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CIA Director Patreus steps down.
Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus has resigned, citing "extremely poor judgment" for having an extra-marital affair, NBC News reported.
"Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position," Petraeus said in his resignation letter. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
"This afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation," Petraeus said in the letter.
Mike Morrell, the deputy CIA director and a long time CIA officer, will likely be offered the job as acting director, multiple sources told NBC News.
[url]http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/natio...178159541.html[/url]
Benghazi cover up getting worse.:facepalm
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The timing is very interesting
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I was going to make a lakers coach joke but damn it, im not as original as i thought.
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I not the biggest Petraeus fan, but really? We are going to make the Director of the CIA resign cos he cheated on his wife?
What is this 1872? Why does cheating on your spouse = incompetence at work to some people?
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[QUOTE=MavsSuperFan]I not the biggest Petraeus fan, but really? [B]We are going to make the Director of the CIA resign cos he cheated on his wife?
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What is this 1872? Why does cheating on your spouse = incompetence at work to some people?[/QUOTE]
I doubt that's the real reason. It's probably a cover up to sell to the American public.
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Obama didn't force him to resign, he chose to. Bengazi cover-up? How does this cover anything? He's not dead, he can still talk in interviews and now he has no reason to hide the truth because he has no job.
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[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green]Obama didn't force him to resign, he chose to. Bengazi cover-up? How does this cover anything? He's not dead, he can still talk in interviews and now he has no reason to hide the truth because he has no job.[/QUOTE]
I didn't mean obama forcing him, I meant societal pressure forcing him to resign. Like it did to anthony weiner
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[QUOTE=MavsSuperFan]I didn't mean obama forcing him, I meant societal pressure forcing him to resign. Like it did to anthony weiner[/QUOTE]
That was a reply to the OP's useless speculation. The explanation for him resigning I heard was that any CIA operative that had blackmail material out there was considered compromised and a lower-ranking operative would get canned for this so he was holding himself to the same standard. I don't know about all of that myself and it's certainly not blackmail material if everyone knows it happened but it's certainly true that high-level government appointees get fired over scandals.
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Watching Piers Morgan now and author Donald Kessler is saying that Petraeus used his military email account to carry out his relationship with his biographer and after she broke up with him, he sent her thousands of emails trying to get her back :oldlol:
Wouldn't be surprised if it was the woman who sold him out to the federales :oldlol:
Also, the timing of this whole thing is alarming to say the least.
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[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green]That was a reply to the OP's useless speculation. The explanation for him resigning I heard was that any CIA operative that had blackmail material out there was considered compromised and a lower-ranking operative would get canned for this so he was holding himself to the same standard. I don't know about all of that myself and it's certainly not blackmail material if everyone knows it happened but it's certainly true that high-level government appointees get fired over scandals.[/QUOTE]
How convenient that the Director of the CIA resigns the week before the Benghazi hearings begin again in Congress over something that had zero effect on his ability to do his job.
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Yes he's covering up for Obama :rolleyes:
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[QUOTE=longhornfan1234]Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus has resigned, citing "extremely poor judgment" for having an extra-marital affair, NBC News reported.
"Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position," Petraeus said in his resignation letter. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
"This afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation," Petraeus said in the letter.
Mike Morrell, the deputy CIA director and a long time CIA officer, will likely be offered the job as acting director, multiple sources told NBC News.
[url]http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/natio...178159541.html[/url]
Benghazi cover up getting worse.:facepalm[/QUOTE]
You're an idiot. You realize they can still subpoena him, right? If anything this would make it harder for Obama to claim executive privilege if their is something sinner. :facepalm
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Paula Broadwell (the other woman) talking about petraeus
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFbVRfmNH4s[/url]
HAHA she probably apologized a few more times to her husband
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[QUOTE=longhornfan1234]Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus has resigned, citing "extremely poor judgment" for having an extra-marital affair, NBC News reported.
"Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position," Petraeus said in his resignation letter. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
"This afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation," Petraeus said in the letter.
Mike Morrell, the deputy CIA director and a long time CIA officer, will likely be offered the job as acting director, multiple sources told NBC News.
[url]http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/natio...178159541.html[/url]
Benghazi cover up getting worse.:facepalm[/QUOTE]
I didnn't have internet access today so this is the first I read of this and boy did that last line make me laugh.
Please explain to me how this coverup is supposed to work. You can post other pundits explanations as well. I am genuinely puzzled.
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Also my first thought was I bet the affair was with a reporter. Sure enough, it was with a woman who just published a book on Petraeus.
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[QUOTE=MavsSuperFan]I not the biggest Petraeus fan, but really? We are going to make the Director of the CIA resign cos he cheated on his wife?
What is this 1872? Why does cheating on your spouse = incompetence at work to some people?[/QUOTE]
To be clear I think Petraeus is getting ahead of this story before the other shoe drops. However, at this point I see nothing to indicate the other shoe is related to Benghazi.
The way the affair was discovered is the reason he had to go. We'll see how this plays out, but I think we are going to find out its more related to his work.
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She looks good too from what I saw
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[QUOTE=longhornfan1234]How convenient that the Director of the CIA resigns the week before the Benghazi hearings begin again in Congress over something that had zero effect on his ability to do his job.[/QUOTE]
And his resignation has zero effect on Congress's ability to subpoena him. You have to stop seeking rationalizations for your misconceptions and start hearing the facts first and then using those facts to come to informed conclusions. Or you can remain stupid.
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[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing]She looks good too from what I saw[/QUOTE]
Better than his wife
Wife
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/POLITICS/01/06/holly.petraeus.appointment/story.holly.petraeus.gi.jpg[/IMG]
Broadwell
[IMG]http://www.tatteredcover.com/files/tatteredcover/broadwell_petraeous.jpg[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=MavsSuperFan]Better than his wife
Wife
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/POLITICS/01/06/holly.petraeus.appointment/story.holly.petraeus.gi.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I hope I have the strength to stay true to marriage vows if she turns out like that in down the line but...ooh...I can't judge the man, it would be hard to stay faithful. That's almost like a death sentence. He should definitely honor his vows but the woman has a responsibility to stay under 200 pounds.
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[QUOTE=MavsSuperFan]Better than his wife
Wife
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/POLITICS/01/06/holly.petraeus.appointment/story.holly.petraeus.gi.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lTbkI.gif[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=MavsSuperFan]Better than his wife
Wife
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/POLITICS/01/06/holly.petraeus.appointment/story.holly.petraeus.gi.jpg[/IMG]
Broadwell
[IMG]http://www.tatteredcover.com/files/tatteredcover/broadwell_petraeous.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Damn... I ain't even mad at ya General. I think every man here has given you a pass. I know now why you did what you did. Can't condone it, but I [I]understand[/I] it...
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[QUOTE=Is He Ill][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lTbkI.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
omg perfect :roll: :lol :oldlol:
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i wonder if patreus covered up HIS benghazi when he was nailing her.
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[QUOTE=MavsSuperFan]
Wife
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/POLITICS/01/06/holly.petraeus.appointment/story.holly.petraeus.gi.jpg[/IMG]
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is that al franken with a wig on?
[IMG]http://www.nndb.com/people/476/000022410/Franken_Al.jpg[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=jbot]i wonder if patreus covered up HIS benghazi when he was nailing her.[/QUOTE]
C'mon man that's not even trying. Start with her book title.
Also I would love to see how well you guys look after 38 years of marriage.
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[QUOTE=MavsSuperFan]Better than his wife
Wife
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/POLITICS/01/06/holly.petraeus.appointment/story.holly.petraeus.gi.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://instntrply.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/BlakeShock.gif[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=KevinNYC]C'mon man that's not even trying. Start with her book title.
Also I would love to see how well you guys look after 38 years of marriage.[/QUOTE]
Being married a long time is no reason to abandon exercise. Unless she has some kind of disability she should at least try to give him something to look forward to at night. Ultimately he should stay faithful but that's a lot harder when it's being monogamous to someone you feel no physical attraction to whatsoever.
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Her name is Broadwell, the book she wrote about him was called all in. You can't make this stuff up.
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"See me, feel me, marry me, kill me!"--Al Bundy
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[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green]Being married a long time is no reason to abandon exercise. Unless she has some kind of disability she should at least try to give him something to look forward to at night. Ultimately he should stay faithful but that's a lot harder when it's being monogamous to someone you feel no physical attraction to whatsoever.[/QUOTE]
But don't you know she suffers from tyroid conditions just like every other obese woman?
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[IMG]http://www.theconcordiasummit.org/media/Paula_Broadwell.jpg[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green]Being married a long time is no reason to abandon exercise. Unless she has some kind of disability she should at least try to give him something to look forward to at night. Ultimately he should stay faithful but that's a lot harder when it's being monogamous to someone you feel no physical attraction to whatsoever.[/QUOTE]
My point is she's close to 60 years old.
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[QUOTE=franchise#3][IMG]http://www.theconcordiasummit.org/media/Paula_Broadwell.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
This chick lives down the street from me! :pimp:
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[QUOTE=KevinNYC]My point is she's close to 60 years old.[/QUOTE]
So is he. She should have been exercising and eating right. Age doesn't force you into obesity.
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i believe he probably got a lot of extra ass outside his marriage, but i don't believe he stepped down for this reason.
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[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green]So is he. She should have been exercising and eating right. Age doesn't force you into obesity.[/QUOTE]
:rolleyes:
if you don't want to be with your wife anymore you get a divorce.
sorry but there is no excuse for cheating.
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[QUOTE=kentatm]if you don't want to be with your wife anymore you get a divorce.
sorry but there is no excuse for cheating.[/QUOTE]
Never said he was in the right. It's just that I can feel some sympathy for his circumstance.
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[QUOTE=DCL]i believe he probably got a lot of extra ass outside his marriage, but i don't believe he stepped down for this reason.[/QUOTE]
Well he stepped down probably because the affair was soon to be public knowledge. The affair was discovered by the FBI when they were looking into a harassment complaint against Paula Broadwell. In that case they looked into her email and saw all these emails to and from the general. [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/us/fbi-said-to-have-stumbled-into-news-of-david-petraeus-affair.html"]This opened up possible security issues with Petraeus.[/URL] So it goes to his professional judgement as well.
[QUOTE] The F.B.I. investigators were not pursuing evidence of Mr. Petraeus