Posted on 11/10/2012 8:15:04 AM PST by RoosterRedux
I reached out to a senior military source who has worked with Petraeus, (P4) as he's referred to within the service, and who helped provide background information for Broadwell's book. I'll call the officer "James Downing"). A transcript of our conversation follows:
BI: Did anyone know about the affair before today?
James: I'm not sure anyone really "knew", per se. But it's one of those things that, as soon as the announcement was made, I knew in an instant who it was. Everything made sense. Who had exclusive access to him? Who wrote the hagiography on his life? Who framed their entire existence around his persona? It wasn't hard to make the guess, and the rest is public knowledge now. One day, she's celebrating her birthday as an accomplished (if you want to use that term) author and PhD candidate, the next she's Paula Jones.
BI: Did you know Broadwell long?
James: I've known her for a few years, probably five or six. When she started work on the bio she called me for background on one of the general's previous deployments. I probably gave her four hours or so, and we stayed in touch after that by email and an occasional phone call. Over that time, she went from someone very likeable to a shameless self-promoting prom queen. A very disturbing shift in how she carried herself. If she knew P4 was going to make an appearance at an event, she'd crash it without an invitation (she actually did this at the wedding of some close friends of mine) and photo bomb[ed] sic everyone there.
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Ewww.
So, how do you get rid of cabinet level officers? Well, you build a case that shows there's some sort of illegal activity associated with their office, or closest associates. That gets the federal cops going, and they can subpoena stuff, and tap government phones or computers, and there you have it.
A Postmaster General once got in trouble for some insider trading and manipulation involving the Cape Hattaras Stamp. He left after agreeing to give back the stamps.
I"m assuming this is more common than 2 cases in 40 years, but most of the time the cabinet level officer agrees to giving up the loot, and the cops turn him loose with a warning. Whistle blowers find this behavior is not good for their careers BTW
Thank you for your service.
One of the more intelligent retorts to one of my posts ever.
/s off
There'll be no more replies from me so you can have the last word. I know that kind of thing is important to jerks. LOL
Works for me. You go last:)
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