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The FBI Has Been Investigating Petraeus' Biographer Over Access To Classified Info
Business Insider ^ | Nov. 9, 2012, 6:23 PM | Kim Bashin

Posted on 11/09/2012 5:34:15 PM PST by FreeReign

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned over an extramarital affair, according to a letter he sent to CIA staff. The news was confirmed by Press Secretary Jay Carney in a briefing this afternoon.

Slate's Fred Kaplan quickly reported that the affair was with Paula Broadwell — Gen. Petraeus' biographer who was embedded with him in Afghanistan. Now, NBC is reporting that the FBI has been investigating Broadwell, fearing that she had access to some confidential information.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazicoverup; broadwell; cia; libya; nationalsecurityfail; petraeus; petraeusaffair
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To: TXnMA

He was “All In” alright.


141 posted on 11/09/2012 11:07:12 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: TXnMA

Petraeus went “All In” on her “Broad well.”


142 posted on 11/09/2012 11:08:24 PM PST by Optimus Prime (Do liberals even qualify as sentient beings?)
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To: Lexington Green
Can't have honey without money.... follow the money trail.

And does anyone believe that the F.B.I. has assets and abilities to outwit the C.I.A. and the N.S.A. when the C.I.A. knows that brand toilet paper each F.B.I. agent uses ? when the C.I.A. knows what car the F.B.I. drives.. what flavor Haagen Daz ice cream they buy ?
143 posted on 11/09/2012 11:14:22 PM PST by American Constitutionalist
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To: devolve

It’s more than just 4 men left behind... it’s 4 men that some how is a little “ inconvenience “ to them.


144 posted on 11/09/2012 11:16:24 PM PST by American Constitutionalist
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To: txnuke

That doesn’t really add up. The ‘story’ states that the affair was over last year and she wasn’t accepting emails from him. I’m sooooooo confused!!


145 posted on 11/09/2012 11:30:52 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44 (Fluck this adminstration of misfits.)
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To: FreeReign

He should’ve told the FBI his book was about 0bama’s OBL raid and that he’s also given Hollywood and Sony pictures some classified information.


146 posted on 11/09/2012 11:31:31 PM PST by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: zot

Brillant! Of course; Valerie Jarrett—why didn’t I think of that? I was honing in on Hillary being involved in this, we all know this smells like the Clinton games! Bastards!


147 posted on 11/09/2012 11:35:42 PM PST by charwel (charwel--Proud sister of a Swiftie)
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To: BerryDingle
Exactly, and if he testifies, he can tell the truth, what are they going to do? Fire him?

Let's hope he doesn't get "Vince Fostered" before he sings.

148 posted on 11/09/2012 11:36:25 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: piasa

“Isn’t it also *possible,* if not likely, that Petreaus was being investigated and spied on by a lot of people from activists to Senatorial staff since the left began their anti-surge campaign that culminated in the ad they took out in the NY Times years ago and Senator Harry Reid proclaimed the surge a failure and the war a lost cause?”

Why, yessir...I believe so.

Could this possibly be WHY they offered him the CIA job? I’ve always wondered about that.

Don’t know, but I bet we’ll find out.


149 posted on 11/10/2012 12:26:43 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (The most massive vote fraud in history has just occurred. We don't know by whom, just yet.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

” the Obama administration was concerned when he was in Afghanistan as a possible rival.”

That makes sense, though it doesn’t absolve him RE: the affair.

I’m very disappointed in him.

“I think we will hear much more on how this might tie in with Benghazi.”

My thought, as well.


150 posted on 11/10/2012 12:29:34 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (The most massive vote fraud in history has just occurred. We don't know by whom, just yet.)
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To: charwel

Didn’t you know? Valerie Jarrett is our defacto president.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shock-report-valerie-jarrett-leading-secret-talks-with-iran/


151 posted on 11/10/2012 12:34:04 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (The most massive vote fraud in history has just occurred. We don't know by whom, just yet.)
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To: buwaya
As a private citizen he can’t talk about classified matters unless the CIA (under new management) explicitly vet everything he says.

The legal prohibition on what he can reveal about CIA does not apply to testimony before Congress or any court in the U.S.
152 posted on 11/10/2012 1:55:41 AM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

this plus all the other pieces add up to something HUGE.

Administration people NOT wanting to continue in their jobs.... INSIDERS wanting OUT.

interesting times indeed; keep eyes peeled in the next couple weeks/month


153 posted on 11/10/2012 2:35:58 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: jwsea55

Depends on how high up you are. They still do background checks for defense contractor jobs.


154 posted on 11/10/2012 2:41:38 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: oldbrowser

If the affair was phony then how does one explain the emails sent after the breakup (see CNN story mentioned in this thread) or is CNN story a lie also? Not that I believe CNN, just wondering about the info


155 posted on 11/10/2012 2:45:37 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: FreeReign
Tweet for Pete Hoekstra ‏@petehoekstra ***** Petraeus resignation will get worse. There's more here than meets the eye."
156 posted on 11/10/2012 3:59:18 AM PST by PghBaldy (Pete Hoekstra RE: Petraeus "There's more here than meets the eye.")
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To: Ms Mable
One of Obama’s “honey traps”.

If you remember, way back in 2008, Petraeus' name was being thrown around as a possible GOP nominee in 2012.

THIS is a great example of how far the Obama machine will go to prepare the destruction of potential rivals.

157 posted on 11/10/2012 4:07:04 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: WildHighlander57

Who is feeding CNN this email information?

Anon sources?


158 posted on 11/10/2012 4:14:05 AM PST by bonfire
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To: 9422WMR
He fell on his sword for Obama.

did he REALLY? Or did he embrace “the Sword of Damocles” zer0bama held over his head, so he could speak his mind at any inquiry or trial?

159 posted on 11/10/2012 4:54:51 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

.

Obama has a track record of picking corrupt losers:

Joe “I Know Nothing” Biden, Van “Commie-Con” Jones, Hillary “I Can’t Recall” Clinton, Eric “My People” Holder, Janet “Fat & Furious” Napolitano, Leon “I Never...” Panetta, Kathleen “Porn-Mommy” Sebelius, Timothy “Turbo-Tax” Geithner, Hilda “Stat-Cooker” Solis, General “Sugar Daddy” Petraeus, etc.

Oh - and Moochelle “Cheeseburger” Obama

Losers, Liars, Tax Cheats, ex-Cons, and Limo-Communists

Between lying about Benghazi and his biographer/bimbo - what a man to pick Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

If General Petraeus obviously did these things - you know there are dozens of more slimey acts he is guilty of.

.


160 posted on 11/10/2012 5:03:04 AM PST by devolve ( ---- ---- ---- -CHEESEBURGER_CHEESEBURGER_CHEESEBURGER- ---- ---- ---- ---- John Belushi ---- ----)
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