CIA Director Patreus steps down.

[ripthekik]

Why didn't he just divorce his ugly wife, then get with the chick?

[Patrick Chewing]

Why didn't he just divorce his ugly wife, then get with the chick?

She's married too. And divorce is a bitch.



This is so funny on so many levels. The CIA fumbles Benghazi, and the FBI discovers the f'n DIRECTOR of all people is cheating on his wife. The Director can't even keep his secrets safe and it's an entirely different organization that spies on him and finds out. The CIA has become a joke.

[MavsSuperFan]

Who said we are it's himself who wants to step down.

You going to act like America doesn't pressure political officials to step down because of sex scandals?

[KevinNYC]

You going to act like America doesn't pressure political officials to step down because of sex scandals?

That's usually elected officials.

Supposedly the FBI whistleblower went to Republicans in Congress with this info.

[QUOTE]Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, said Saturday an F.B.I. employee whom his staff described as a whistle-blower told him about Mr. Petraeus

[KevinNYC]

So this Petraeus thing is nuts.

So his biographer/mistresses was sending threatening letters to another woman who knew Petraeus, another younger, attractive woman like herself, telling her to stay away from Petraeus......the biographer/mistress probably assuming Petraeus was into her or already involved with her.

So the other woman calls up an FBI agent she knows and they start to investigate the threatening letters. The agent is pulled from the case because, it's found out that he had sent shirtless photos of himself to the other woman. So the agent goes to a Republican congressman who goes to Eric Cantor to press the issue.

The new information shows that Petraeus told Broadwell this summer to stop sending the harassing e-mails after Kelley told him about them. Law enforcement officials said the e-mails indicated that Broadwell was jealNoous of Kelley’s friendship with Petraeus. His warning came about the same time Petraeus ended the affair with Broadwell.

However, The FBI did find a bunch of inappropriate emails from the other woman to Petraues's successor in Afghanistan

The FBI probe into the sex scandal that led to the resignation of CIA director David Petraeus has expanded to ensnare Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced early Tuesday.

According to a senior U.S. defense official, the FBI has uncovered between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of “potentially inappropriate” e-mails between Allen and Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old Tampa woman whose close friendship with Petraeus ultimately led to his downfall. Allen, a Marine, succeeded Petraeus as the top allied commander in Afghanistan in July 2011.

washingtonpost.com

[KevinNYC]

and the FBI searched the mistress's house....I'm waiting for rufus's report on that.

[RedBlackAttack]

She really does live down the street from me. Funny thing is she's one of these "super moms" who does everything: has the perfect Dr. husband, works in this glamorous job, has 2 perfect kids, and still manages to run all these charity social events. I find it kind of comforting that she's not that perfect after all. I'm guessing she won't make the Dilworth ladies Christmas event.


She jogs past my house every morning. Nice tight ass.

Straight teeth?

[rufuspaul]

Straight teeth?

She's got better teeth than the general that's for sure.


The FBI searched the Broadwell house last night and we saw several people carrying boxes out the front door. The Broadwells are in Washington supposedly waiting for things to die down before returning home.

The story keeps getting more strange:

http://www.businessinsider.com/petra...y-2012-11?0=bi

You're Not Going To Believe The Latest Developments In The Petraeus Sex Scandal


Paula Broadwell, the original other woman.
In the past 12 hours, the news flow in the Petraeus sex scandal has taken a turn toward the bizarre.

Jill Kelley, the mysterious woman in Tampa.
Let's recap:
The center of gravity in the scandal has shifted to a mysterious woman in Tampa Bay whom many of our top military and law-enforcement brass appear to be obsessed with.
This woman, Jill Kelley, is the wife of a surgeon and an "unpaid liaison" between the public and a nearby Air Force base. This "job" seems mainly to include hosting and attending parties and emailing with generals and FBI agents.
Paula Broadwell, General Petraeus's mistress, lost her mind and sent anonymous harassing emails to this woman.
Kelley got freaked out by the harassing emails and called the FBI, thus triggering the investigation that, so far, has sucked in the head of the CIA, a top general, and an FBI agent.
The FBI agent assigned to investigate the case lost his mind and emailed "shirtless photos" to the woman.
Another top US general, John Allen, lost his mind and sent 20,000-30,000 inappropriate emails to the same woman.
General David Petraeus showed up at a party at this woman's house in a 28-car motorcade.
The woman, Jill Kelley, has hired the same lawyer that defended Bill Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the same crisis PR person who represented Michael Vick.
The woman insists that she has done nothing wrong and that she's the victim here (did anyone suggest she has done anything wrong?).
The FBI agent who sent the shirtless photos of himself to the woman called Congress two weeks ago and leaked news of the investigation to House majority leader Eric Cantor.
Paula Broadwell's dad says, tantalizingly, that "this story is about something else entirely" and that the whole truth will eventually come out.
"Classified" material has been found on Paula Broadwell's computer, but both Petraeus and Broadwell deny that it came from him.
The FBI just raided Paula Broadwell's house.
If this story really is about "something else entirely," we can't wait to hear what that is.

[rufuspaul]

Who is this Jill Kelley chick? Aside from having the same name as a pornstar is she running a swingers club for upper level military in Tampa?


It's one thing if it's all just about sexual impropriety, but something entirely more disturbing if national security was compromised. So far the most damning thing I've read is that Paula Broadwell gave a lecture in Denver last month where she said that the CIA had secretly detained prisoners at the consulate in Benghazi and that the 9-11 attack was an effort to free them. This begs 2 questions:

1. What is the CIA doing detaining people in secret when that activity was supposedly stopped in 2009?

2. How the hell does Paula Broadwell know this information?

[Take Your Lumps]

Really seems like we should have went easier on Anthony Weiner.

[Dolphin]

Who is this Jill Kelley chick? Aside from having the same name as a pornstar is she running a swingers club for upper level military in Tampa?


It's one thing if it's all just about sexual impropriety, but something entirely more disturbing if national security was compromised. So far the most damning thing I've read is that Paula Broadwell gave a lecture in Denver last month where she said that the CIA had secretly detained prisoners at the consulate in Benghazi and that the 9-11 attack was an effort to free them. This begs 2 questions:

1. What is the CIA doing detaining people in secret when that activity was supposedly stopped in 2009?

2. How the hell does Paula Broadwell know this information?

I've always had this light hearted view of capital hill as filled with sex crazed politicians with equally sex crazed spouses that are into swinging. Blame it on those movies with similar stories. Maybe there's more truth to that than we know. Maybe Broadwell's hubby doesn't even care and they were in an open relationship and this is more of an annoyance to them. Or maybe these doctors who are married to Broadwell, Kelley, etc. are poor men who didn't realize their wives are ****ing capital hill dick for fun. lol

I admit that I'm one of the people who's more interested in the relationship(s) part of this scandal than any intelligence breach...I mean really, the breach if anything was minor. People will be fired. Congress will have their day to blast anyone they choose and it will be over....but as the relationships between these men and women become juicier and juicier, it's hard not to pay attention. Makes you believe this is pretty common place. Interesting insight nonetheless.

To be honest, if I was a simple guy who had a wife so close to generals and politicians, I'd be paranoid as ****...then again I don't know if the husbands of these ladies are "simple guys". lol

[rufuspaul]

I've always had this light hearted view of capital hill as filled with sex crazed politicians with equally sex crazed spouses that are into swinging. Blame it on those movies with similar stories. Maybe there's more truth to that than we know. Maybe Broadwell's hubby doesn't even care and they were in an open relationship and this is more of an annoyance to them. Or maybe these doctors who are married to Broadwell, Kelley, etc. are poor men who didn't realize their wives are ****ing capital hill dick for fun. lol

I admit that I'm one of the people who's more interested in the relationship(s) part of this scandal than any intelligence breach...I mean really, the breach if anything was minor. People will be fired. Congress will have their day to blast anyone they choose and it will be over....but as the relationships between these men and women become juicier and juicier, it's hard not to pay attention. Makes you believe this is pretty common place. Interesting insight nonetheless.

To be honest, if I was a simple guy who had a wife so close to generals and politicians, I'd be paranoid as ****...then again I don't know if the husbands of these ladies are "simple guys". lol

It's interesting that both husbands are physicians. They work crazy hours, on-call, etc. It becomes very easy for either spouse to cheat as there's a built-in plausible excuse. Even easier for these top security guys.

Petraeus' wife: "Where were you last night?"
Petraeus: "That's classified."

[Dolphin]

It's interesting that both husbands are physicians. They work crazy hours, on-call, etc. It becomes very easy for either spouse to cheat as there's a built-in plausible excuse. Even easier for these top security guys.

Petraeus' wife: "Where were you last night?"
Petraeus: "That's classified."

With crazy schedules and open attitudes perhaps her hubby gave her the green light to pursue this relationship, although that wouldn't explain the e-mails she sent to Kelley.

With so many people and such a weird set of circumstances, it's safe to assume we will never get the whole story as to what really was going on (ie. are they all swingers, who really facked who, etc.).

However, if Broadwell's hubby is a normal guy and was clueless to all of this, you gotta feel sorry for him. Realizes his wife pissed on their relationship to get some 4 star general dick....then has to come to terms that the entire world knows his wife became some kind of maniac who clearly fell in love with this new sense of power and the d!ck the power came from lol. His kids will know eventually when they're older if not already. Couldn't be more humiliated. Some people can survive affairs, doubt many people would want to try when your spouse put you through this much shit....almost makes me feel sorry for Ms. Broadwell also...she must feel like the biggest idiot alive. lol

But ya, if they are hiding out in DC right now, I'd probably not be in the same room as her in fear that I'd strangle her to death. lol

I need to become a psychologist because I have too much fun dissecting these things.

What are you neighbors saying about this?

[rufuspaul]

What are you neighbors saying about this?

Mostly that they're shocked and feel sorry for the boys. It was quite a commotion over there last night with about 8 FBI agents carting stuff out of the house and at least twice that many local media peeps in the front yard.

In a non-related coincidence it's been pointed out that Rielle Hunter, John Edward's mistress, lives in the same neighborhood. I've never seen her though.

[KevinNYC]

Who is this Jill Kelley chick?... is she running a swingers club for upper level military in Tampa??

This seems like utterly crazy speculation until the word Tampa. Something about the word Tampa makes it seems plausible.


Also the way Petraeus and Broadwell communicated made the FBI nervous.
They didn't email each other. The both had the password to the same gmail account and would open up a draft and write an email but never sent it. Then the other would log in later and read it and do the same thing.

This is a trick terrorists use.