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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: txradioguy on February 21, 2013, 01:43:24 PM
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The Army has revoked the promotion of Paula Broadwell, the one-time mistress of CIA Director David Petraeus, according to a Defense Department official.
Broadwell, a major in the Army reserves, had been approved last August for promotion to lieutenant colonel. The Army made the decision to revoke the promotion earlier this month, a Defense Department official told CNN. The source declined to be named because of the sensitive nature of the personnel information.
Since the Petraeus scandal broke, Broadwell has been under investigation by the Army for having classified information in her home without permission. She was initially on the list of approved promotions back on August 28, 2012. But under Army regulations "if new information comes to light" within six months of a promotion date it could make the person ineligible. Broadwell was deemed ineligible for promotion because she is under investigation for a matter that could result in her being punished by the Army, the official said. The promotion is revoked until the matter is resolved, the official said. If cleared, she would be eligible again.
Her security clearance, which was suspended last year, also has not been reinstated.
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/20/first-on-cnn-paula-broadwell-military-promotion-revoked/?hpt=hp_t2
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How soon before we hear about her lawsuit?
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How soon before we hear about her lawsuit?
As soon as her lawyer gets back from his last whambulance chase.
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How soon before we hear about her lawsuit?
She'd be smart not to play that card. The Army could easily decide what she did warrants an Article 32 investigation that would lead to a Courts Martial.
ETA: And besides...she's a ring knocker...the WPPS (West Point Protection Society) will ensure she ends up getting her promotion after this all dies down.
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She'd be smart not to play that card. The Army could easily decide what she did warrants an Article 32 investigation that would lead to a Courts Martial.
ETA: And besides...she's a ring knocker...the WPPS (West Point Protection Society) will ensure she ends up getting her promotion after this all dies down.
Reserve majors are subject to the same two-time passover rule the active ones are, so she'll be retiring as a major. I doubt if even the ring-knockers are too happy with her after bringing Petraeus down.
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Reserve majors are subject to the same two-time passover rule the active ones are, so she'll be retiring as a major. I doubt if even the ring-knockers are too happy with her after bringing Petraeus down.
I'd be inclined to go with you, DAT, because Mrs. Petraeus is the daughter of a former Superintendent of West Point, IIRC.
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She can now write her book...."How I almost slept my way to being a four star general"
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She can now write her book...."How I almost slept my way to being a four star general"
Yeah, probably. Especially now that she's a 'Well-known author' - even though IIRC she didn't actually write 'her' book on Petraeus, the final product was ghost-written from her notes. But then you'd expect that from a West Pointer.