FOXNews.com: King: House intellegence committee can call Rice to testify about Libya remarks

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King: House intellegence committee can call Rice to testify about Libya remarks Nov 17th 2012, 15:47 Capitol Hill testimony has made clear the original CIA's talking points on the Libya terror attacks were altered before U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used them for a public explanation about what happened, so the next step is learn who changed them and why, Republican Rep. Pete King said Saturday. "Maybe the president's right. We should be looking at him." - Republican Rep. Pete King The New York congressman told Fox News the CIA intelligence reports made several stops – including the White House and the Defense and State departments. So finding out who removed the information that connected the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate and nearby CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, with terror groups will be difficult. "The CIA had it right, and those talking points were changed," King said. "It's not going to be easy." Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appeared several days later on several Sunday talk shows, saying the attacks were "spontaneous" and appeared to be sparked by angry protests over an anti-Islamic film. King,  a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said the committee can call Rice to testify but others on Capitol Hill also must take up the effort. "It's up to the other committees," he said. "We have to find out … . Clearly, the intelligence committee had it right. Somewhere along the line the policy makers changed it." He said the key questions for Rice should be: Who did she spoke with in the intelligence committee before making her comments and who brief her? King suggested he'd be surprised if Rice went on national TV with just a few talking points. "Maybe the president's right," he said. "We should be looking at him." King stuck to his argument that the Obama administration believed the war against Al Qaeda was over "and this is what they wanted to present." The attack occurred roughly seven weeks before Election Day. Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who resigned last week after admitting to an extramarital affair, said Friday in private hearings before the House and Senate intelligence committees that the original talking points suggested the attack involved Al Qaeda affiliates and sympathizers -- including Al Qaeda's North Africa affiliate and a Libyan group Ansar al-Shariah, according to lawmakers who attended the meetings. The attacks killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Steven and three other Americans. King told Fox on Friday that intelligence officials who testified in a closed-door hearing a day earlier, including Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and acting CIA Director Mike Morell, said they did not know who changed the talking points.

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