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Youll have to take my word for it, said a spokesperson for the most transparent administration in history when reporters asked her to substantiate her claim that the CIA removed references to terrorists from the Benghazi talking points before the State Department ever saw them.

If you look at the talking points and the train of that, the reference to al Qaeda was taken out even before the State Department saw the talking points, Jen Psaki, former traveling campaign press secretary for the Obama team in 2012, told reporters during the State Department press briefing Monday.

This comment put Psaki in a tight spot because she had just denied a reporters request that the State Department release all drafts of the talking points.

I appreciate your ask, she had replied, using a stock Jay Carney answer. Thats not something thats planned at this time, and if that changes well certainly let you know.

Psakis suggestion that they look at the talking points gave one reporter an opening. I cant know that it was taken out before the State Department saw it because you havent released all that information, the reporter pointed out. Youre just telling me that.

All right, Psaki replied. Well, youll have to take my word for it, or I believe that email may have been public. But the larger point here, Brad, is that this is an ongoing investigation. I know that youd like to see some results of that, as many people would. The President and the secretary, their counterparts and partners in the intel community, are very focused on that.

At which point, one of the press corps snarked, Is there a statute of limitations on this investigation, or does it end in January 22nd, 2016, or something?

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