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Was Petraeus Forced Out To Silence His Account Of Benghazi killings? (friends say yes)
UK Telegraph ^ | Last updated: November 12th, 2012 | By Con Coughlin

Posted on 11/12/2012 6:23:23 PM PST by drewh

As they say in politics, timing is everything, and the shock resignation of David Petraeus as CIA director raises serious questions about whether this was genuinely a resignation caused by his affair with his biographer, or whether it was a hatchet job by Barack Obama's administration to prevent him giving evidence this Thursday to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The general's friends tell me that his sudden departure from Langley has nevertheless raised suspicions that his political enemies in the Obama administration – and there are many – used his dalliance to force him out of the CIA before he could make damaging allegations about the handling of the al-Qaeda attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi last September, in which US Ambassador Chris Stephens and three other staff died.

Gen Petraeus is a political animal – it was even rumoured that he might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. The Obama crowd certainly saw him in those terms, which is why he was shunted off to the CIA in the first place, rather than being allowed to achieve his long-cherished ambition of becoming head of America's armed forces.

If Gen Petraeus harboured any thoughts of revenge, then Thursday's session of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into the Benghazi killings offered him the perfect platform.

As CIA Director, Gen Petraeus would have all the details of who was responsible for this glaring security breach, and there were many senior members of the Obama administration who had good reason to silence him so they could save their own skins.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazigate; petraeus; petraeusaffair
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1 posted on 11/12/2012 6:23:27 PM PST by drewh
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To: drewh

I second that emotion.


2 posted on 11/12/2012 6:27:56 PM PST by jivin gene (Breakin' up is hard to do)
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To: drewh

I don’t doubt that Petraeus had enemies in Washington, because just about everybody in Washington has enemies. It’s a bit speculative, at this point, as to who might want him damaged.


3 posted on 11/12/2012 6:30:14 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: drewh

Yes


4 posted on 11/12/2012 6:30:22 PM PST by Arthurio
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To: drewh

obviously

of course, I wouldn’t pass on the possibility of a setup by operators in retaliation for not supporting the guys in the field... if he was the one calling the shots (which does not seem to be the case)


5 posted on 11/12/2012 6:30:33 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: drewh

So why isn’t he demanding to be heard? Why isn’t he being called to testify rather than putting out a statement that he needs time to put his life back together before he can say anything? Why are the Republicans and the Democrats being so understanding of his personal situation rather than the state of the USA? It all stinks.


6 posted on 11/12/2012 6:32:11 PM PST by Truth29
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To: MestaMachine

Ping.


7 posted on 11/12/2012 6:36:25 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: drewh

Didn’t some guy on Hannity just say that Petraeus is writing news outlets as a ‘friend of Petraeus’?


8 posted on 11/12/2012 6:36:28 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Truth29

A few thoughts.

1. He may be trying to save his marriage.

2. This is the soft way out. The hard way is a suicide note and eight shots from a six shot revolver in the back of the head. The Chicago way is pretty nasty, and Obama’s handlers play it very well.

3. He is willing to testify, but no one will listen any more.

I suspect it is a mix of all three.


9 posted on 11/12/2012 6:37:21 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: drewh

Lessay you were a prez who had the following folks mad at you:

1. CIA
2. Israel
3. US Navy SEALS
4. US Secret Service

Could you go ANYWHERE...?

Ah I forgot —and the only people who like you are folks expecting you to give them STUFF which you do not have and cannot give.

Quite a doozy.


10 posted on 11/12/2012 6:38:01 PM PST by gaijin
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To: drewh

I don’t think we’ve heard the last from the General.


11 posted on 11/12/2012 6:38:31 PM PST by meyer (Proud member of the 53%.)
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To: Truth29

I think the conversation goes something like ‘If you want to ever see your full military pension again then you will play ball with Chicago’


12 posted on 11/12/2012 6:38:43 PM PST by drewh
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To: Truth29
So why isn’t he demanding to be heard?

He will. But not before the Secy of State.

Her Heinous was hoping Petraeus would go first so she could fashion her story afterwards. Thus, she said she couldn't testify; her excuse is she has some globe-trotting to do.

But now that Petraeus is not testifying quite so fast Madame Clinton may end up going first after all. We can trust that she is not so happy about that.

13 posted on 11/12/2012 6:39:29 PM PST by what's up
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To: drewh

IMO, I think he has been purposely kept there for just such a time as this. The O administration has got irons in the fire all over the world, it was only a matter of time before they got burned. I believe they knew all along he would make an excellent “fall guy/scapegoat”.

I pray to GOD that the truth comes out and O is brought to justice.

Another thing I want to come out is how the black population in Libya are being slaughtered....NOT A SINGLE WORD ABOUT IT. YAHOO/GOOGLE “black population in Libya are being slaughtered”


14 posted on 11/12/2012 6:39:46 PM PST by Ms Mable
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To: Irenic

yeah, Kessler said Petraeus is emailing news outlets. Not as retribution but self serving. Posing as a friend...friend of the family or whatever.

Brother is this a convoluted mess.


15 posted on 11/12/2012 6:41:10 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: drewh

Very dirty business. Valerie Jarrett may have ordered the stand-down. Worse than Watergate, Americans were killed. Sad, but if this came up during a Republican Administration we would see so much information.


16 posted on 11/12/2012 6:43:31 PM PST by seraphim (Going Galt is the only way now.)
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To: drewh
I hope he had a BIG flash drive filled before he was canned.
17 posted on 11/12/2012 6:47:34 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party: advancing indenture since 1787.)
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To: drewh

Shi-ite; he could write a “tell-all” book that would probably garner him millions...(plus, respect...maybe.)


18 posted on 11/12/2012 6:49:10 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: drewh

Absolutely


19 posted on 11/12/2012 6:52:38 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: what's up

that makes more sense than most of what I’ve heard about all this


20 posted on 11/12/2012 6:52:48 PM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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