[jjotto]

CIA Director Petraeus does not answer to Secretary of Defense Panetta. Petraeus’ boss is Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who reports to the President.

However, either the DNI or his Principle Deputy must be a commissioned military officer.

[swamprebel]

Then I can't understand why Petraeus would brief the Congressional Committee that it was a protest gone awry over a video, when their was real time evidence to the contrary. Somebody put politic’s over the facts at hand, and I can't see what Petraeus stood to gain by such a scheme.