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Congress investigates who changed Benghazi 'talking points'

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    Catherine Herridge reports from Washington, D.C.

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Meanwhile overseas new developments on -- now congress now launching an investigation.

Into who changed CIA talking points blaming the assault on terrorism.

This after former CIA director David Petraeus told lawmakers that his agency knew al-Qaeda are links to al-Qaeda was involved from the very start.

Chief intelligence correspondent -- from -- is live on this in Washington what can we report about well talking points Katherine.

Roth thank you bill and good morning Fox News is told that the language in the talking points change.

From al-Qaeda affiliated individuals to extremist organizations.

Which Republicans say had the effect of minimizing the role of terrorists in the attack.

And the chair of the House Intelligence Committee says the evidence points to the administration's political appointees.

What happened was it worked its way up through the system of these so called talking points which everyone refers to.

And then it went up to what's called a deputies committee and what I found.

Fascinating about this investigation and again my role here and amend my mind -- to say was there and tells -- -- if so how do we prevent it happening again.

It went to this so called deputies committee that's populated by appointees from the administration that's were the narrative changed.

And while riders in the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee Dianne Feinstein have differences government Ghazi Feinstein said -- committees would investigate the change.

We gave the direction yesterday that this whole process is going to be checked out we're gonna find out who.

Made changes in the original statement.

And -- argument is that the language wasn't changed to protect classified information in this case.

The identification of the groups involved felt we heard from the White House over the weekend -- and as you know the White House says.

It did not change anything with regard to the talking points what was stated.

Well bill if -- is a congressman states it goes to the administration and specifically the National Security Council.

When the email traffic from the consulate in real time was going inside the White House is spoke of a military style attack in two ways.

And there was a claim of responsibility from this -- onto our -- to -- of one of the groups that implicated in the attack.

If that's correct statement we have from over the weekend from the deputy national security advisor said the only change they -- to the talking points was the nine from the word consulate.

To diplomatic facility but again congressional sources say this appears to be an effort to Parse at the words White House vs national security staff in any event.

That the most critical development is that there is a formal investigation.

Into who would change the talking points and the Intelligence Committees are saying.

This was not a failure of interpretation by the intelligence community itself.

Catherine thank you we're -- we don't see where this goes and it could some -- take some time rather to find out where.

Catherine Herridge in our bureau in Washington are.

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