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FBI probe of Petraeus triggered by e-mail threats from biographer, officials say
WaPo ^ | 11/10/2012 | Sari Horwitz and Greg Miller

Posted on 11/10/2012 12:19:37 PM PST by RoosterRedux

The collapse of the dazzling career of CIA Director David H. Petraeus was triggered when a woman with whom he was having an affair sent threatening e-mails to another woman close to him, according to three senior law enforcement officials with knowledge of the episode.

The recipient of the e-mails was so frightened that she went to the FBI for protection and help tracking down the sender, according to the officials. The FBI investigation traced the threats to Paula Broadwell, a former military officer and a Petraeus biographer, and uncovered explicit e-mails between Broadwell and Petraeus, the officials said.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: broadwell; broadwellemails; broadwellharrassment; cia; navyseals; petraeus; petraeusaffair; threatmatrix; threatmatrixbenghazi
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To: RoosterRedux
A WaPO editor was helping her write the book.
81 posted on 11/10/2012 1:25:49 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: billys kid

OOPS!
Don’t forget this headline! From Breitbart.com

Petraeus on Benghazi: It Wasn’t Me

Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus has emphatically denied that he or anyone else at the CIA refused assistance to the former Navy SEALs who requested it three times as terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on the night of Sep. 11. The Weekly Standard and ABC News report that Petraeus’s denial effectively implicates President Barack Obama, since a refusal to assist “would have been a presidential decision.”


82 posted on 11/10/2012 1:26:46 PM PST by billys kid ("Bury me on my head for one day this world will be upside down." (Diogenes))
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To: Alberta's Child
I'm really, really hoping there's some kind of "Anthony Weiner" side to this story, too.

Be careful what you wish for.

That would complete discredit anything DP might have to say IF, he should elect to come forward and tell the TRUTH!

Of course, that may very well be what this is all about anyway.....sigh ;(

83 posted on 11/10/2012 1:27:51 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: billys kid

I have a feeling that 2013 is not going to be Obama’s favorite year.


84 posted on 11/10/2012 1:28:45 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: catfish1957

From your lips to God’s ears!


85 posted on 11/10/2012 1:30:42 PM PST by billys kid ("Bury me on my head for one day this world will be upside down." (Diogenes))
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To: RoosterRedux

If this holds up, Petraeus must have powerful mojo. This reminds me of the crazy astronaut who traveled halfway across the country to stage a kidnap attempt on her romantic rival, also an astronaut.


86 posted on 11/10/2012 1:33:30 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (Cynical about the political process. Who, me?)
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To: livius
Romney never had any intention of asking Petraeus to be his running mate. The evidence of this is that Romney's team went to such great lengths to ignore anything related to Afghanistan or the so-called "war on terror" from his campaign. Selecting Obama's CIA director as his running mate would have made something too obvious to voters: Both major parties are on the same side of almost every major issue in the U.S. today.
87 posted on 11/10/2012 1:35:36 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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To: RoosterRedux

About time for the old-hag AllRed to show up. (i am female, okay if i mock a female ;))


88 posted on 11/10/2012 1:35:45 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline, it's back. 2008, the Decline of America)
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To: RoosterRedux; All
If anyone here hasn't watched the interview of the alleged mistress (Petraeus's biographer) in January by Jon Stewart at that link, please do.

His very first question is: "The book is called 'All In'. So, the last time I recall a journalist or an author embedded with a person at this level was McChrystal, and it was Rolling Stone. And he got fired. How did they let you-? How did Petraeus allow that? Did he know you were there? Were you, like, hiding? Did he allow this?"

LOL

89 posted on 11/10/2012 1:41:00 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Alberta's Child

They got their Stimulus through political ads. I don’t watch nor listen to much anymore. It’s almost all reality shows on free, over the air TV.


90 posted on 11/10/2012 1:41:23 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline, it's back. 2008, the Decline of America)
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To: plangent

When your pants are down, you just can’t run fast enough to get away from extortion.

Do you mean extortion or extraction?


91 posted on 11/10/2012 1:41:36 PM PST by waredbird
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To: RoosterRedux

Is there a problem here? It’s just about sex between consenting adults. Should be a huge plus for Democrats everywhere.

I sure have a hard time knowing whether Democrat sex is good or bad. Is it tied to day of the week? Phase of the moon?


92 posted on 11/10/2012 1:42:03 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Alberta's Child

Enlighten me so I won’t be so naive.


93 posted on 11/10/2012 1:44:01 PM PST by tennmountainman
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To: Tired of Taxes

Quite telling that little bit of video is. John Stewart said something about either her or her hubby being a “sell-out”? for the book sales (potus question re: the general)


94 posted on 11/10/2012 1:44:02 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline, it's back. 2008, the Decline of America)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights; MestaMachine; SE Mom; penelopesire

WaPo: “The collapse of the dazzling career of CIA Director David H. Petraeus was triggered when a woman with whom he was having an affair sent threatening e-mails to another woman close to him, according to three senior law enforcement officials with knowledge of the episode.”

ps. Paula’s “All In” co-author, Vernon Loeb, is back at the WaPo, since 01/11.

http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000081926,00.html?sym=BIO

Vernon Loeb is the Metro Editor at The Washington Post. In 2003, he embedded with the 101st Airborne Division under Petraeus’s command.


95 posted on 11/10/2012 1:46:28 PM PST by maggief ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building.")
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To: Lionheartusa1

For that matter, his entire affair and all the “evidence” could be faked by the Obastards. They’ve done it multiple times with birth certificates and draft registration cards.


96 posted on 11/10/2012 1:48:11 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: All

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/10/fbi-probe-petraeus-emails-purportedly-led-to-discovery-extramarital-affair/

Holly Petraeus also works in the Obama administration, for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.


97 posted on 11/10/2012 1:52:27 PM PST by maggief ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building.")
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To: gusopol3; RoosterRedux; Protect the Bill of Rights; MestaMachine; penelopesire; SE Mom
“Do you remember back in early summer when supposedly Obama whispered to somebody that Romney was going to pick Petraeus for Veep?”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2915590/posts

OBAMA: ROMNEY WANTS VP PETRAEUS
Drudge ^ | 78/7/12 | Drudge

OBAMA: ROMNEY WANTS VP PETRAEUS
Tue Aug 07 2012 12:01:02 ET

**Exclusive**

President Obama whispered to a top fundraiser this week that he believes GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wants to name Gen. David Petraeus to the VP slot!

“The president wasn't joking,” the insider explains to the DRUDGE REPORT.

A Petraeus drama has been quietly building behind the scenes.

Romney is believed to have secretly met with the four-star general in New Hampshire.

(snip)

98 posted on 11/10/2012 1:59:00 PM PST by maggief ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building.")
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To: RoosterRedux
So he possibly was having a second affair? While troops were getting killed by their Afghan "allies" and by stupid rules of engagement that the General acquiesced to?

This would be gross negligence of epic proportions, not only on Petraeus' part, but also by whomever was supposed to vet him for the DCI job. Please let it not be true.

99 posted on 11/10/2012 1:59:32 PM PST by rfp1234 (Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
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To: KansasGirl

Because Clinton had historical precedent (JFK, LBJ, etc.), and evidently
that trumps the rule of law. Anyone below the rank of CinC never gets away with it. Seems like one of those “ unwritten rules”


100 posted on 11/10/2012 2:03:54 PM PST by rfp1234 (Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
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