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FBI Source: Petraeus Case Held Until After Election to Not Hurt Obama Politically
The Blaze ^ | Nov. 10, 2012 | Madeleine Morgenstern

Posted on 11/10/2012 1:08:55 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Outgoing CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus’ resignation over an extramarital affair was reportedly held until after Tuesday’s election to avoid “potential embarrassment” for President Barack Obama, according to Newsmax.

FBI agents learned of the affair while monitoring Petraeus’ emails out of concern that the woman, Petraeus biographer Paula Broadwell, may have had access to his personal account, the Associated Press reported.

But an FBI source told Ronald Kessler, the author and journalist who broke the Secret Service prostitution scandal, that rather than having Petraeus resign immediately, the decision was made to hold it until after the election for political purposes:

[T]he White House, with concurrence by the FBI and Justice Department, held off on asking for Petraeus’ resignation until after the election. His resignation occurred three days after the election, avoiding the possibility that Obama’s ill-fated appointment of Petraeus could become an issue in the election.

FBI agents on the case were aware that such a decision had been made to hold off on forcing him out until after the election and were outraged.

“The decision was made to delay the resignation apparently to avoid potential embarrassment to the president before the election,” an FBI source says. “To leave him in such a sensitive position where he was vulnerable to potential blackmail for months compromised our security and is inexcusable.”

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1 posted on 11/10/2012 1:08:59 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Was there anything that wasn’t held back to protect him until after the election?


2 posted on 11/10/2012 1:11:08 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well DUH. All that effort to keep it hidden for nothing though. Obama voters do not CARE if he screwed an under age midget on the white house lawn while setting puppies on fire. They are low life takers who wanted to keep their perceived gravy train of Federal hand outs rolling coupled with extreme white guilt of not blaming the poor black man for the evil white man’s problem (Bush did it).


3 posted on 11/10/2012 1:11:08 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Ought to be a law against it and I think there is. Just another expansion of Obama’s watergate. Can’t wait until this corrupt marxist usurper is frog marched out of the W/H.


4 posted on 11/10/2012 1:12:10 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Of course. The Washington compost had an article detailing the Petraeus story. Supposedly, all of this was presented to James Clapper, Petraus’s boss 2 weeks ago. He reportedly demanded Petraeus’s resignation...but it did not occur until today...conveniently missing the election and over the weekend also to limit its impact on the news cycle.


5 posted on 11/10/2012 1:13:56 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Governmental agencies are supposed to be run at the field level outside political influences. Purposely withholding information consitutes as in this case a misleading of the American public by not disclosing one addtional bit of malfeasance and incompetence. It also help keep the Bengazi story off the front page.

To me this may have criminal implications of coverup.

6 posted on 11/10/2012 1:15:21 PM PST by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

7 posted on 11/10/2012 1:15:21 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Jim Robinson

You’re wishful thinking of you believe that anyone in DC with an R in front of their name has the guts to go after the first black President and try and get him impeached or removed from office. And you’re also wishful thinking if you think the media and general public would let that happen either. The best and only chance we had was Tuesday and as the song goes; Tuesday is gone with the wind.


8 posted on 11/10/2012 1:16:07 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That’s because Obama was blackmailing Beytraus to toe the party line,
Or worse, create the party line about the video lies that the rest of the
Hacks were spouting.


9 posted on 11/10/2012 1:16:32 PM PST by tennmountainman
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To: Free ThinkerNY
FBI Source: Petraeus Case Held Until After Election to Not Hurt Obama Politically

So was news about the Iran drone attack, Valerie Jarrett's negotiations with Iran; and the Benghazi inquiry and reporting.

People kept waiting for the other shoe to drop with this administration until we realized it's a centipede.

10 posted on 11/10/2012 1:17:45 PM PST by newheart (The greatest trick the left ever pulled was convincing the world it was not a religion.)
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To: Jim Robinson

This case held till after the election... probably 100,000 layoffs held till after the election... no serious inquiries into the Libya affair till after the election, if ever, which is doubtful with Boner in control...

Hey, but you can still get food stamps and free birth control!

What a Republic!

The media in this country are stooges. Period.


11 posted on 11/10/2012 1:19:51 PM PST by djf (Political Science: Conservatives = govern-ment. Liberals = givin-me-it.)
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To: snarkytart; Jim Robinson

What would impeachment give us? Reid would block any action in the senate.

Besides, Plugs Biden may be even worse than the Kenyan Usurper.


12 posted on 11/10/2012 1:19:56 PM PST by Arthurio
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To: Free ThinkerNY
FBI agents learned of the affair while monitoring Petraeus’ emails out of concern that the woman, Petraeus biographer Paula Broadwell, may have had access to his personal account, the Associated Press reported.

So... why wasn't Petraus' security clearance revoked immediately upon learning this information by the "Chumpmander In Chief?" Oh, I see, it wasn't revoked for political reasons. There is nothing that possibly could have been compromised for those few days.

13 posted on 11/10/2012 1:21:16 PM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
do I really have to say it???

14 posted on 11/10/2012 1:21:26 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: snarkytart

Well, we’ll see about that as Obama’s rampant corruption is exposed more and more to the public and as he tries more and more to run roughshod over the congress and the constitution and as more and more of our citizens lose their jobs and fall into poverty. True Americans will not appreciate that and will not tolerate dictators.


15 posted on 11/10/2012 1:23:31 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Chode

So where was Gloria Allard fighting for his wife?


16 posted on 11/10/2012 1:24:27 PM PST by YukonGreen
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To: Arthurio

I agree. It would be worse for the conservatives in the long run to do this. We lost Tuesday. We failed to attack where we should have and have a good solid conservative message and lost.
It looks like sour grapes. Just deal with four years; let the bad news and bad economy pile up and then clean house big time in 2014 and 2016.


17 posted on 11/10/2012 1:27:10 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: djf
The media in this country are stooges. Period.

Think of the opportunity in this country right now to hire "real journalists" and create a news organization that is actually "conservative" and reports "news." Fox News is left of center and that organization is loathed by libs! Imagine if there were a real news organization that actually reported the news with ethical journalists instead of journoactivists!

18 posted on 11/10/2012 1:28:25 PM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So the DO”J” protects al Qaeda, terrorists,
incoming narcomurderers, Mohammed, Korans, and Obama.

The US Constitution? Not on your life, cracker.


19 posted on 11/10/2012 1:29:04 PM PST by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: Arthurio

We must retake control of the Senate in 2014 and kick Harry Reid to the curb. It’ll take some time anyway for this all to play out. Build on our majority in the House in 2014, retake the Senate, continue building conservative majorities in the state and local governments. Enforce the tenth amendment!


20 posted on 11/10/2012 1:30:07 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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