Petraeus but not for clinton?
Posted on 11/10/2012 9:46:58 PM PST by Arthurio
Report: FBI whistle-blower contacted Eric Cantor on David Petraeus affair By: John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman November 11, 2012 12:16 AM EST
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor spoke to an FBI whistle-blower two weeks ago who accused then-CIA Director David Petraeus of having an extramarital affair and potentially jeopardizing the security of classified information, according to a news report.
Cantor’s chief of staff, Steve Stombres, later met with FBI officials to pass on the accusations from the whistle-blower, the New York Times reported on Saturday night.
(Also on POLITICO: 6 questions on Petraeus's exit)
Cantor’s involvement in the Petraeus scandal is the first indication that anyone outside of the FBI knew Petraeus was under scrutiny for an extramarital relationship or potentially leaking classified information.
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“I was contacted by an F.B.I. employee concerned that sensitive, classified information may have been compromised and made certain [FBI] Director Mueller was aware of these serious allegations and the potential risk to our national security,” Cantor said in a statement.
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The reason there was an “FBI whistle-blower” in the first place was because the whistle-blower knew that Petraeus had already been nailed and that Holder and his corrupt FBI were keeping a lid on the story until AFTER the election. This was WEEKS ago. Cantor got the information WEEKS AGO and totally failed. Lame...
Read the story. Looks like the FBI WB went to his Congressman who went up the chain of command.
The point is this has been going on way longer than the White Hut has let on.
It is preposterious that the Prezzy did not know for WEEKS/MONTHS that his CIA Director was even obliquely under investigation for A SECURITY BREACH.
The source may have made him agree to not go to the media.
“The informant was brought to Cantor’s attention by Rep. David Reichert (R-Wash.). Reichert declined to comment on his role in the scandal.”
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But why did Reichert go to Cantor? Maybe he doesn’t trust Boehner? Or maybe Boehner was on the golf course? Under his desk with a friend? Passed out?
And why did everybody let this ride until after the election? This chit gets more hinky by the minute!
You read the story. The Congressman went up the chain of command... to the FBI!
OF COURSE the African communist knew about it weeks/months ago.
Curiouser and curiouser. The only thing I’m fairly certain of at this point is that this is all related to Benghazi and there’s much more here than meets the eye.
What makes no sense is that the “FBI whistle-blower” went to cantor with the info, and then Cantor took the info and passed it on to... the FBI!... Which obviously already knew about it. WTF? It is almost as if Cantor’s purpose in going to the FBI Director was to let him know he had a whistle-blower on his hands.
/headshake
Unless the matter was be covered up by mid level FBI officials on orders from the White House.. And Cantor was informing Mueller as to what was going on inside his own department.
Three quarters of the elected and appointed grifters in Washington are having illicit sex with their mistresses, their interns, Iranian pizza delivery boys or each other.
Why, on the eve of his Benghazi testimony, do the consensual peccadilloes of Petraeus, and only Petraeus, become a major issue?
You could be right. I guess there is no underestimating the corruption of Holder and his FBI.
Why wasn't the Republican leadership informed by the FBI? I see this as Cantor not quite calling Obama to say we know what a mess you have on your hands, by calling the FBI director first. Might well be that nothing was going to happen until the whistle-blower let the Republicans know the inside scoop at the CIA.
That makes sense.
The guy went to a Republican not a Democrat, is that because it is his Rep? Or does that mean that somehow the Democrats couldn’t be trusted because it is something that the Democrats (administration) are involved with?
The FBI director was appointed by Bush.
That might make sense. Maybe he wanted to send the message that 'the train is coming into the station. You might want to get off the tracks and grab your luggage if you want to ride it instead of get run over by it.'
Unless the matter was be covered up by mid level FBI officials on orders from the White House.. And Cantor was informing Mueller as to what was going on inside his own department.
Winner winner chicken dinner. Probably one of Holder’s people running interference and following orders from the campaign/Axelrod/Jarrett in Chicago.
Because the FBI was keeping the story under wraps at Ubanga/Holder's direction until after the election. They didn't want the Republican leadership to find out. Hence, a "whistle-blower" stepped in precisely to let the Republican leadership in on the story. And Cantor responded by (apparently) keeping the info to himself and letting the FBI know that it had a whistle-blower on its hands!
I will make a guess at your question. Liberals could care less what Petraeus was doing or with whom so long as he could be counted upon to do what they required. From what I have read this affair has not been a 'secret' to the administration. And most likely Petraeus would have testified as if nothing was amiss until the whistle-blower let the Republicans in on the investigation.
Once the Republicans were told, there is no way Petraeus could go and testify at a hearing with the possibility that one of those Republicans might ask him about his affair. Petraeus had to go. Can you imagine what kind of tv it would make for a Republican to ask Petraeus, when did President Obama know about your affair?
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