I read an interesting (and similar) theory on the incident, posted on another thread. To wit:
There is very little that could come of a prosecution in this matter. While Petraeus was wrong to have the affair, he paid the price for it and resigned in disgrace over it. Yes,he was stupid to have the affair, but he is way too smart to put anything SECRET or TOP SECRET into an unclassified system. Secondly, Mrs Broadwell, held at least a SECRET clearance in her own status as an Army Reserve Officer, and Petreaus had the authority he needed to share information with her within that classification. As long as she did not put specifically classified material into whatever she was writing for publication, there is no issue.
The purported prosecution is all about diverting attention from Bill Clinton’s involvement with the pedophile/ under-aged prostitute ring in order to protect Hillary. In addition, Petraeus probably has the goods on Beghazi from his CIA sources & after action reports. By prosecuting him, they can marginalize any charges he may level at Hillary. Plain and simple.
24 posted on 01/09/2015 4:57:39 PM PST by Bill Russell
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3245297/posts?page=35#35
Petraeus was the OCA in both positions, so he was responsible for all classification under his commands. However, clearance or no, the primary OPSEC directive is need to know. You can’t share material without an operational need, any more than someone with clearance can go trolling through records outside of their domain.
Ref “I read an interesting (and similar) theory on the incident, posted on another thread. To wit:”
Yes, I wrote & posted the same comment in two different discussions of the news stories on Petraeus.
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Bill