Petraeus out....

[Aloha_Shooter]

I don't think Obama really wanted Petraeus anyway. The DCI appointment was a way to get him out of the limelight, keep him from being a popular candidate for Chief of Staff of the Army or CJCS and keep him from becoming a political opponent in 2012. I expect Petraeus is just as happy to leave an administration that hung men out to dry despite live feeds during 7 hours of combat.

[StagLefty]

Timing raise my suspicions

[SuperiorDG]

I don't think Obama give a crap what anyone thinks about his administration any more. And why would Petraeus throw his wife under the bus like that?

[trlcavscout]

Now obama can run the cia as well.

[Marlin]

I thought the same thing.. But, there is something, not quite sure what at the moment, That seems too "neat" and "obvious".

It's leaveing me with the impression of Rommel.

Maybe the tinfoil is on a bit tight today..

[BPTactical]

And since when does an affair deter anyone in a governmental position anyway???

Yup, far too convenient considering he was to testify next week.


"There is a gun on the table in the other room. You know what to do".

[CO303]

Suicide to follow shortly like Vince Foster during the Clinton years?

[KestrelBike]

NPR was saying that the FBI had hundreds if not thousands of emails between him and the mistress in question, and that tipped red flags for security breaches and that they know allll about the affair. Guess the CIA frowns on those kinds of Loose Ends relationships.

That is, if you believe that the FBI has such information. They've never collaborated with other bodies of the government to hide shit, right? There'd certainly be some fast an furious consequences if they were caught!

[CO Hugh]

ALL IN!! Ace of Spades: http://minx.cc/?post=334821

Embedded: Petraeus Was Screwing His Biographer; Claim Made She Was Trying to Access His Emails

—Ace

One way to get the inside story.

The woman with whom Gen. David Petraeus was having an affair is Paula Broadwell, the author of a recent hagiographic book about him, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus.
Petraeus resigned as CIA director on Friday, citing the affair.

A tweet from "Breaking News" (no idea who this is) says:

Breaking News ‏@BreakingNewsFBI investigating Petraeus biographer Paula Broadwell for improperly trying to access his email, officials tell @NBCNews

So, is she hot?
Ehhh... Got somethin'.
Here she is, talking about her book about Petraeus, called, yes, All In.
You know, if you watch that interview, she does actually sound like she's having sex with him. It's a very "we did this, we did that" sort of thing. She sounds like she's talking about her boyfriend.
Corrected: I changed the email thing to a "claim," and dropped the claim that she was trying to get into his classified email.
The claim doesn't even say that.
However, given that he's head of the CIA, all of his email would be classified, it seems to me.
More: Apparently she is suspected of attempting to access classified emails.
Like I said, I assume all of his emails are classified.

The biographer for resigning CIA Director David Petraeus is under FBI investigation for improperly trying to access his email and possibly gaining access to classified information, law enforcement officials told NBC News on Friday.

But they say they do not expect the investigation to end in criminal charges.
Huh?
Posted by Ace at 05:51 PM Comments

[hatidua]

People don't confess to extramarital affairs just because.

Resignation, -"just because" - sure
Resignation, to "spend more time with the family" - fairly common
Resignation because I porked someone other than the wife - that's not as common