When dealing with a deadly threat, if one has access to media it is far better to go public than to cower. Think Jennifer Flowers or Paula Jones. Both were so visible that it would have been very hard to knock them off without inducing an investigation looking into every similar case.
So Petraeus goes to the media. What did the media say about Benghazi or the Video or Fast and Furious or Black Panthers at the Polling places, or Iranian shooting at US Drones, or the 4 different birth certificates, or anything critical of Obama? Obama owns the media. I would not be surprised if the FBI background checks on Brokaw, Blitzer, and all of the rest has been done and message sent. Relying on media to do the right thing is as perilous as expecting Obama and the dems to do the right thing. Did the media give a damn about the killing of our Border Patrol? Do they give a damn about anything but obama spending trillions putting your children and my children in debt to communist Chinese? I am afraid if you are going to put your life in the hands of the altruism and patriotism of the Main Street Media you have much more faith in them than I have. As time grows close for a scheduled Petraeus testimony to be given Mr. Petreaus will be subtly reminded of how dangerous this could be for his family for the 4 and 6 year old children of Broadwell, for his wife, for her husband. The message will be received as exactly what it is. Again I do not know how Petreaus protects his family and the family of Broadwell (ALL innocent) and still tell the unvarnished truth. I think Petreaus is an honorable man who did something wrong. I do not think there is anyone under the sun who regrets more what has happened than Petreaus. But he is in a dangerous place and worse, he has put a lot of innocent people in a very dangerous place.