Why can’t/won’t Petraeus testify?

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[chessplayer]

Duane, what puzzles me is why Petraeus’ resignation disqualifies him from testifying at all. I’m not the only one puzzled, either. NRO’s Katrina Trinko can’t figure it out:

Perhaps there is some protocol I’m unaware of, but I don’t see why resigning should affect whether Petraeus testifies or not. He was in charge of the CIA when the Benghazi attack occurred, and the CIA has been under plenty of fire for how the attack was handled.

Neither can John Hinderaker:

This gets curiouser: Petraeus was scheduled to testify before a Congressional committee on Benghazi next week, but in view of his resignation his testimony has been canceled. That makes no sense to me. Why should his resignation have anything to do with testifying about events that occurred while he was the director of the agency?

The only explanation I can conceive is that Petraeus doesn’t really have any information to tell Congress that relates to his own personal actions relating to the Benghazi attack.

[Mach9]

I hope I’m wrong, but I didn’t get the same sense from Faulkner’s guest. All I heard was that the CIA didn’t want him as director, not that they didn’t want him working for or answering to Obama. They’re a strange group, and very little would surprise me about their leanings. The guest (wish I could remember his name, but we’ve all seen him before) may have been dissing the agency, not sympathizing with them. They liked Panetta well enough, and so far he’s been as much a tool as Petraeus.

[Pining_4_TX]

Um, not quite. Petraeus may have been complicit in the whole thing.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/10/26/Petraeus-on-Benghazi-It-Wasnt-Me

[Pining_4_TX]

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/10/26/Petraeus-on-Benghazi-It-Wasnt-Me

Wrong. Also, the FBI was already investigating Petraeus’ mistress for having too much access to his emails that may have contained classified information.

[Mach9]

Not all the the pubs are blackmailable. And the smell may not be manure. Who knows—maybe it’s impeachment.

[Gay State Conservative]

That’s pretty much as I thought.Having watched many episodes of Perry Mason my gut told me that taking the 5th isn’t difficult and can only be trumped by a court/prosecutor...or a Congressional committee...by a grant of immunity.

[wintertime]

I believe the military is fixin to throw Barry under the bus.
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Certainly not the highest and most senior officers.

Let's look at the behavior of the highest and most senior officers.

1) They **KNOW** that Obama posted forgeries of his birth certificates.

2) They **KNOW** that Obama fails e-verify.

4) They **KNOW** that Obama is currently using another man's social security number and has used multiple social security numbers in the past.

So?....What did they legally and peacefully do to uphold their oaths to defend the Constitution ? What did they do except persecute lower level officers that dared to question?

Have you seen mass resignations after Benghazi where **all** the Americans at the embassy were left to die while Obama went to bed?

Don't count on these highest level and most senior officers. Personally, if in the unlikely event that I am in their presence, I will turn my back. I will shun them.

[TEXOKIE]

You are welcome!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

No one throws Barry under the bus.

Yet another nother one.