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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#17, unless the president, someone very close to him, was also being investigated.
In the latest timeline the specific details start when the WB contacted the GOP two weeks ago. No details before that just general information. What a coincidence!
I have a feeling next week the WH will admit Barry was aware of the investigation weeks ago. It’s too ridiculous he didn’t know.
Get ready for the standard Obama playbook. Dribble info out, misdirection, delay, etc. They are going to have to do some heavy tap dancing because this is the administration investigating itself!
Why is an affair a bad thing for
Petraeus but not for clinton?
Was Monica looking for Top Secret documents to stuff in her brassiere? This one is a different ball game with the alleged hacking.
Yes. But obviously he the FBI director did not inform the House Republicans of the investigation or the affair. So by Cantor going to the director to let him know what he knew it went up the chain of command to Obama and there went Petraeus. I think Petraeus would have testified before the House, that is until word got out the Republicans know about your affair.
I can remember when FReepers were shouting the praises for the General. After all Ike had an affair too. So did Newt, so maybe Cantor didn’t quite know what to do with the information given the General’s past popularity.
Ah the information did not come first to Cantor. Who else Cantor told aside from the FBI director has yet to be reported. My wild guess is that Boehner is the one that put the lid on the information. Personally I would not have minded if it all were kept quiet until Petraeus showed up to testify and a House Republican asked Petraeus on live tv, "When did President Obama know about your affair"?
It has been posted here at FR that Zawahiri told Al Qaeda, Libya to avenge the death of his lieutenant Al Libbi (from Libya) a little while before the attack.
maybe Cantor didn’t quite know what to do with the information given the General’s past popularity.
I’m thinking Team Romney decided to play it safe. Nobody in the MSM would touch it so the Kenyan skated past the election.
Drudge and Bob Woodward both cryptically referred to a scandal last week. This must be it.
Gowdy says “ Petraeus will testify voluntarily over Benghazi or we will subpoena him “
So can’t they still ask him when President Obama knew about his affair?
This is all so twisted!
Who knows what scandal the Democrats may have had on an important Republican that they would have let out if the General’s scandal were aired before the election.
Many years ago I was doing political volunteer work and an insider told me that one candidate’s son had an illegitimate child, while there was something equally damaging about the other candidate. It was agreed to keep mouth’s shut by both sides.
Gen. McInerny believes the Pres. would have been informed the moment the FBI realized that their investigation involved the CIA Director. That would have been months ago. The WH lied about that already.
Maybe that's it. Maybe it was Ubanga/Holder who dispatched the "whistle-blower" to the Republicans in order to short-circuit such a scenario.
Boehner has the final word IF Gowdy gets to subpoena Petraeus. We shall see if that actually happens now. Petraeus may end up testifying but probably only in a closed door session.
Gen. McInerny believes the Pres. would have been informed the moment the FBI realized that their investigation involved the CIA Director. That would have been months ago. The WH lied about that already.
It stopped being “just about sex” with the hacking. If Obama knew about that and left him as CIA Director many months this is a nuclear security breach. The kenyan thinks he can get away with anything. Only his tan will keep him from being impeached.
There will be a lot more to come. “Thousands of recent emails”, alleged threats by the mistress, etc. What a mess.
In my opinion this is exactly what Boehner acts like. Might be from Hillary's old FBI file collection days but Boehner looks like he is sitting on his hands waiting to do this administration's bidding in the name of compromise.
For the lurkers...that image is not a threat. It is a smoking gun.
I think the intent was to have Petraeus testify by the administration thinking his affair was 'secret'. I do not see how the Republicans could have known if there was any there - there based upon a 'whistle-blower's contact. Hence Cantor went to the FBI director... Well next thing Petraeus resigns with the apparent expectation he would not have to testify.
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