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PATRAEUS COULD FACE CHARGES - FBI Deemed Petraeus Affair Part of Criminal, Not Intel Probe
ABC NEWS - VIA DRUDGE ^ | 11/12/12 | MARTHA RADDATZ (@martharaddatz) , PIERRE THOMAS (@PierreTABC) , JASON RYAN (@JasonRyanABC) and JONAT

Posted on 11/12/2012 2:49:30 PM PST by texas_mrs

The FBI withheld its findings about Gen. David Petreaus' affair from the White House and congressional leaders because the agency considered them the result of a criminal investigation that never reached the threshold of an intelligence probe, law enforcement sources said today.

The sources said agents followed department guidelines that generally bar sharing information about developing criminal investigations. The FBI is also aware of its history under former director Herbert Hoover of playing politics and digging into the lives of public figures. As one official said, the rules are designed to protect people (both private and elected officials) when negative information about them arises in the course of a criminal investigation that is not a crime.

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To: autumnraine
The person I WAS REPLYING TO QUESTIONED WHY HE WOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED UNDER MILITARY AUTHORITY.

He was in the service when the affair began, she was his biographer, and was imbedded in his command. Now stop it.

81 posted on 11/13/2012 12:53:12 AM PST by itsahoot (Any enemy, that is allowed to have a King's X line, is undefeatable. (USS Taluga AO-62))
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To: lodi90
If he was doing it in the US he most certainly was doing it overseas.

Not proven.

82 posted on 11/13/2012 1:01:12 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: lodi90
This fling started as a camp romance in A-stan.

Not proven.

What has been admitted is that they only got physical after he shed his uniform, donned civvies, and became head of the CIA.

83 posted on 11/13/2012 1:03:51 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: petitfour
It was 9/11 and they could.

Why was the Red Cross attacked?

Why was the British Ambassador attacked?

84 posted on 11/13/2012 1:07:34 AM PST by Chgogal (Obama murdered the SEALs.They "were hung out to dry, basically exposed like a set of dog balls,...")
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To: itsahoot
He was in the service when the affair began, she was his biographer, and was imbedded in his command.

Prove it.

85 posted on 11/13/2012 1:08:07 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: forgotten man

J. Edgar Oreck.


86 posted on 11/13/2012 1:10:01 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Repulican Donkey
We will get our heads handed to us in the next conflict.

Especially with Thurston Cary III as Sec. of Defense.
87 posted on 11/13/2012 5:51:41 AM PST by crosshairs (America: Once the land of the free. Still the home of the brave.)
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To: Mamzelle
Is the whore with the testosterone arms also immune from the military code? I believe she was a Major Whore.

I don't understand who you mean. Can you expand a bit...give some background? I'm not trying to be dense. I really don't know.

88 posted on 11/13/2012 6:10:56 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins
Broadwell was or still is a Major in some branch of the armed services. If she is still in the service, she can also be subject to criminal charges for adultery.

Who published this "All In" book? Their sales must be going wild!!

89 posted on 11/13/2012 8:06:32 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Kenika

Amen to that


90 posted on 11/13/2012 10:52:10 AM PST by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: cynwoody
Prove it.

You sure you want to go there?

91 posted on 11/13/2012 1:57:21 PM PST by itsahoot (Any enemy, that is allowed to have a King's X line, is undefeatable. (USS Taluga AO-62))
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To: texas_mrs

Sounds like the general crossed the “administration”. One shall not cross the administration.


92 posted on 11/13/2012 2:10:17 PM PST by meyer (Proud member of the 53%.)
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To: meyer

I’m betting on Petraeus doing the administration’s bidding. A man who would cheat on his wife wouldn’t have any trouble cheating on his country.


93 posted on 11/13/2012 2:13:15 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: texas_mrs
David Petraeus Retains a Lawyer

November 18, 2012 Former CIA Director General David Petraeus has hired a top Washington lawyer to help him navigate the fallout from a career-ending affair, Reuters has confirmed.

The lawyer, Robert Barnett of Williams & Connolly, is known for negotiating book deals for the political elite, from President Barack Obama to one-time vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

94 posted on 11/18/2012 5:55:52 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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