Petraeus legacy: PROOF that you can be CIA Director, a 4 Star General, AND a clueless fucking tool

[Miles Archer]

F.B.I. and Justice Dept. Said to Seek Charges for Petraeus

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MATT APUZZOJAN. 9, 2015



http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/us/politics/prosecutors-said-to-recommend-charges-against-former-gen-david-petraeus.html?_r=1

WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against David H. Petraeus, contending that he provided classified information to a lover while he was director of the C.I.A., officials said, and leaving Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to decide whether to seek an indictment that could send the pre-eminent military officer of his generation to prison.

The Justice Department investigation stems from an affair Mr. Petraeus had with Paula Broadwell, an Army Reserve officer who was writing his biography, and focuses on whether he gave her access to his C.I.A. email account and other highly classified information.

F.B.I. agents discovered classified documents on her computer after Mr. Petraeus resigned from the C.I.A. in 2012 when the affair became public.

Mr. Petraeus, a retired four-star general who served as commander of American forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan, has said he never provided classified information to Ms. Broadwell, and has indicated to the Justice Department that he has no interest in a plea deal that would spare him an embarrassing trial. A lawyer for Mr. Petraeus, Robert B. Barnett, said Friday he had no comment.

[msanthrope]

1. Gawker has the best flowchart on this....

http://gawker.com/5960202/a-flowchart-of-the-petraeus-affairs-love-pentagon-from-the-shirtless-fbi-agent-to-chuck-klosterman

I pity the prosecutor who would have to take this to court.....

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Agreed - that was very helpful!

[msanthrope]

7. And what a clusterfuck...yeah???? nt

[roguevalley]

14. too bad it isn't penis shaped because that is what this is all about

a buffoon showing off to his grrlfriend.

[madokie]

2. Proof

that a hard on has no conscience.

I hope they throw the book at betrayus. People in a position of trust need or should be held to a higher degree of trustworthiness

[pscot]

5. No brain either

That's why the Species is in trouble.

[tularetom]

3. I guess Hillary Clinton will have to look elsewhere for a running mate

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. the GOP had pinned its hopes on him

before the minor hiccup in his sex life and security clearance.

[warrprayer]

11. ....

[NV Whino]

6. I see a movie in this

Maybe by the Coen Brothers.

[carolinayellowdog]

8. The anti-Move On resolution marked my transition from Dem to Independent

For the first and last time in my life, I had actually pounded pavement working for a Democratic candidate, Jim Webb. Felt so elevated by the 2006 victories. But in no time, WHAT THE HELL!?!? in 2007, so many Democrats were siding with Republicans to denounce MoveOn over the "don't betray us, Petraeus" meme. While I'll never vote for an R, and always vote for a D, this marked the end of my feeling that the Democratic Party spoke for me.

Looking at this Wikpedia entry on the controversy, I see so many long-discredited individuals, like Lieberman and Joke Line, ginning up outrage against MoveOn. But the guy I worked to elect, Webb, joined the mob. Here is the vote. Don't betray us, Jim Webb.

[nakocal]

10. Gen Petraeus was also responsible for "training" the Iraqi army

An army that lost thousands of weapons while being trained.

An army that ran away from a smaller, less well equipped force.

[niyad]

12. oh my, colour me sooooo not surprised!

[iandhr]

13. To use the English expression

Bloody idiot