Posted on 11/13/2012 2:26:15 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
An FBI agent carries out a computer after a search of the home of Paula Broadwell in Charlotte, N.C.
The evidence of an affair that forced CIA Director David Petraeus to resign from his position still leaves many unknowns, experts say, including some fundamental questions about the investigation itself.
[READ: Broadwell's Driver's License Found in D.C. Park]
It remains uncertain why the FBI began investigating the E-mails sent to Jill Kelley, a social liaison volunteer at a Tampa base where Petraeus was stationed as an Army general, and whose connections with Petraeus' alleged mistress and family is not yet clear, according to a Reuters report.
"I'm a little surprised that they would have opened a case on this," says a retired senior FBI employee, with years of experience with these kinds of investigations. "I wonder if there was something else in the original E-mail that raised some kind of concern."
The FBI frequently gets allegations regarding high profile officials, says the source, who asked to remain anonymous due to his affiliation with the FBI. About 90 percent of them are unfounded.
[READ: Lawmakers Demand Answers on Petraeus Affair]
It would require clear evidence of serious harassment for the FBI to begin an investigation for a low-profile person such as Kelley.
[PHOTOS: Gen. David Petraeus, Behind The Scenes]
"It must have threatened death or something like that," the source tells U.S. News. "I don't understand … what was so heinous to start a federal investigation."
The FBI and Justice Department have not yet explained the connection between Kelley and Paula Broadwell, and specifically what prompted the investigation. The bureau employs behavioral scientists to analyze threatening E-mails to determine if there is any immediate threat, and whether the sender is willing to act upon it.
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None of it makes any sense, but nobody will get a drop of truth from the MSM. They are carnival barkers “Step right up, see the General who resigned, see the spicey Lebaneese twins, and the FBI agent. There’s nothing to see in Benghazi, See the real dirt.”
bigger coverup going on...they wouldn’t make a show of investigating Benghazi but they will make a huge show over an affiar????Really!!!
Yes it adds up.
You forgot the ZERO factor.
Well, it could be simpler than that even. Petraeus had just returned from a fact finding trip to Benghazi, Libya and several other Middle Eastern countries, tracking down the facts of the Benghazi fiasco. He could not be allowed to testify.
My guess is that the Obama administration uncovered this information about the affair and were sitting on it in the hope that Romney would appoint Petraeus to be his VP. Remember that, when the MSM was claiming that Romney had picked Petraeus?
No, this was a park.
Fosterized
(IBD) Was David Petraeus Blackmailed By Obama Administration To Hide Benghazi Truth?
This is an IBD Editorial.
Sorry. I stand corrected. Either way I hope our best and brightest in the military are staging a coup. I think it will take that to stop the MOB.
I don’t believe she has. Hmmmmmmm.
Maybe she left it behind on purpose.
when at first you seek to deceive .. yada yada. chick’ns comin’ home to roost.. say Hellll oo to my new friend Prezidente Joe Biden.. I smell an Impeachment Spring! ;-]
Even Biden is better than Obamboozle.
Say what about the Spicy Lebanese twins? I must’ve missed that. Will they re-air it?
Theory on the driver’s license in the park: It was tucked in her bra, but fell out for the imaginative reasons. Did not bring along PB.
She is the replacement for Hilary Clinton. telling lies gets you promoted by Obummer.
Jill Kelley and her twin sister who got the two Generals to intercede in a custody battle, are Lebanese.
Watch the OTHER hand. That is where the answer lies.
An FBI agent carries out a computer after a search of the home of Paula Broadwell in Charlotte, N.C.
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That’s just appears to be a monitor, not a computer. Why would they bother with taking the display unit? It holds no data.
If it doesn't add up, perhaps you have the wrong equation.
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