The scrubbing came after the indefatigable Patrick Poole reported the official’s attendance. Clearly they know that the destruction of the freedom of speech is something to hide.
How far are we really from my scenario here?
“State Dept. Official to Attend OIC Meeting Today on Banning “˜Defamation of Islam” UPDATE: OIC Scrubs Website, Screenshot Added, Cover-Up Begins,” by Patrick Poole for PJ Media, November 18 (thanks to Bernadette):
UPDATE:
Well, that didn’t last long. Earlier this morning before I posted this
item the OIC press release noted that U.S. Consul General in Jeddah Anne Casper would be attending the OIC”s meeting:The Session will be attended by Prof. Ekmeleddin
Ihsanoglu, the OIC Secretary General. It will be chaired by Ambassador
Ahmad Taib , Director General of the Branch of the Saudi Foreign
Ministry, Makkah Al-Mukarrammah region. It will also be attended by
Sergey Kuznetsov, Consul General of the Russian Federation and Anne Casper, US Consul General in Jeddah.But within the past few hours that mention has been scrubbed. The press release I linked to earlier now reads:
The Session will be attended by Prof. Ekmeleddin
Ihsanoglu, the OIC Secretary General and members of the Jeddah
diplomatic community and other invited guests.No more mention of Anne Casper attending today”s OIC session on banning “defamation of Islam.” Let the cover-up begin!
Here’s a screenshot of the earlier version noting Casper’s attendance at today”s meeting (click to enlarge):
ORIGINAL POST: After the disaster of trying to blame an obscure YouTube video for the attack on the CIA operation in Benghazi and Obama’s prophecy
at the UN that “the future must not belong to those who slander the
prophet of Islam,” Hillary Clinton’s State Department appears to be
taking another run at the First Amendment free speech rights of American
citizens.A notice was posted yesterday on the website of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) about a symposium to be held today
at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on “Defamation Acts
Against Islam.” And one top U.S. State Department official will be in
attendance….