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Title: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Dori on November 09, 2012, 02:15:45 PM
This is just breaking.  One report says it's because of an affair, but I'm not buying it.  Not with the Benghazi hearings next week.



http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/11/09/statement-on-resignation-of-petreaus/
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: ConservativeMobster on November 09, 2012, 02:17:06 PM
He claims it is, will it make a difference in the hearings?
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: EagleKeeper on November 09, 2012, 02:19:58 PM
Yeah, this is being reported by Fox also.

This is just heartbreaking.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: cattlebaron on November 09, 2012, 02:21:17 PM
Im betting it was some type of diagreement.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: debk on November 09, 2012, 02:21:30 PM
Hmmm.

Wonder if he really did, or it's a "cooked up story"?

We're talking CIA here...ultimate master in "cooked up stories".
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: chitownchica on November 09, 2012, 02:22:37 PM
Whoa. 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: wasp69 on November 09, 2012, 02:25:22 PM
Well, shit....
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on November 09, 2012, 02:26:51 PM
Even if there was dirty laundry, and it's entirely possible there is, it would've stayed comfortably buried if he was singing the song the Oministration wanted him to sing.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: JakeStyle on November 09, 2012, 02:30:13 PM
Oh my gosh, what the hell..
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: wasp69 on November 09, 2012, 02:32:31 PM
Oh my gosh, what the hell..


It just keeps on getting better, doesn't it?   :whatever:
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: cavegal on November 09, 2012, 02:34:42 PM
Wow I guess Petreaus wouldn't betray his boss.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 09, 2012, 02:39:59 PM
David Petraeus resigning because of an affair. An affair is possible, but his mistress would be outed soon. It does not sound right. I think it is just a cover for something else.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: vesta111 on November 09, 2012, 02:54:24 PM
Wow I guess Petreaus wouldn't betray his boss.

Breath taking, unbelievable and totally a smoke and mirrors. Any thing to keep him from testifying and the timing is  all so perfect for Obama.

Here is a soldier who fell on his sword for his country,  :bawl: :bawl:
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Revolution on November 09, 2012, 02:57:09 PM
This is absolutely amazing, and I don't mean that in a good way. I have no words. I'm just astonished.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: JakeStyle on November 09, 2012, 02:58:10 PM
It just keeps on getting better, doesn't it?   :whatever:

I don't mean any disrespect to Gen Petreaus, but he looks a lot like my weird uncle Lawrence, I just can't imagine him having an affair.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: wasp69 on November 09, 2012, 03:37:59 PM
From Breitbart, via Drudge:

Quote
Just two days after President Obama’s re-election, General David Petraeus, the CIA Director, has resigned from the administration over an extramarital affair. Petraeus was slated to testify before Congress next week on the murder of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, in Benghazi. Bret Baier of Fox News just tweeted, "With Petraeus’ resignation effective immediately, he will not testify next week & lawmakers are said to be 'stunned' by the announcement."

*snip*

Now that the Obama administration has succeeded in winning a second term, they are cleaning house. The two figures most linked to the disaster in Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Petraeus, are gone. The figure most linked with Fast and Furious, Eric Holder, will be gone. The figure most linked to the administration’s economic failures, Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, will be gone.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/11/09/CIA-Director-Petraeus-Resigns

Hmmmmm.....
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Carl on November 09, 2012, 03:42:35 PM
A dark foreboding of the lengths O will go.
There is that silly "flexibility" thing he has now.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Undies on November 09, 2012, 03:46:48 PM
Why does resigning stop him from testifying?
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Chris_ on November 09, 2012, 03:47:30 PM
Sounds way too convenient to me.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: wasp69 on November 09, 2012, 03:51:45 PM
A dark foreboding of the lengths O will go.
There is that silly "flexibility" thing he has now.

Like all tyrants that try and stomp the truth into the dirt, it never works.  I think he may have ****ed up by throwing so many bodies under the bus this soon.  Petreaus is a man of honor who has served honorably, I don't believe for one second that he had an affair.  That is just too damned easy and obvious.

But, we shall see what tomorrow brings.

Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: ConservativeMobster on November 09, 2012, 04:05:02 PM
Why does resigning stop him from testifying?

Same question I have. According to Politico and other sites, Morrell will testify instead.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Happy Fun Ball on November 09, 2012, 04:46:44 PM
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Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: seahorse513 on November 09, 2012, 05:00:19 PM
This is too convenient!! Coincidence??
Let's view the facts
1. Benghazi, soldiers reportedly told to stand down
2. Miltary missed the election date, because of absentee ballots situation
3. Obama gets elected by the skin of his teeth
4.
General  Petraeus conveniently resigns AFTER the election
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: rich_t on November 09, 2012, 05:02:09 PM
Same question I have. According to Politico and other sites, Morrell will testify instead.

I don't see why Congress can't just subpoena him.  If they can do that to baseball players over steroid use, I dont' see why they can't do it to a former CIA head over something as serious as Benghazi.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Linda on November 09, 2012, 05:09:01 PM
Hey but the commander in chief...CLINTON...can have an extra marital affair in the oval office and that's ok???????
Where the hell did common sense go?
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Kyle Ricky on November 09, 2012, 05:12:14 PM
Just like the mob, silence the canaries. They will still get obama some way. Couldn't they still make them testify?
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: sybilll on November 09, 2012, 06:03:29 PM
Why does resigning stop him from testifying?
Instapundit is asking the same thing on Twitter, and hell, he IS a lawyer. 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: BEG on November 09, 2012, 06:07:33 PM
This whole administration is disgusting. Petreaus has disappointed me greatly and it has little to do with his "affair".
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: JakeStyle on November 09, 2012, 06:31:54 PM
You don't become the Joint Chief and the lead of CIA by accident, this guy is as clean as as it's possible to be.  This smells really bad.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: BlueStateSaint on November 09, 2012, 06:45:43 PM
The story that I just heard is that the "other woman" was his biographer (Paula Broadwell), and it probably took place in Afghanistan.  Here's the really mysterious part--the FBI found out about it as part of "something bigger" that they were investigating.  What is that "bigger story?"  No one is saying.

Dianne Feinstein is saying that she doesn't think that Petraeus should have resigned.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Delmar on November 09, 2012, 07:20:08 PM
Maybe Petreaus wanted to come clean with what he knows about Benghazi but Bronco Bama was blackmailing him, threatening Petreaus with exposing the affair or helping to cover it up if Petreaus plays ball.  I will give Petreaus the benefit of the doubt.  I think he's probably doing a brave thing. 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: thundley4 on November 09, 2012, 07:22:33 PM
Maybe Petreaus wanted to come clean with what he knows about Benghazi but Bronco Bama was blackmailing him, threatening Petreaus with exposing the affair or helping to cover it up if Petreaus plays ball.  I will give Petreaus the benefit of the doubt.  I think he's probably doing a brave thing. 

Unless he volunteers to testify about his knowledge of Benghazi, he's taking the easy way out. 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Delmar on November 09, 2012, 07:26:35 PM
Unless he volunteers to testify about his knowledge of Benghazi, he's taking the easy way out. 

I agree.  I think that he wants to testify and that The administration tried to shut him up with the threat of exposing the affair.  If he admits to the affair, takes his lumps, and resigns then he is free to testify.  If he can stay safe.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Chris_ on November 09, 2012, 07:37:25 PM
According to this source (http://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/2389/20121107/hilary-clinton-secretary-state-resigns-despite-obama.htm), Hillary Clinton is resigning as Secretary of State.  There was another story earlier today about Eric Holder retiring as well.

Rats and sinking ships... that sort of thing.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Delmar on November 09, 2012, 07:41:16 PM
According to this source (http://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/2389/20121107/hilary-clinton-secretary-state-resigns-despite-obama.htm), Hillary Clinton is resigning as Secretary of State.  There was another story earlier today about Eric Holder retiring as well.

Rats and sinking ships... that sort of thing.
Dropping like flies.  Or is it rats deserting a sinking ship?
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Kyle Ricky on November 09, 2012, 07:52:46 PM
According to this source (http://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/2389/20121107/hilary-clinton-secretary-state-resigns-despite-obama.htm), Hillary Clinton is resigning as Secretary of State.  There was another story earlier today about Eric Holder retiring as well.

Rats and sinking ships... that sort of thing.

Hillary Clinton said in the beginning that she is only going to last one term. She will focus on 2016 then ...
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: thundley4 on November 09, 2012, 07:56:29 PM
According to this source (http://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/2389/20121107/hilary-clinton-secretary-state-resigns-despite-obama.htm), Hillary Clinton is resigning as Secretary of State.  There was another story earlier today about Eric Holder retiring as well.

Rats and sinking ships... that sort of thing.

Very few appointees stay around for a second term.  A lot left from President Bush's first term, too. 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Undies on November 09, 2012, 08:07:32 PM
Quote
Carter Ham was the 4 star General in charge of Europe, who then went to take over the Africa command after Gen Kip Ward was "reassigned" for an investigation over impropriety. SecDef Panetta announced unexpectedly that Gen Ham would be replaced on 18 Oct. Several days later, Gen Ham announced his sudden early retirement. The man who replaced Gen Ham in Europe was Gen Hertling. Gen Hertling's replacement was announced in June, but it was just now revealed by Stars and Stripes that Gen Hertling departed Europe on 1Nov and then suddenly retired unannounced at West Point on Nov5! No notice was given, not even to Soldiers in Europe. No retirement ceremony. No change of command ceremony. No warning. No replacement on the ground. Today we find out that Gen Petraeus, the head of the CIA, has suddenly resigned. And he is not going to be testifying on Benghazi as previously scheduled. Benghazi you say? Yes. Lybia. Which is in Africa. Where Gen Ham was in charge during the 9/11 consulate attack. Where the military response teams who were not deployed were based in Europe. Where Gen Hertling was in charge! Are you starting to connect the dots yet? Because even FOX news hasn't gotten this far yet.

^^From a know-it-all I know
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: rich_t on November 09, 2012, 08:09:29 PM
Carter Ham was the 4 star General in charge of Europe, who then went to take over the Africa command after Gen Kip Ward was "reassigned" for an investigation over impropriety. SecDef Panetta announced unexpectedly that Gen Ham would be replaced on 18 Oct. Several days later, Gen Ham announced his sudden early retirement. The man who replaced Gen Ham in Europe was Gen Hertling. Gen Hertling's replacement was announced in June, but it was just now revealed by Stars and Stripes that Gen Hertling departed Europe on 1Nov and then suddenly retired unannounced at West Point on Nov5! No notice was given, not even to Soldiers in Europe. No retirement ceremony. No change of command ceremony. No warning. No replacement on the ground. Today we find out that Gen Petraeus, the head of the CIA, has suddenly resigned. And he is not going to be testifying on Benghazi as previously scheduled. Benghazi you say? Yes. Lybia. Which is in Africa. Where Gen Ham was in charge during the 9/11 consulate attack. Where the military response teams who were not deployed were based in Europe. Where Gen Hertling was in charge! Are you starting to connect the dots yet? Because even FOX news hasn't gotten this far yet.

Yup.... Something stinks to high heaven.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ausonius on November 09, 2012, 08:27:58 PM
If Petraeus STILL does not testify as a private citizen, then he is the one who stinks.  He can in that case join John Roberts as another traitor who stabbed America and made it bleed.

Or:

Possible scenario: something bigger is happening, and there is no mistress.  The administration is blackmailing Petraeus in some other "Chicago-style way," and tells him to resign with this phony admission.  He then will take the Fifth Amendment, if subpoenaed by Congress.

Possible scenario B: there is a mistress, pro-MAObama forces used it as leverage to keep the lies coming about Benghazi, Petraeus has resigned to expose the lies as a private citizen.  He has been the source of the leaks.

Timing is everything!
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Freeper on November 09, 2012, 09:26:02 PM
What I suspect is happening is he is getting blackmailed by the administration and instead of caving, he has extended his middle finger by resigning and telling us why he resigned. Of course I could be wrong though.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: WinOne4TheGipper on November 09, 2012, 11:07:07 PM
This is just breaking.  One report says it's because of an affair, but I'm not buying it.  Not with the Benghazi hearings next week.



http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/11/09/statement-on-resignation-of-petreaus/

Question:

I've read a story that this came to light because of an "unrelated security investigation" by the FBI.  Is it possible that the investigation started at the request of the Romney campaign, trying to do the due diligence on potential vp nominees? 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Chris_ on November 09, 2012, 11:19:12 PM
Is an extramarital affair enough to cost someone their security clearance?  I heard some chatter on another site that it was considered contraband and could be grounds to have your clearance revoked.  I wonder if that's why he resigned.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Eupher on November 09, 2012, 11:50:01 PM
Is an extramarital affair enough to cost someone their security clearance?  I heard some chatter on another site that it was considered contraband and could be grounds to have your clearance revoked.  I wonder if that's why he resigned.

Picking your nose in public is enough to have a security clearance withdrawn, if the powers-that-be determine that your access to that information could be prejudicial.

Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: txradioguy on November 09, 2012, 11:54:03 PM
Unless he volunteers to testify about his knowledge of Benghazi, he's taking the easy way out. 

Not really. Think about it. If he'd resisted this...they would have fired him...which is really what they did...called him back to active duty and courts martialed him. Then you're talking reduction of rank and loss of pay and benefits.

They've got him by the short hairs..he's gonna do what they want now.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Eupher on November 09, 2012, 11:55:10 PM
According to this article, the bimbo that Petraeus allegedly plugged was Paula Broadwell, his biographer.

WTF? His biographer?

Broadwell is supposedly being investigated by the FBI for improperly attempting to gain access to Petraeus' emails and other classified information.

Uh huh. Riiiiiiight.   :whatever:

http://www.zimbio.com/Paula+Broadwell/articles/uQQBbhKSPdu/David+Petraeus+Wife+Holly+Knowlton+Petraeus
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: txradioguy on November 09, 2012, 11:56:20 PM
Is an extramarital affair enough to cost someone their security clearance?  I heard some chatter on another site that it was considered contraband and could be grounds to have your clearance revoked.  I wonder if that's why he resigned.

Chris this President has won practically every election he's run in by digging up stuff like this on an opponent or perceived enemy.

Of course it's enough.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ausonius on November 10, 2012, 06:53:21 AM
Newsmax is reporting that the FBI is outraged that the regime sat on the knowledge of Petraeus' pursuit of the biographer, who supposedly broke things off in 2011.

"Thousands of e-mails"  :o   continued to go from Petraeus to her, and the article says that the blackmail potential from such an affair meant that Petraeus should have been fired immediately, according to Top Secret Clearance protocols.

One thinks immediately of Billy Jeff Clinton and The Lewinsky Affair!

That the regime sat on the information until AFTER the election has infuriated the FBI, according to the article.

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.

Quote
“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.”

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/petraeus-resigns-cia-affair/2012/11/09/id/463573 (http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/petraeus-resigns-cia-affair/2012/11/09/id/463573)





Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ausonius on November 10, 2012, 08:11:34 AM
NBC at 9:05 just whitewashed the regime, telling us that the White House knew nothing about this until Wednesday, Nov. 7th!!!   :rotf:

Absolutely incredible!  The FBI monitors the blackmailing potential of the CIA director because of his affair for months and the Fearless Leader From Behind is not told???

Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on November 10, 2012, 08:58:54 AM
Not really. Think about it. If he'd resisted this...they would have fired him...which is really what they did...called him back to active duty and courts martialed him. Then you're talking reduction of rank and loss of pay and benefits.

They've got him by the short hairs..he's gonna do what they want now.

Not really, it's extremely rare to call back a retiree for UCMJ short of something like mega-fraud or infamous violent crimes.  Nobody would seriously consider it for adultery.  At the same time, the 3- and 4-stars all work in an old-boys network that is highly political, and tattling about any of the skulduggery that goes on is contrary to the rules of the game.  For anyone who doesn't play that way, they have to be willing to forego millions in consultant fees and/or contractor salary because none of the other old boys in the game will trust them if they start blabbing.  It's a carrot and stick that very few resist.

On another note, how FUBAR is it that the rapid reaction force for an AFRICOM location is located in EUCOM and therefore subject to needing extensive coordination and permissions from another command (Which will necessarily hedge its bets by coordinating with God and all his cousins before lifting a finger) before launching on an actual emergency?
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: JakeStyle on November 10, 2012, 09:14:46 AM
Is an extramarital affair enough to cost someone their security clearance?  I heard some chatter on another site that it was considered contraband and could be grounds to have your clearance revoked.  I wonder if that's why he resigned.

It is enough to get a clearance pulled.  I had to get a TS clearance for one of my collateral duties, the anal exam they do on you is pretty impressive.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Dori on November 10, 2012, 12:26:10 PM
On Greta's show last night something clicked.  Jennifer Griffin was on talking about this.
 
The CIA outpost where the 2 dead marines came from was the first to say that it wasn't the video but a planned attack. 

Then the UN Amb. Rice went on tv saying it was the video that caused it, and that she got her info from intelligence reports.

When Petreaus testified before the Senate he said it was the video, ignoring what the outpost had said.

So now he's resigned because of the affair, even though it's been over for several months, and many people knew about it.

Petreaus was supposed to testify again next week, but now his replacement is going to.  (I wonder what they have on that guy)

I've also read where Petreaus is lawyering up, and if subpoenaed, I bet he will take the fifth.

IMO, Petreaus was told to back up Rice's story or else his affair would come out.  Petreaus didn't play ball with the WH when he said it wasn't his department that refused to send help to the consulate, which I'm sure made Obama and Co. angry and not trust him to keep the video story straight when he testified again.  The WH had to be sure that he didn't testify.

Even if the Senate calls Petreaus to testify he's already screwed. If he did Obama's bidding by backing up Rice, that means he lied at the senate hearing, and they don't take kindly to that.

Benghazigate just gets stranger by the day.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: JohnnyReb on November 10, 2012, 03:16:21 PM
One of my S.C. representatives says they will subpoena him if necessary.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/11/rep-trey-gowdy-either-petraeus-will-come-and-testify-to-congress-or-he-will-be-subpoenaed-video/


SC reps site if interested....

http://gowdy.house.gov/
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: cattlebaron on November 10, 2012, 03:33:06 PM
On Greta's show last night something clicked.  Jennifer Griffin was on talking about this.
 
The CIA outpost where the 2 dead marines came from was the first to say that it wasn't the video but a planned attack. 

Then the UN Amb. Rice went on tv saying it was the video that caused it, and that she got her info from intelligence reports.

When Petreaus testified before the Senate he said it was the video, ignoring what the outpost had said.

So now he's resigned because of the affair, even though it's been over for several months, and many people knew about it.

Petreaus was supposed to testify again next week, but now his replacement is going to.  (I wonder what they have on that guy)

I've also read where Petreaus is lawyering up, and if subpoenaed, I bet he will take the fifth.

IMO, Petreaus was told to back up Rice's story or else his affair would come out.  Petreaus didn't play ball with the WH when he said it wasn't his department that refused to send help to the consulate, which I'm sure made Obama and Co. angry and not trust him to keep the video story straight when he testified again.  The WH had to be sure that he didn't testify.

Even if the Senate calls Petreaus to testify he's already screwed. If he did Obama's bidding by backing up Rice, that means he lied at the senate hearing, and they don't take kindly to that.

Benghazigate just gets stranger by the day.


Thats an interesting take on the situation. It would take quite a bit more fessing up by the general in order to secure such truth. I would like to know who killed those Americans by refusing to send help.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: YupItsMe on November 10, 2012, 03:57:29 PM
Not really. Think about it. If he'd resisted this...they would have fired him...which is really what they did...called him back to active duty and courts martialed him. Then you're talking reduction of rank and loss of pay and benefits.

They've got him by the short hairs..he's gonna do what they want now.

 TRG. I'm hoping your wrong.  He's been making a general's salary for sometime now.  I'm guessing he can surive without his pension.  He's not some NFL receiver that's been buying Bentley's for his "bros in the ghetto"  I have a brother-in-law who was Lt. Col with him at the same time.  This doesn't sound like the man he descibed.  I think the affair is true, but they threatened to out him if he didn't testify the way he wanted so he outted himself.  At least that's what I want to believe.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ausonius on November 10, 2012, 04:23:07 PM
One of the major rules of Life:

At any given moment, a highly intelligent person can become a complete moron.

Many moons ago, at the University of Cincinnati Medical School, an old doctor in his 80's was grousing to his 20-something medical students.

"Well, everything I like in life is now supposed to be bad for you!  My cigars cause cancer, they say.  All the food I like is supposed to kill me now, and of course you all know what sex does to you!"

There was a shocked pause among the all-male listeners, and disbelief!  How could sex be bad for you?!  When did that research come out?!

Finally one short little student says: "Well...what's it do?"

The old doctor, without a trace of a smile, growls: "Young man, it makes you an idiot!"

Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Eupher on November 10, 2012, 04:51:21 PM
On Greta's show last night something clicked.  Jennifer Griffin was on talking about this.
 
The CIA outpost where the 2 dead marines came from was the first to say that it wasn't the video but a planned attack.  

Then the UN Amb. Rice went on tv saying it was the video that caused it, and that she got her info from intelligence reports.

When Petreaus testified before the Senate he said it was the video, ignoring what the outpost had said.

So now he's resigned because of the affair, even though it's been over for several months, and many people knew about it.

Petreaus was supposed to testify again next week, but now his replacement is going to.  (I wonder what they have on that guy)

I've also read where Petreaus is lawyering up, and if subpoenaed, I bet he will take the fifth.

IMO, Petreaus was told to back up Rice's story or else his affair would come out.  Petreaus didn't play ball with the WH when he said it wasn't his department that refused to send help to the consulate, which I'm sure made Obama and Co. angry and not trust him to keep the video story straight when he testified again.  The WH had to be sure that he didn't testify.

Even if the Senate calls Petreaus to testify he's already screwed. If he did Obama's bidding by backing up Rice, that means he lied at the senate hearing, and they don't take kindly to that.

Benghazigate just gets stranger by the day.


This sounds very plausible, even likely. Obama and his sycophants knew about Petraesus' philandering and when GEN P refused to play ball with the claim that CIA operatives refused to send help to the consulate, that's when they decided that GEN P had to go. BUT, not until after the election. That kind of scandal might have spelled Barry's doom and, of course, they couldn't have that.

Like a lot of folks, I had high regard for GEN P, mostly developed after having read Rick Atkinson's account "In the Company of Soldiers". At the time of the initial invasion of Iraq, Petraeus was but a lowly division commander of the 101st Airborne. Atkinson embedded with the 101st and painted a very positive picture of Petraeus. Petraeus is an intellectual, has a Ph.D., but is one of the most physical smaller guys on the planet. A speed merchant long distance runner, he traditionally smoked his younger officers in PT. Was severely wounded in a training accident when a soldier shot him on the rifle range; the treating physician was none other than Bill Frist, who went on to be a Senator from Tennessee. He made a full recovery from that incident, thereby displaying his toughness.

As Ausonius astutely recognizes, ***** makes a smart man very, very stupid.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Kyle Ricky on November 11, 2012, 08:54:31 AM
They were saying this morning that Petreaus will not be testifying this week at the Bangahzi hearings. I am calling this a set up. obama told him to resign so he wouldn't have to, and to save his skin. Hopefully they call him to anyhow. You can't tell me that obama didn't knew about what was happening.

Edited to add didn't
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: vesta111 on November 11, 2012, 09:34:12 AM
They were saying this morning that Petreaus will not be testifying this week at the Bangahzi hearings. I am calling this a set up. obama told him to resign so he wouldn't have to, and to save his skin. Hopefully they call him to anyhow. You can't tell me that obama knew about what was happening.


Way I see it , someone sent the General a picture of Vince Foster after he shot him self in the back of his head twice and then walked a few yards to throw himself in a gully, then followed up with crime scenes of the CEO whose children were murdered.



Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Kyle Ricky on November 11, 2012, 01:17:44 PM

Way I see it , someone sent the General a picture of Vince Foster after he shot him self in the back of his head twice and then walked a few yards to throw himself in a gully, then followed up with crime scenes of the CEO whose children were murdered.





Somehow they convinced him to resign. All in the effort to save obama's skin. I am telling you, he was involved in the attack some how.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Dori on November 11, 2012, 01:45:11 PM
When you couple this (triple?) with the mysterious firings/reasignments of the Gen. in AFRICOM and the Navy commander near Libya at the time of Benghazi, makes you wonder if there wasn't something else afoot.

Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Dori on November 12, 2012, 10:24:18 AM
This Petraeus scandal is growing more legs.

Watching the news this weekend and this morning, it looks like the FBI was notified by a woman; Jill Kelley in the State Dept, and family friend of the Petreaus family, that someone was harassing her and they are saying that it was Patraeus' mistress that did it.  But was it?  This happened last May. 

It was during the FBI's investigation that they discovered the affair.  The mistress is said to have given a speech at at Colorado college where she said that the consulate was holding Libyan prisoners, and some people are now saying that was classified information.

The FBI took Paula Broadmore's computer, and this is how they say they found e-mails between Petreaus and her, and that they found classified info on her computer.

Several people in high office have said that they don't use private e-mail because it's too easy to hack. 

I guess we'll learn more in the coming days, or will we just have a lot of unanswered questions?  And if they are answered, will we be told the truth?





Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Eupher on November 12, 2012, 11:12:15 AM
This Petraeus scandal is growing more legs.

Watching the news this weekend and this morning, it looks like the FBI was notified by a woman; Jill Kelley in the State Dept, and family friend of the Petreaus family, that someone was harassing her and they are saying that it was Patraeus' mistress that did it.  But was it?  This happened last May. 

It was during the FBI's investigation that they discovered the affair.  The mistress is said to have given a speech at at Colorado college where she said that the consulate was holding Libyan prisoners, and some people are now saying that was classified information.

The FBI took Paula Broadmore's computer, and this is how they say they found e-mails between Petreaus and her, and that they found classified info on her computer.

Several people in high office have said that they don't use private e-mail because it's too easy to hack. 

I guess we'll learn more in the coming days, or will we just have a lot of unanswered questions?  And if they are answered, will we be told the truth?


Look for Oministration stonewalling, deflection, obfuscation directed toward (but never officially at) Congress in the same manner we've seen with Fast and Furious.

And if the Senate is asking the questions, expect to see this tossed under the rug for reasons of "national security."

If the House is asking the questions and if the congressman asking those questions is a pit bull, some additional detail will come out. But the objective of the Oministration is to separate itself from any measure of scandal and then if it looks like they're hip-deep in it, to lie, deflect, and stonewall to the maximum degree possible.

It's what the Chicago thugocracy does.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Chris_ on November 12, 2012, 06:29:16 PM
And look who's name comes up...

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Holder notified of Petraeus probe in late summer

Attorney General Eric Holder was notified in late summer that then-CIA Director David Petraeus' name had surfaced in the FBI probe that ultimately uncovered Petraeus' affair, raising questions about whether Holder would have -- or should have -- informed President Obama.
Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/12/holder-notified-petraeus-probe-in-late-summer/#ixzz2C3euI22V)
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Lacarnut on November 12, 2012, 06:47:45 PM
Obama, the Democraps and the media will primarily concentrate on Petraeus extra marital affair to cover up the  the Benghazi murders and national security issue. The media will be all in the distortion of the facts.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 12, 2012, 07:11:49 PM
Obama, the Democraps and the media will primarily concentrate on Petraeus extra marital affair to cover up the  the Benghazi murders and national security issue. The media will be all in the distortion of the facts.

Sadly, you are right.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 12, 2012, 07:32:03 PM
FBI Deemed Petraeus Affair Part of Criminal, Not Intel Probe
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-deemed-petraeus-affair-part-criminal-intel-probe/story?id=17696177#.UKGiezDbgZR

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The FBI's focus was on whether laws were broken, in this case whether federal cyber-harassment statutes were violated. The sources emphasized that Petraeus himself was never the focus of the investigation, nor did it turn up evidence he broke any law.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Alpha Mare on November 13, 2012, 08:03:19 AM
I just figured out I knew Broadwell years ago, in Charlotte NC.  My nephew says the FBI searched her house last night- took her files & computers.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Gina on November 13, 2012, 10:34:52 AM
(http://downloads.thedaily.com/ui-images/2012/11/10/111112-news-petraeus-folo-2v-revised-662w-at-1x.jpg)

Man, that's like the Clinton and Monica photo! 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Dori on November 13, 2012, 01:32:35 PM
(http://downloads.thedaily.com/ui-images/2012/11/10/111112-news-petraeus-folo-2v-revised-662w-at-1x.jpg)

Man, that's like the Clinton and Monica photo! 


Holly isn't unattractive. I saw a pic of her when they were dating.  She does need to lose weight and get a make-over.

Wives letting themselves go is as old a story as husbands who cheat.


Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Gina on November 13, 2012, 01:43:02 PM

Holly isn't unattractive. I saw a pic of her when they were dating.  She does need to lose weight and get a make-over.

Wives letting themselves go is as old a story as husbands who cheat.




To be honest, I thought she was his mom. 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Dori on November 13, 2012, 01:45:24 PM


To be honest, I thought she was his mom. 

Petraeus is 60.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Dori on November 13, 2012, 02:21:43 PM
Oh wow...... You mean the MSM is actually going to cover this?

NY Times: FBI Agent Suspected ‘Politically Motivated Cover-Up’ of Petraeus Case to Protect Obama

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ny-times-fbi-agent-suspected-politically-motivated-cover-up-of-petraeus-case-to-protect-obama/
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 13, 2012, 03:03:35 PM
Oh wow...... You mean the MSM is actually going to cover this?

NY Times: FBI Agent Suspected ‘Politically Motivated Cover-Up’ of Petraeus Case to Protect Obama

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ny-times-fbi-agent-suspected-politically-motivated-cover-up-of-petraeus-case-to-protect-obama/

What a shocker!
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: wasp69 on November 13, 2012, 03:08:25 PM
Oh wow...... You mean the MSM is actually going to cover this?

NY Times: FBI Agent Suspected ‘Politically Motivated Cover-Up’ of Petraeus Case to Protect Obama

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ny-times-fbi-agent-suspected-politically-motivated-cover-up-of-petraeus-case-to-protect-obama/

For maybe a minute...
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 13, 2012, 07:57:39 PM
Paula Broadwell's License Discovered in D.C. Park
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/11/13/paula-broadwell-driver-license-found-in-dc-park

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The woman revealed to have been carrying on an affair with former CIA Director David Petraeus lost her driver's license in a Washington, D.C., park recently, sources tell U.S. News.

A Maryland National Capital Park Police spokesman confirmed that a jogger found a North Carolina license in Rock Creek Park belonging to Paula Broadwell. Park Police planned to hold it for 90 days, per policy, and then send it back to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Did Paula Broadwell lose it on purpose?
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: thundley4 on November 13, 2012, 08:06:00 PM
Paula Broadwell's License Discovered in D.C. Park
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/11/13/paula-broadwell-driver-license-found-in-dc-park

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Did Paula Broadwell lose it on purpose?

All this crap coming out so soon and so quickly after the election stinks to high heaven.  It's like a planned distraction to keep everyone occupied while something else is going on.

What?  Is the question?  Fast and Furious?  Benghazi?  Election fraud? 
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: YupItsMe on November 13, 2012, 08:12:59 PM
To be honest, I thought she was his mom. 

  As a man myself, it's kinda hard not to notice those long legs on the rigjt.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: J P Sousa on November 13, 2012, 09:01:02 PM
All this crap coming out so soon and so quickly after the election stinks to high heaven.  It's like a planned distraction to keep everyone occupied while something else is going on.

What?  Is the question?  Fast and Furious?  Benghazi?  Election fraud? 

And Obama and Biden know nothing

(http://www.powerstrokenation.com/photopost/data/500/Sgt-Schultz-I-Know-Nothing.jpg)

.
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: thundley4 on November 13, 2012, 09:51:41 PM
And Obama and Biden know nothing

(http://www.powerstrokenation.com/photopost/data/500/Sgt-Schultz-I-Know-Nothing.jpg)

.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/obama-sgt-schultz.jpg)
Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: JohnnyReb on November 17, 2012, 06:40:15 AM
The general may have been trying to enrich himself......shouldn't have picked such stupid broads.

http://news.yahoo.com/businessman-jill-kelley-asked-80m-bragged-petraeus-connection-234313690--abc-news-topstories.html

Title: Re: David Petreaus Resigns
Post by: txradioguy on November 19, 2012, 03:20:15 AM
The general may have been trying to enrich himself......shouldn't have picked such stupid broads.

http://news.yahoo.com/businessman-jill-kelley-asked-80m-bragged-petraeus-connection-234313690--abc-news-topstories.html



I don't buy it...sounds to me more like a social climber trying to impress someone without the Generals knowledge.