Posted on 11/10/2012 9:46:58 PM PST by Arthurio
Report: FBI whistle-blower contacted Eric Cantor on David Petraeus affair By: John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman November 11, 2012 12:16 AM EST
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor spoke to an FBI whistle-blower two weeks ago who accused then-CIA Director David Petraeus of having an extramarital affair and potentially jeopardizing the security of classified information, according to a news report.
Cantor’s chief of staff, Steve Stombres, later met with FBI officials to pass on the accusations from the whistle-blower, the New York Times reported on Saturday night.
(Also on POLITICO: 6 questions on Petraeus's exit)
Cantor’s involvement in the Petraeus scandal is the first indication that anyone outside of the FBI knew Petraeus was under scrutiny for an extramarital relationship or potentially leaking classified information.
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“I was contacted by an F.B.I. employee concerned that sensitive, classified information may have been compromised and made certain [FBI] Director Mueller was aware of these serious allegations and the potential risk to our national security,” Cantor said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
That's the conclusion I've come to as well.
Just remember, Petraeus is an Obama Administration appointee. Period.
Could be a low estimate.
Did 0bummer skip the briefing and forgot to read the report?
Do folks understand that this is totally f'in NSANE? The first problem is that this whistle blower leaked sensitive investigative information to Congress for political purposes. How about we have the FBI go through your life and report your teen-age antics to your congressman for further processing?
This is why we have laws against this sort of thing. Short of actual criminal evidence or evidence of a genuine security compromise, this kind of investigative information should have gone absolutely nowhere and this idiot needs to go to jail.
This is not whistle-blowing. This is leaking sensitive personal information that is frankly none of anyone else's business.
Any adult who says he believes that the FBI would investigate the DCI for months without informing the president is either a damn liar, or a damn fool who should not be let out of a safe care facility for idiots and morons.
FluffetyFluff.
Anything at all on the whistleblower?
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Whoever he/she is, they tried to do the right thing. All involved should try to protect the informant’s identity since Obama & Holder (or whichever corrupt individual comes in to replace him) will be in power for the next four years and won’t hesitate to retaliate.
I doubt Cantor has to worry politically. He is from District 7 in Virginia (Culpeper); It has went solid red for more than 30 years.
“.........this kind of investigative information should have gone absolutely nowhere and this idiot needs to go to jail.
This is not whistle-blowing. This is leaking sensitive personal information that is frankly none of anyone else’s business.”
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Yes, under absolutely NO circumstances should anyone be allowed to reveal anything the Obama regime is trying to cover up or keep under wraps. If they do, OFF with their heads!
Your reaction is exactly why good men will not serve in high positions. Folks like you destroy them willingly.
If he/shhe wasn’t sent to do the administration’s bidding. We don’t know, do we?
Actually the 'first' problem is Petraeus placed himself in a compromised situation. Then poop started flowing downhill. It seemed to me obvious why Cantor went directly to the Director of the FBI. We sure are not going to be hearing about that investigation until it is completed, well, at least not by the adults left working for US.
Jerrett?
I’m sure the CIA knew about his affair, he would have had gone through a rigorous background investigation to include a complete lifestyle polygraph. If this woman was found to not be a foreign intelligence agent or receiving classified information they probably ignored it. Given that this affair ended sometime ago - they probably just regarded it as a personal problem. The question is, why was the FBI investigating thin air reports of harassing e-mails? Who gave them authorization to hack into e-mails and conduct surveillance based off of little to no evidence of criminal wrongdoing or classified information negligence? Isn’t there a FISA court for a reason?
me too.
I thought “No way America’s lost it’s ever loving mind and electing a nobody, with a funny name and a vacuous history”,
But, we’ll all be dancing around the Kaaba one day...
Costa Rica is a good choice, although it has its problems.
Daily Caller recently ran a list of 10 “Conservative Countries” to which one could escape. Each has problems. The most attractive is Switzerland but it is expensive and hard to get residency.
My present choice is to live in a pleasant county in the USA and in a conservative (as well as Republican) state - and sweat it out.
This scandal gets more bizarre by the day.
But Muller got caught lying once before regarding a female agent.
Sandy burglar got caught stuffing classified documents down his underwear
And socks. And only got a wrist slap.
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