The recent White House controversies confuse Americans about whether or not to believe the Libyan attack and the Internal Revenue Service directing of the Tea Party groups. The White House’s release of e-mails was intended to resolve questions relating to the administration’s response on the Benghazi attack in September.
The aftermath of last September’s attack in Benghazi revealed collision over government’s talking points between the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The attack targeted a nearby CIA annex, killing four people; including U.S. Ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens. A U.S. produced movie mocking Islam and its prophet Mohammed was said to have enraged those responsible for the attack on Libya.
“The government hasn’t changed since 2001, but they’ve managed to restrict our freedoms severely since then,” senior Alex Schwarz. “Patriot act was supposedly designed to help prevent stuff like this; it has only served to undermine our liberty and the constitution, with no gained security for it.”
The White House spokesman, Eric Schultz, claims that the media’s selective and inaccurate release of emails caused the White House to disclose subsequent information pertaining to the terrorist attack in Benghazi.
“It’s shocking how the presidential administration had received warnings of a potential attack before the Benghazi attack happened,” sophomore Shamim Faghihi said. “Yet they failed to show any reaction or send any help to the diplomats whose lives were in potential danger.
President Barack Obama replaced Steven Miller, who was fired during a scandal, with Daniel I. Werfel the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Obama appointed Werfel to maintain the Republicans and Democrats’ holding of hearings for several months and as a way to oversee the I.R.S.
“The President and the Obama administration should not adhere to terrorists. It [presents] the nation as weak,” Kevin Zheng. “Although I don’t completely agree with what happened, the world of politics is cruel.”