SECRET AUDIOTAPE REVEALS: Groundswell Group Stoked Scandals with Help From GOP Leaders

[kpete]

A secret audio tape of one of Groundswell's weekly meetings shows that prominent members of the group pressed House Speaker John Boehner and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chair of the House oversight committee, to expand the Benghazi investigation and make this supposed scandal a top-priority for congressional Republicans. This recording indicates Groundswell's mission extends beyond message coordination to scandal-stoking.
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http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/07/groundswell-secret-tape-boehner-issa-benghazi

July 30, 2013 07:00 AM
Groundswell Group Stoked Scandals with Help From GOP Leaders
By karoli

When David Corn broke the Groundswell story last week, the general reaction among the politerati was a shrug and a giggle. Even influential NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen called it "no big deal."

But audio of a May Groundswell meeting obtained by C&L from a source who wishes to remain anonymous reveals Groundswellers met with top Congressional leaders to lobby for a select committee endowed with subpoena power to investigate the White House. Lobbying may be too mild a term, since they really are plotting with those same leaders to invent very real scandals with very real investigations in order to sink the country into a mire of inaction and sabotage the remaining years of President Obama's term.

Messaging is a part of their activity, but there is also an entire set of marching orders and demands made by this group and granted by Congressional leadership. It isn't limited to the Benghazi 'scandal', and it may not be limited to Congress.


AUDIO TAPE & WAY MORE:
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/groundswell-group-plotted-scandals-congress

and HERE:
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/07/groundswell-secret-tape-boehner-issa-benghazi