Email Demanded by Boehner Different Than He Claims

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) demanded the release of an e-mail that he said showed that State Department officials believed from the start that “Islamic terrorists” were linked to the Benghazi attack but have declined to say so publicly, the New York Times reports.

But a copy of the e-mail indicates that the senior State Department official who wrote it, referred to “Islamic extremists,” not terrorists.

“The distinction is important, administration officials said, because while the White House did not initially characterize the attack as terrorism, senior officials, including Ambassador Susan E. Rice, acknowledged the possibility that extremists had been involved in the assault.”