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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's not about where Petraeus put his peenus
it's about where he put his email password
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,651 posts)Power corrupts.........
He had it, and it does.
MH1
(17,600 posts)patrice
(47,992 posts)have wanted money. They would have demanded security information.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)He's the effing Director of the CIA.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)it is the DCIA. For many many many reasons.
msongs
(67,421 posts)alarimer
(16,245 posts)Since when do you still wear the uniform after retiring.
I do find that odd at least.
pasto76
(1,589 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)You have to wonder if he'd had affairs in the military, and didn't think that being the head of the CIA is a different ballgame in terms of conduct.
patrice
(47,992 posts)to blackmail and whatever payment might have been demanded, it very likely would NOT have been money, more likely he could have been blackmailed with demands for security information.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)He got elected President, twice.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,651 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)talk about it until a book written when Eisenhower was dead and she was dying. Harry Truman reportedly said Eisenhower wanted to get divorced and marry her. His story was that General Marshall talked Ike out of it by threatening dire consequences.
Kaleva
(36,316 posts)The press and even the Repubs made no mention of it 'cause that would have been considered very bad form.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)was it just jealous snooping? or something more sinister?
UTUSN
(70,718 posts)veganlush
(2,049 posts)Peenus WAS his password!
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)What was he thinking?
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)career maybe.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)But still...I do not understand. Those, like he, John Edwards...etc...do they not see the damage they will cause themselves and their families?
Sorry, I am writing on iPad...so don't make complete sentences...too hard to type.
Kaleva
(36,316 posts)has been written about since the beginning of civilization.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)fuck.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)members of the Bush Junta for war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated on the people of Iraq.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)while in a sensitive position with lots of security concerns.
Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)career consultants.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)Very funny.
Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)I've made over the years.