized to being deleted.

2) Don't treat us like morons and say it was authorized but not remember who. If you recallbeing told to do something and it's big enough to have to lie about it, then you know damn well who told you to do it.

3) The cover up is much worse than the actual act in the first place. Just once I'd love to see a government official, just come out and say "Yeah, we did it, it didn't look good to have it posted, and we stand by that decision."

We know the Government does shady shit on a daily basis, and to admit it, is just meh...But to treat this nation like morons by blatantly lying about it is laughable.

doogsinparadise

Welcome to last week's news.

TierbsHsotBoobs

greenblood said:

1) I don't actually care if it was deleted or not. But don't blame a glitch then admit later that it was authorized to being deleted.

2) Don't treat us like morons and say it was authorized but not remember who. If you recallbeing told to do something and it's big enough to have to lie about it, then you know damn well who told you to do it.

3) The cover up is much worse than the actual act in the first place. Just once I'd love to see a government official, just come out and say "Yeah, we did it, it didn't look good to have it posted, and we stand by that decision."

We know the Government does shady shit on a daily basis, and to admit it, is just meh...But to treat this nation like morons by blatantly lying about it is laughable.

This post is about the Classics Bored deletion, isn't it?