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Topic: FBI probe of Petraeus began with "suspicious emails" |
FBI probe of Petraeus began with "suspicious emails"
Reuters, by Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball
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Posted By:SoCalGal, 11/10/2012 7:16:17 PM
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| Washington - The FBI investigation that led to the discovery of CIA Director David Petraeus´ affair with author Paula Broadwell was sparked by "suspicious emails" that initially did not contain any connection to Petraeus, U.S. law enforcement and security officials told Reuters on Saturday. But the CIA director´s name unexpectedly turned up in the course of the investigation, two officials and two other sources briefed on the matter said. It was "an issue with two women and they stumbled across the affair with Petraeus," a U.S. government security source said.
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Comments: Little by little this story emerges...tick, tick, tick.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Cranky, 11/10/2012 7:19:52 PM (No. 9006038)
Pretraeus affair was a threat to national security. Te down low club president is no problem.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
cartcart, 11/10/2012 7:25:15 PM (No. 9006044)
So THAT was the surge everyone was talking about!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 11/10/2012 8:15:38 PM (No. 9006113)
Bob Obama`s Regime lied about Fast & Furious, Benghazi and they`re lying about Patraeus too.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Judith, 11/10/2012 10:33:16 PM (No. 9006258)
THIS story is starting to have as many twists and turns in it as the you-tube video/benghazi one.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 11/11/2012 5:08:21 AM (No. 9006494)
Let me guess that the two unnamed women who stumbled across the affair with Petraeus were the Iranian Jarret covering for her boss and the Hildebeast of the famous State Dept.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
fed-up, 11/11/2012 8:08:28 AM (No. 9006664)
So after reading the article, it appears they are trying to cover for the WH in this whole thing. If the FBI was investigating him as Rep King stated, for 4-5 months, but no one reported it to the President, isnt that suspect?? And notice there is not a mention of Bengazi in the article.. the MSM are using a scalpel on this story.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
earlybird, 11/11/2012 8:12:40 AM (No. 9006673)
I read a small mention that the other woman is in Florida.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jt26, 11/11/2012 8:24:50 AM (No. 9006693)
You have to hand it to team Obama. They are much more efficient and ruthless than the Corleone´s. Banda Bing! David Petraeus sleeps with the fishes.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
catfur27, 11/11/2012 8:28:18 AM (No. 9006698)
...hmmmm...wonder if the FBI checked the e-mails between Evita and Huma???
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
TheMotherCO, 11/11/2012 8:39:29 AM (No. 9006719)
I was way bored with this story about 2 minutes after I read the first of a zillion posts. Press was absent during jfk, lbj, slick willy and discussing which way flapears swings as well as his icky masculine wife. Media loves them - would not dream of mentioning them - yawn on their crud now.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
msjena, 11/11/2012 8:39:39 AM (No. 9006720)
According to what I read this morning, the FBI was called in to investigate harassing emails to a woman who was "close to Petraeus." The harrassing emails were traced to Paula Broadwell. So who is the woman "close to Petraeus?" His wife? Another mistress?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
LZK, 11/11/2012 8:48:26 AM (No. 9006739)
I gotta say -- the poster who used the term "electile dysfunction" for the Tuesday mess takes the prize today...
LZK
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
dman, 11/11/2012 9:01:41 AM (No. 9006761)
These emails tell us much about Broadwell´s "character".
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 11/11/2012 9:04:52 AM (No. 9006769)
Bimbo Eruptions - the sequel.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
berlin, 11/11/2012 9:46:18 AM (No. 9006863)
There isn´t much ´character´ left to brag about in either of them.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Coy860, 11/11/2012 9:47:33 AM (No. 9006866)
There are no other women or threatening emails....the WH had to come up with an explanation for snooping on their CIA director, and pulled the "other woman" out of their arse again. How else could they explain snooping on the General in the first place?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
BetseyRoss, 11/11/2012 10:09:15 AM (No. 9006909)
Lots of tidbits of information or dots. Eventually they will be connected.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
rsgonner, 11/11/2012 10:42:35 AM (No. 9006996)
So here´s an alternative explanation, one that makes so much more sense. Isn´t it strange that a graduate of West Point, a Major, would be so stupid as to send harassing emails to some other woman "close to Petraeus"?
We know Obozo has used damaging personal information to destroy opponents in the past. This "affair" started when Petraeus was mentioned as possible Republican VP material. Would it be so far fetched to think someone, say Valerie J, convinced Broadwell to seduce Petraeus? Maybe in return for something of significance. Then they welch on the deal and Broadwell get´s upset.
Maybe far-fetched, but is it any more far-fetched than everything else coming out of this Administration? It fits there MO.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
earlybird, 11/11/2012 11:23:06 AM (No. 9007085)
I had wondered about #19´s theory. At least the part about the Broadwell setup. Too cute.
And if you read a number of articles, you find that the timeline on the affair, and particularly the time when she purportedly ended the affair - dumped him (when he joined the CIA) - and the reports that he continued to pursue her with lots of emails - and then the various times when the FBI was supposed to have been investigating Broadwell´s sending threatening emails to a woman she perceived to be a rival.
If you read enough and have any kind of a memory, you will see that - once again - a timeline related to the Obama administration simply doesn´t add up.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird, 11/11/2012 11:32:19 AM (No. 9007107)
Re #20, sorry about the mess of that post, but I was trying to call attention to a few of the many dates and timelines in this matter that just don´t jibe.
We have heard that the FBI began investigating his emails while he was still in Afghanistan, we have heard that she dumped him when he joined the CIA in 2011, we have heard that he continued to pursue her by email, we have heard that at some point (fairly recently?) she sent harassing emails to another woman she perceived to be a rival, and on and on.
The timeline(s) just don´t hold together.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
RussVet, 11/11/2012 11:38:52 AM (No. 9007124)
When Benghazi happened Petraeus held a news conference to state the CIA did not withhold Benghazi support, at that point Obozo had to get rid of him, quick. Knowing Petraeus from when he was at Ft Campbell he is a military leader of integrity ... Petraeus was thrown under the bus by ObozoX because they know he will not lie to support the Obozo lies on Benghazi= Obozo TREASON.... The affair is just misdirection crap to keep everyone from Obozo´s Benghazi treason and Obozo Election Fraud.. Very hard to do
Proof Election Fraud - Programmer Testifies About writing software for Rigging Elections in Vote Counting Machine in Numerous States; Ohio/Florida/etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbf3iaEbAuY&feature=youtu.be
Clearly 5.5M simple math shows that Republican Votes and the military votes were not counted nationwide.
Wake up America..Electron Fraud and Benghazi TREASON - Impeach ObozoX
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
cinwasp, 11/11/2012 11:44:24 AM (No. 9007134)
We have been reduced to reading smut for the next four years. Joy, joy.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Zumkopf, 11/11/2012 11:53:23 AM (No. 9007149)
#22, we do seem to have two stories that don´t jibe. Was Petraeus the lovelorn castoff of Broadwell (the "several thousand e-mails/20 per day" from Petraeus to Broadwell after she broke it off), or was Broadwell the lovelorn castoff of Petraeus (the "other woman" e-mail story)? Neither one makes any sense. Love does make people do stupid things, but Petraeus couldn´t have made his position without at least a modicum of self-discipline and a healthy awareness that his e-mail is vulnerable. And "an issue with two women and they stumbled across the affair with Petraeus" makes even less sense. There was a third story, that Broadwell was trying to hack Petraeus´ e-mails, which to me made it sound like Broadwell was a spy for a foreign agency (now THAT would fit the fact pattern; an "author" who never wrote any books doing a biography of the Afghanistan commander who would be a valuable target/asset); but the "two women" story seems to deep-six that one, which leads me to suspect the "Broadwell as spy" story was in fact the true one, with the "two women" story cooked up as cover.
No doubt it will all come out eventually. The crucial thing was to make sure it did not come out before November 6th. Mission Accomplished.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Zumkopf, 11/11/2012 11:54:16 AM (No. 9007152)
Sorry, meant #21.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
RancherJack, 11/11/2012 12:19:03 PM (No. 9007211)
I ask one question ...
"Who told you?"
You´re all relying on media reports.
How precious.
I have land to sell you in Florida.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
CEP, 11/11/2012 12:28:30 PM (No. 9007231)
#19, doesn´t make her smart remember the female astronaut that went cross country wearing diapers to harass some other woman who she thought was a threat?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
bighambone, 11/11/2012 12:36:09 PM (No. 9007241)
Broadwell has a connection to a war college in London so maybe she is a 007 clone?
If a person will cheat once, he or she will cheat twice, cheaters know that, and is the reason for the suspicious e-mail traffic from one of the women to the other. Whatever happened to the West Point honor code and the tenets of Duty, Honor, Country?
If the FBI really became involved in this in an investigative capacity, it was in a counter-intelligence mode and the real truth will never come out.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
navyjag907, 11/11/2012 12:36:29 PM (No. 9007243)
If Broadwell had broken off the affair, why would she be upset about another of Petraeus´ girlfriends to the point of threatening her?//Thousands of emails when he´s got something going with someone else? I doubt it.//Petraeus has been a general for a long time and I suspect many women have made themselves available to him. Growing up as an Army brat and serving for 27 years in uniform, I´ve rarely seen an officer´s wife who has let her appearance go like Mrs. Petraeus. Further, for the past decade I suyspect he´s been gone for 90% of the time. I doubt this is the first affair.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Poliskeptic, 11/11/2012 12:56:31 PM (No. 9007290)
I know this is about politics instead of sex, but I just don´t understand Petraeus supporting the Democrats & Obama by his delayed resignation. How can he forget "General Betrayus"? The Obama administration must have more than affair(s) to make him toe the line and come out after the election.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 11/11/2012 1:58:41 PM (No. 9007379)
Whatever the personal facts are regarding Petraeus and Broadwell, I know that sex is just the distraction we are offered. So, to use an Old West movie metaphor, I am going to ignore the fire at the horse stable to watch and see if the bank is robbed by the Obama gang.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Cor-vet, 11/11/2012 2:18:21 PM (No. 9007406)
It´s only sex!
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
bighambone, 11/11/2012 9:00:10 PM (No. 9008040)
One thing is for sure, when you have two girlfriends on the side, and one of them finds out about the other one, you are moving into a sticky wicket situation. A guy with Petraeus´s go-power should have known that.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
daisey, 11/11/2012 9:14:06 PM (No. 9008063)
Not quite understanding the neccesity of mentioning Mrs. Petraeus´ appearance. Good thing my husband didn´t feel so inclined after my mastectomy and other physical changes after breast cancer #29. General Petraeus has been set up and it´s all related to Benghazi and not his wife´s pants size.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
so_free_me, 11/11/2012 9:30:44 PM (No. 9008078)
I have a dream. My dream is that the good General decides to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about Libya, about Mrs Broadwell, about the Obama WH, about everything that isn´t truly classified. Imagine if he decided to be honorable and forthright. Truth is what I pray for every day.
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