Obama named Petraeus to CIA because he was known as a man with integrity, and it kept him off the VP list for 2012. The real question will be, how long has the FBI known? Did they find out during his vetting, (they would have asked him) or did it subsequently come to their attention. And what foreign intelligence agencies knew? Iran, Pakistan, Muslim Brotherhood? That would be more disturbing.
The double standard is this: If Petraeus were a Democrat, this whole thing would blow over (no pun intended) and he’d be ready to run for office by the next election cycle (think Clinton, Barney Frank, Elliot Spitzer, etc). But as a Republican, he’s pretty much done, I would expect.
No, I think 0zer0 set Petraeus up from day one. Read the NewsMax article about this. Then you realize the FBI had to know about this affair in real time. According to the article, the FBI suspected the issue in the Spring 2011. Petraeus was commander in Afghanistan at that time. 0zer0 appointed Petraeus to CIA in April 2011, but he didn’t assume the office until Sep 2011.
The article says the FBI was investigating this for months because Petraeus was sending thousands of emails to her. That had to be in 2011. This means that the FBI had to know what was going on in real time, probably as Petraeus was being vetted for the CIA post, and certainly before he was confirmed, and that is why they couldn’t believe 0zer0 wouldn’t fire this guy, let alone hire the guy.
I don’t see any explanation other than 0zer0 knew about this (or someone high up in the admin did, and didn’t tell anyone... FBI director Mueller had to know, and that means Holder had to know, and probably National Security Director Donolon). That means 0zer0 had to know, and is lying about this when the WH says they first found out about it Wednesday after the election.
I bet 0zer0 knew Petraeus was compromised when he appointed him and counted on this trump card to be used against Petraeus when he needed it, and Benghazi is it. The timeline proves it.
Whether Petraeus has any smoking gun information and will spill it is completely unknown. But for me, I am convinced that 0zer0 knew about the affair and deliberately appointed and retained an obviously compromised CIA director to have something to blackmail him with later. This explains why a compromised CIA director was ok to appoint and retain for over a year, but now a year after the affair, is a liability only because Benghazi is hitting the fan. This confirms everything you need to know about 0zer0.