[Alberta's Child]

I think it's the other way around. My suspicion was that the Obama administration was using the affair to keep Petraeus quiet -- and Petraeus outed himself and resigned just to take all that leverage away from them.

The Obama administration cannot prevent Petraeus from testifying to Congress. He won't be testifying now because he's no longer the CIA director and he was originally called to testify in that role, but nothing prevents Congress from calling him to testify as a civilian about what he knows.

[classified]

This is exactly what I thought of at first when I heard it. How I so hope that Petraeus outted himself and decided not to play along with these guys and come clean. Even if it means losing his pension and what ever else! If he revealed the truth about what happened in that situation room and who gave the orders Not to save the lives of those 4 men that would be pretty powerful testimony.

[indthkr]

"Petraeus outed himself and resigned just to take all that leverage away from them."

That's the way it sounded initially, but the MSM is in overdrive mode with stories about FBI investigations, him using agency email to constantly try to contact her after she broke it off, etc., etc.

[uncbob]

Petraeus outed himself and resigned just to take all that leverage away from them.

I doubt it

If he had any integrity Obama wouldn't have appointed him in the first place --he is like Colin Powell--NO HONOR WHATSOEVER

[tinamina]

” My suspicion was that the Obama administration was using the affair to keep Petraeus quiet — and Petraeus outed himself and resigned just to take all that leverage away from them “
That is what I think too. He was being blackmailed by the administration and the only way he can tell the truth to COngress is to out himself.

[MHGinTN]

Congress certainly can call Petraeus as a civilian, but if we see Boner pushing the ‘decline to call him because he’s a civilian now’ meme, look for what the little barry bastard boy regime has on Boner. I am betting it is on a scale of what is hidden about Lott.

[Vermont Lt]

If there is more to this than what he said, I believe you are closer to the truth.

If you out yourself and take yourself out of jeopardy, then they have nothing on you. This could have been his way to say FU to Obama.