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CIA Director Petraeus resigns over extramarital affair with biographer
NY Post ^
| November 10, 2012
| CARL CAMPANILE
Posted on 11/10/2012 6:04:06 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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Broadwell broke off the affair with the 60-year-old Petraeus after he was sworn in as CIA director on Sept. 6, 2011, but he continued to pursue her with numerous e-mails, the Newsmax report said.
Broadwell who is a reserve army officer in addition to being a writer describes herself as a national security analyst who resides in Charlotte, NC. She is married to Scott Broadwell, a radiologist, and they have two children. Like Petraeus, shes a West Point graduate.
Her LinkedIn bio says she served a three-year stint as a liaison officer with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force from 2003 to 2006
To: COUNTrecount
How stupidly even the wise behave.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:10:50 AM PST
by
kenavi
(Lost the country? Win your state.)
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:11:07 AM PST
by
biggredd1
To: COUNTrecount
There’s always room under zero’s bus.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:12:33 AM PST
by
duckman
(I'm part of the group pulling the wagon!)
To: COUNTrecount
I am sure she was crawling under his desk to pass an obstacle course.
Email is no way to pursue an illicit relationship.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:12:52 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: COUNTrecount
Obama (via the Democratic machine) probably knew of this affair before appointing Petraeus as Director of the CIA and held this in his back pocket until he needed some leverage.
Now, if Petraeus sings about Benghazi, he may be court martialed. If court martialed, I wonder if he would lose his pension?
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:13:41 AM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(Obama: "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.")
To: RoosterRedux
That would be Obama’s style
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:16:21 AM PST
by
eccentric
(a.k.a. baldwidow)
To: COUNTrecount; kenavi
No, he wasn’t wise. He was, and is, a self-promoter who took credit for good things and got out of town fast when things started to look bad. The Iraq surge success was phony.
He resigned because the FBI was investigating his honey for having access to the general’s emails that may have contained classified information.. partly. The real reason he resigned is because he was complicit in what happened at Benghazi.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/10/26/Petraeus-on-Benghazi-It-Wasnt-Me
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:17:33 AM PST
by
Pining_4_TX
( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
To: COUNTrecount
So, she’s a “Reserve Army Officer”. Interesting. Let’s see if they go after her.
I would guess that the FBI would have interviewed some people who were with Petraeus in Afghanistan and that at least one of them would have notified Petraeus that he was being investigated. Yesterday, it was printed that the FBI had notified the White House of this before the election.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:18:52 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: COUNTrecount
Sad, but just a thought out of the box...if P were to testify as a member of Obama's administration he would probably be bound by O's version of what happened. It did seem strange that he came out so strongly in support of the "vicious, slandering" video reason for the invisible mob attack. Perhaps he was under pressure Obama to support or have the affair info leaked.
As a civilian testifying before congress he is no longer restrained from telling the whole truth. It is a testimony I await from someone I still believe is an honorable man.
Only time will tell. This disgrace has a long story yet to be told.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:19:16 AM PST
by
ibytoohi
(What the hell has happened to my country?)
To: eccentric
What is strange is that he now feels it is wrong for the Director of CIA to have had an affair (previous to becoming Dir of CIA), but he didn't feel it was wrong when he accepted the appointment as Dir of CIA.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:20:48 AM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(Obama: "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.")
To: COUNTrecount
“Steamy emails” sent by the Director of the CIA - We truly are led by stupid people. Corrupt, dishonest liars are one thing, but being really stupid and being in such a critical job to our nation’s security is just unbelievable. And so many of us were under the impression he was one of our best.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:22:12 AM PST
by
Reddon
To: Reddon
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:24:12 AM PST
by
CMailBag
To: blueunicorn6
From what I’ve read, she is/was a MAJ in the USAR. She was formerly an active duty CPT, a veteran, and in intel.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:26:01 AM PST
by
CheneyChick
(01/20/2013 -- the day that could have been)
To: ibytoohi
I have feared that Petraeus was an opportunist but good at his job. I was so hoping that there will be SOMEONE with a conscience that will come forward and expose the criminality of this Admin. I don't know if it will be Petraeus. I do believe there are still some good Dems. We just need one to have a conscience attack so the American people can find out the truth under all the lies.
To: COUNTrecount
Had Petraeus not been associated with Bush and Republicans, he would be judged by Democratic standards and still be CIA director.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:29:19 AM PST
by
fso301
To: originalbuckeye
He’s not the first man in a position of power to get caught by thinking with the wrong head! History repeats itself.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:31:41 AM PST
by
ibytoohi
(What the hell has happened to my country?)
To: COUNTrecount
So he's responsible for sex while Obama's reponsible
for death and who am I supposed to be mad at again??
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:39:59 AM PST
by
trailz
To: RoosterRedux
If court martialed, I wonder if he would lose his pension?No -- because his wife is the daughter of a 4 star General.
To: fso301
Is anyone else surprised by the fact that the FBI can monitor all e-mails of the
Director of the CIA? This means that Holder is potentially monitoring the e-mails of every high official in government, including the Secretary of State and President himself.
Are there FBI agents who have a higher security clearance than the Director of the CIA and can read his e-mail? Amazing!
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