4 months after GRS team members were made to sign new NDAs in an attempt to silence them, then-CIA Director John Brennan wrote a letter to congressional oversight committees denying even presenting the #Benghazi survivors with NDAs to sign. (1/8)
Responding to the question “Has any officer, either staff of contractor, been required to sign any non-disclosure agreement because of their presence at Benghazi or their participation in any activity related to the Benghazi attacks?” Brennan falsely answered "No." (2/8)
Brennan and his defenders changed their story each time their previous claims proved difficult to defend, digging themselves a deeper hole lie after lie: (3/8)
First, the claim was that there had been no effort whatsoever to keep anyone from talking, that no one was asked to sign an additional non-disclosure agreement, and that anyone suggesting otherwise was lying. (4/8)
When presented with evidence that some CIA officers involved in #Benghazi were asked to sign additional NDAs, the story changed: Okay, maybe some officers were asked to sign additional NDAs, but those NDAs were standard operating procedure. (5/8)
When presented with claims that some of the NDAs were legally unnecessary, the story changed again: Okay, it’s possible some of the NDAs were redundant, but they had nothing to do with #Benghazi. (6/8)
But when presented with evidence that some Benghazi officers were asked to sign NDAs at the memorial service honoring CIA officers killed in #Benghazi, the story changed once more: (7/8)
The final, and once again false, explanaion was: Okay, but the NDAs didn’t actually mention #Benghazi, and they were necessary in order to process payments for the officers to attend the memorial service. (8/8)
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GRS team members Kris Paronto, @JohnTiegen, @MarkGeistSWP and "Jack Silva" were presented with NEW non-disclosure agreements when they attended a ceremony at CIA headquarters in Langley, VA honoring their slain friends Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty on 5/21/13. (1/5)
Shortly before the service began, a CIA representative approached the 4 men and led them away from the public gathering space near the CIA museum through one office, then through another, until they finally arrived at a back room far removed from the ceremony. (2/5)
When the door shut behind them, a CIA official handed each man a small packet of papers and with very little explanation asked them, one by one, to review and sign the documents. As the men began to read the papers it did not take long to realize that they were NDAs. (3/5)