CBS Backs Off Benghazi Source

Retraction

The executive producer of ‘60 Minutes’ says a key source for its blockbuster Benghazi report told a different story to the FBI.

Published Nov. 8 2013 12:15PM EST

articles/2013/11/08/cbs-backs-off-benghazi-source/131107-lake-60mins-tease_wplexj — CBS

The CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes lost confidence in a key source for its report on Benghazi that aired last month after the network confirmed that an FBI interview with the source less than a week after the 2012 attacks did not match the account he gave the network.

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CBS Backs Off Benghazi Source

The executive producer of ‘60 Minutes’ says a key source for its blockbuster Benghazi report told a different story to the FBI.

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