“Willful Blindness”: is a term used in criminal law to refer to the acts of a person who ¹intentionally fails to be informed about matters that would make the person criminally liable. It describes an attempt to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally ²putting oneself in a position to be unaware of facts which create liability.   (Must Watch Video)

¹FLASHBACK [replete with ironic timing] – On the same day Ambassador Chris Stevens was assassinated in Benghazi, Libya, a report surfaced that President Obama routinely skips intelligence briefings. Tommy “Dude” Vietor confirmed:

²President Barack Obama has missed more than half of his daily intelligence briefings since he came into power, a new report shows.

Obama has been to less than 44 percent of the vital meetings, the White House admits, with his attendance reaching a low spot towards the end of 2011 and the start of this year.

His predecessor, George W, Bush made a point of having the meetings six days a week, and attending as many as possible, the American Enterprise Institute fellow, Marc Thiessen reports in the Washington Post.

Obama’s attendance figures were prepared by the conservative Government Accountability Institute, and were not disputed by the White House. At one point he was attending fewer than two meetings out of five.

National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told Thiessen that Obama’s attendance at the meetings was “not particularly interesting or useful,” as he received written daily briefings. “The president gets the information he needs from the intelligence community every day,” Vietor said.  (read more)