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| Did Petraeus' mistress leak sensitive information on Facebook? |
| 2012-11-12 |
| The coterie of officers and advisers surrounding Gen. David Petraeus had become suspicious of the woman, now known to have been his mistress, due to her playful Facebook status updates they claim disclosed sensitive details of military operations in Afghanistan. Paula Broadwell, the woman who penned the military chief's biography and ultimately began a romantic relationship with the married 60-year-old, became a cause of concern back in 2009 when those in Petraeus' inner circle saw her lighthearted postings on the social networking website. Though Broadwell was a West Point graduate and had served in Army intelligence, officers, unaware at the time of the extramarital liaison, thought she should have used better judgement and now see her inappropriate behavior in a new light - in the wake of the former CIA Director's fall from grace. Though hindsight is always 20/20, former Petraeus aides told the Washington Post that Broadwell's behavior at the time seemed odd and her closeness to the notoriously straight-laced family man was not without controversy. Without any specific examples of her Facebook postings, aides said they were stunned that Broadwell was so free to describe her daily movements in Afghanistan on the networking site, so her friends back home could chronicle her adventures. This issue has gotten bigger than just a CIA director having an affair. One former CIA guy claims that other directors have had affairs without all the attention. This is tied into BenghaziGate and the cover-up. A report this a.m. said the FBI knew of the affair as early as last summer. The WH and DOJ must have known this and chose to keep it quiet prior to the election. This can of worms needs to be opened to the light of day. Supposedly, the government answers to people of this country. I would imagine that foreign intelligence agencies know more about these events than the American people. |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #9 These 'aides' would have been interviewed by the FBI during Petraeus' background check. Is it really plausible that aides would not have mentioned this 'odd' behaviour, especially as it was security related? Is it plausible that the FBI would not have had a closer look at the oddly behaving person in Petraeus' entourage? Could the FBI really have failed to notice this affair? |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2012-11-12 19:26 |
| #8 Paula Broadwell's Father: 'This Is About Something Else Entirely, And The Truth Will Come Out' Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/paula-broadwell-father-paul-krantz-2012-11#ixzz2C3T9zno9 |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2012-11-12 18:42 |
| #7 HT: Breitbart: "They had to have known and for them to say they were intercepting e-mails and reading the CIA Director emails and not reporting that to the White House is bull... what the DNI should have done should have done is call him and say 'What is this? What is this? What is going on here?' instead of waiting... They are not telling the truth. They get pants on fire award. The White House is not telling the truth. It is politically engineered by all of you would not be reading the doing the investigation in the diameter of the justice without informing the white house. They are lying." - Gary Bernsten, Former CIA Operative http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/11/12/Former-CIA-Officer-The-White-House-Had-To-Have-Known |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2012-11-12 18:38 |
| #6 So long as it is a green business. Although in this case Tiger might get a waiver. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-11-12 14:09 |
| #5 THERE YA GO ... Petraeus quits and becomes the new promoter for Tiger Woods. This has got "success" written all over it :-) |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-11-12 13:52 |
| #4 So Nike knew more about Tiger than the gov knew about Petraeus? That is the claim? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-11-12 12:08 |
| #3 "Though Broadwell was a West Point graduate and had served in Army intelligence" If that's true - then all these news reports are focusing on the wrong person. Forget Petraeus. this lady should have known better. MUCH better. |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-11-12 11:21 |
| #2 I would figure that, er, monitoring of the CIA director by the FBI would be a long-standing practice. A Hooverism, as it were. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-11-12 10:52 |
| #1 I know nothing of the ends of outs of our spook agencies, but I do hope that it must be next to impossible for the FBI to be digging into the CIA Director's personal email, and no one, in the CIA, Justice Department or WH knew it? I just find that totally unbelievable -- sure there is always competition between the two agencies, but there are probably also professional friendships, that reach across the agencies and something like this would have been shared. Seemingly, Rep Canton knew a couple of weeks before the announcement. Not buying that in this administration, "I know nothn'" If true no one knew the FBI was spying on the Director of CIA -- someone needs to be canned, and it's not just the General.... |
| Posted by: Sherry 2012-11-12 10:13 |