Petraeus Out

There is a huge story here, but it's not the one we're being fed. The FBI investigating the head of the CIA is the story.

David Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, has abruptly resigned as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair.

The affair was discovered during an FBI investigation, according to officials briefed on the developments.

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Petraeus' resignation shocked US intelligence and political communities. It was a sudden end to the public career of the best-known general of the post-9/11 wars, a man credited with salvaging the US conflict in Iraq and sometimes mentioned as a potential Republican presidential candidate.

His service was effusively praised on Friday in statements from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

  alJazeera

While it might have derailed a bid for the presidency, I cannot believe that the real reason Petraeus resigned is because of an affair.

The resignation comes at a sensitive time. The administration and the CIA have struggled to defend security and intelligence lapses before the attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three others.

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It was unclear what the FBI was investigating or when it became aware of the affair.

And therein lies the real reason.  One we're not supposed to know. 

[Petraeus'] management style was recently lauded in a Newsweek article by Paula Broadwell, co-author of the biography, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus.

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NBC News reported on its website on Friday, quoting US law-enforcement officials, that Broadwell was under FBI investigation for improperly trying to access Petraeus' email and possibly gaining access to classified information,

Broadwell had extensive access to Petraeus in Afghanistan and has given numerous television interviews speaking about him, the report said.

Broadwell could not be reached for comment, NBC News said.

No, I bet not.  And by the way, the other woman is....Paula Broadwell.

For the director of the CIA, being engaged in an extramarital affair is considered a serious breach of security and a counterintelligence threat. If a foreign government had learned of the affair, the reasoning goes, Petraeus or Broadwell could have been blackmailed or otherwise compromised. Military justice considers conduct such as an extramarital affair to be possible grounds for court-martial.

Failure to resign also could create the perception for the rank and file that such behavior is acceptable.

  Chicago Tribune

Sure. Now, just why is it that the FBI was investigating in the first place?

At FBI headquarters, spokesman Paul Bresson declined to comment on the information that the affair had been discovered in the course of an investigation by the bureau.

I see.

 



 Another hint.

UPDATE:  There's another woman (whom we're still not sure about since she seems to be connected to another general - wow this is getting complex), and, oh...there's more to the Benghazi story.