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Here’s What We Know About General Petraeus’ Reported Mistress

Nov. 10, 2012 5:08pm Erica Ritz

Heres What We Know About Reported David Petraeus Mistress Paula Broadwell

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(TheBlaze/AP) — Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of 2006, when she was a graduate student at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

He was a lieutenant general working on a counterinsurgency manual that would be tested during his command in Iraq. The university had invited him to give a speech.

Broadwell was in the Army Reserve after being recalled three times to active duty since the Sept. 11 attacks to work on counterterrorism issues and intended to return to active duty or get into the policy world, according to the preface of the Petraeus biography she would later write with a Washington Post editor.

In this Jan. 15, 2012 photo, Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography “All In,” poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo: AP)

Petraeus, who held much-praised military commands in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday after admitting he had an extramarital affair, a disclosure that ended the retired four-star general’s civilian career as director of the CIA.

He carried on the affair with Broadwell, now 40, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss publicly the investigation that led to the resignation. The FBI discovered the relationship by monitoring Petraeus’ emails, after investigators were alerted that Broadwell may have had access to his personal email account, two of the officials said.

Broadwell wrote in the preface to “All In: The Education of General David Petraeus,” published by Penguin in January, that while at Harvard Petraeus passed along his card and offered to help her academic work on leadership.

(Photo: paulabroadwell.com via The Daily Mail)

“I later discovered that he was famous for this type of mentoring and networking, especially with aspiring soldier-scholars,” Broadwell wrote, adding that she “took full advantage of his open-door policy to seek insight and share perspectives.”

Broadwell is a research associate at Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, according to her biography on Penguin’s website. According to the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, she grew up in North Dakota and moved to Charlotte more than three years ago with her husband, a radiologist, and their two young sons.

The book began as research for her dissertation, a case study of Petraeus’ leadership. It evolved into an authorized biography written with Washington Post editor Vernon Loeb after President Barack Obama put Petraeus in charge of Afghanistan in 2010.

In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus, standing with his wife Holly, participates in an armed forces farewell tribute and retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va. (Photo: AP)

Two years earlier, she wrote in the book’s preface, while visiting Washington he had invited her to join him and his team for a run along the Potomac River.

“I’d earned varsity letters in cross-country and indoor and outdoor track and finished at the top of my class for athletics at West Point; I wanted to see if he could keep stride during an interview. Instead it became a test for me,” she wrote. He eventually increased the pace “until the talk turned to heavy breathing, and we reached a 6-minute-per-mile pace. It was a signature Petraeus move. I think I passed the test, but I didn’t bother to transcribe the interview.”

In the Army Reserve, she specialized in military intelligence, spending time at the U.S. Special Operations Command and the FBI Counterterrorism Task Forces before pursuing an academic career, according to her Penguin bio. She “lived, worked, or traveled in more than 60 countries during more than 15 years of military service and work in geopolitical analysis and counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations,” her bio states.

(Photo: paulabroadwell.com via The Daily Mail)

Broadwell made multiple trips to Afghanistan, with unprecedented access to Petraeus, and also spent time with his commanders across the country.

When Petraeus left the military and took the job at the CIA, Broadwell kept in contact with him and sometimes was invited to his office for events such as his meeting with actress Angelina Jolie.

“History has yet to fully judge Petraeus’ service in Iraq and Afghanistan, his impact on the U.S. military and his rank among America’s wartime leaders,” Broadwell wrote in the preface. “But there is no denying that he achieved a great deal during his 37-year Army career, not the least of which was regaining the strategic initiative in both wars” after Sept. 11, 2001.

(Photo: paulabroadwell.com via The Daily Mail(

“His critics fault him for ambition and self-promotion. I will note in the pages that follow that he is driven and goal-oriented, but his energy, optimism and will to win stand out more for me than the qualities seized on by his critics.”

With the book done, Broadwell told friends she was returning to her dissertation, using part of her research on Petraeus to complete her doctorate.

The Daily Mail notes that Broadwell had what they describe to be an incredibly “awkward” interview with Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart in January, where he questioned her about how she gained such unprecedented access to the general.

While most biographies are written with a tinge of controversy, he added, the message from “All In,” seems to be “is [Petraeus] awesome, or incredibly awesome?”

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DZ-015
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:39pm
Broadwell wrote (of Petraeus) that she “took full advantage of his open-door policy to seek insight and share perspectives.” It’s more like she took advantage of his open-fly policy to seek insertion and share perspiration.

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- Sharlene
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:43pm
  I love your very clever comment. I sent it to all my female family and friends.
  
  NO MEN ALLOWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 9:21pm
  @ DZ
  
  That was very funny.
  
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- KoolAidDrinker
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 10:39am
  Maybe Petraeus should have hired Hillary to handle the bimbo eruptions.
  
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- GenEarly
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:02pm
  She is possibly an agent provocateur recruited to get this done as blackmail to control the DCIA by Obam and his fellow travelers. Petraeus demonstrating a shred of decency and patriotism blew it out of the water by going public.
  The tenacles of tyranny run deep and are far more advanced/extensive than most realize.
  
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- poordevil
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 1:16pm
  —-And the plot thickens !! Really !! A Kennedy’s Harvard School of Government grad ??? Isn’t that a liberal school ?? A perfect place for a plant to have graduated from and be recruited by the libs to set up an extortion scenario !! ——Just putting some food for thought out !! Nothing is beyond the liberals low morals !! When they have reached the bottom, a new shovel is broke out and they manage to go a bit lower !!
  
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- jaylew
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 1:58pm
  The bottom line is that he failed to keep his zipper up. It is a personal affront to those of us in the male gender pool…. that for some reason all it takes is some woman’s cleavage, a little wink and a nod, or some other CFM sign by her and then all of a sudden some sort of raging testosterone river suddenly appears. If you don’t know what CFM alludes to…the middle word rhymes with truck. I think women are beautiful creatures to be sure…although Hillary Clinton and Madelaine Albright are exceptions…..but seriously people….any person of any gender in a position of access to and in possession of secret information…..that can’t keep their zippers and or bras on….is NOT a hero in any way….they have allowed their decision making process to be destroyed by something as ordinary and run of the mill and fleeting as an orgasm. It is not only a diminution of the value of intimacy between two people…..it is actually sadly pathetic. And now look at him…..was it worth it Petraeus? For those of you who prefer to treat this as a “private matter”…..indeed it is….this man was leading privates and sergeants in battle in deadly places. Those are the privates that matter…not that little worm in between his legs. He and all the other foolish men before him who for some reason could not keep their zippers up….are all part of the same subset group of men called cheating pigs. Lying cheating pigs…no matter who you are…a cheater is a cheater. Period.
  
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- uk39
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 2:36pm
  Death before dishonour!! Betrayus??!!
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 4:39pm
  David betrayed-us and his mistress should be treated as enemies of the US military.
  
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- JONVIL
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 4:42pm
  Thanks for the opening to insert this: A penetrating observation
  
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- corinthian
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 4:49pm
  What a tangled web we weave…………I am sick of men in high places with inflated egotesticles. What a character flaw on both their parts…….weak…….no self control…….hardly anyone I would look up to or want youth to admire……both low and common by their bad behavior!
  
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- CS Lewis FAN
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:47pm
  King David covered up an affair and pregnancy with a murder. Petraeus stopped at the affair. He deserves some respect for that, and even should be allowed to repent. Kennedy broke his marriage vows, and had nothing against staying in office. Neither did Clinton. Obama may or may not be cheating on his wife, but he is letting our people die, and is screwing us as a nation. I say we keep Petraeus, and have Obama resign.
  
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- ConservaTEA
  Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:15pm
  Kinda changes the meaning of the title if the book huh?? “ALL IN. . .!!” (that’s 50 shades of Oh my. . .)
  
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RayOne
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:39pm
It doesn’t look like a schoolgirl crush, it looks like an adoring fan. She must be waiting on a call from ‘the View’, so she can cry and be forgiven. This tawdry drama in not very new, and at least there are no children involved, I hope.

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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:13pm
  If she’s still in the Reserves or Guard – her career is ruined too.
  
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- Stiggs
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:18pm
  “moved to Charlotte more than three years ago with her husband, a radiologist, and their two young sons.”
  
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- poordevil
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 1:21pm
  —-A grad of Kennedy’s Harvard School of Government !!! A liberal school grad just waiting to be inserted in the right place for a bit of extortion !!
  
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- ADNIL
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 4:33pm
  Mature women with families (husbands and children) should know better. She is too old to be some star-struck ….school girl. She found a self-serving opportunity and took it. Who is to say this was not a preplanned midlife career switch? After all, there is a book to promote now. Famililies and children? Just collateral damage.
  
  “BUY THE BOOK!”
  As for Petraeus…..God gave him two heads but only enough blood to use them one at a time. He now has the humiliation he deserves. Not to mention deep do-do. I feel bad for his wife.
  
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Metallicat
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:36pm
Didnt the Obama administration get rid of another unfavorable general by giving Rolling Stone magazine unlimited access to that general? This operative seems to have been well placed and willing to do anything to accomplish her mission.

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- kalli
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:14pm
  Yes, McChrystal was relieved of duty.
  
  Military might removed from duty since January 2009 inauguration:
  General Stanley McChrystal
  Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette
  General Carter Ham
  General David Petraeus
  
  By my list, I am only pointing out that we were told by bho 4 years ago that he would change the military to be bigger and stronger…can’t remember exact words…but he seems to be downgrading our military might. Perhaps to bring in the UN as enforcers?
  
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:29pm
Lets hope she took advantage of the free contraception. Her kids must be SO proud of her…..um yah their lives will forever suck……Thanks mom! You’re a great roll model. I hope I can grow up to be just like you.

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- RayOne
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:41pm
  Her children are at an age to hear all of the stories now, they can even see it as a movie of the week.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Those poor kids. They will have to hear their peers call her mother a whhore all day long for as long as they are in school. I hope the blitch finds someone to homeschool them. The boy is probably going to hate her or resent her deeply. How sad.
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:31pm
  If she’s military, you’re paying for her contraception and the contraception of other women in the military.
  
  Doesn’t that just make you happy that the govt wisely abuses your tax dollar?
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 8:26pm
  RayOne
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:41pm
  Her children are at an age to hear all of the stories now, they can even see it as a movie of the week.
  
  You sure you didn’t mean Movie of the WEAK???
  
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- JONVIL
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 4:48pm
  With the morals of today’s generation: Something to brag about
  
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alaz0405
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:22pm
Since we live in a country where all the military service is done by 1/2 of 1% of the population, generals get seen as either satan or Jesus. He’s neither. He’s an okay general who did an okay job in Iraq. I was there before the surge. We all knew we needed more troops there; he got that done. Then, he furthered his career by getting into bed with Obama and Hillary. Generals are political.

This just isn’t that big a dea. Yaawwwn…

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- moreoilplease
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 3:01am
  Absolutely, ounce you make it into the higher ranks you’re pretty much a politician.
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 9:55am
  Worse to make it into those higher ranks, you have to be a lying cheating crook, willing to throw others under the bus to advance yourself 99.99999% of the time.
  
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- Mitchina
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 11:43am
  This is as old as the human race – also agree – no real story here and I do NOT believe this is the reason he resigned… not at all. The strategic timing is too suspect to be over something this mundane.
  
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- whampton49
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 1:21pm
  I think I agree. I am more interested in what “U.S. officials” released this news anonymously. How creepy! He sure as heck couldn’t stay in the CIA knowing his subordinates were out to get him…and maybe his President too.
  
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AJAYW
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:19pm
Think her kids are proud of her?

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hatchetjob
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:18pm
We also know that she sleeps around.

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- midwesthippie
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:39pm
  …broadwell is hot sexy MUCH younger than mrs p. …whoo could have seen this coming….actually, who the hell put this woman in position to bring down the head of the CIA…
  
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Akira88
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:17pm
Adultery is and has been all too common in the military. It became worse with the dissolution of the Women’s Army Corps (1974 ((I was there))) and full integration into Regular Army. It is a court martial offense – fraternization; it makes it especially offensive with the involvement of an extremely high ranking officer, i.e. Petraeus.

The social experiment using women in the military crafted by Dems has failed. It’s time to look at the tax payer dollar amount this failed experiment has cost. The Pat Schroeders along with DACOWITS, (Defense Advisory Committee On Women In The Service) sought to place women in combat in order to get more women in high ranking positions. It’s time to look at the fallout, cut losses, and place soldiers according to mission needs. It’s not sexist. It’s practical.

Biology between men and women has been virtually ignored for 30 or more years now by womens’ groups who are proving to have no respect for women. There are pregnancies, abortions, birth control, rape, harassment et al.

To revisit this issue in the face of economic devastation facing every American, it’s about time to reevaluate just how we put those who serve in harms way before they ever even reach the battlefield.

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- hatchetjob
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:26pm
  Self control helps.
  
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- MatrixRedPill
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:38pm
  So, now the Liberals are trying the Gays in the military thing. Hmm….
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:46pm
  Hatch -
  
  Self control – I agree. Biology can’t continue to be ignored. This striving for gender neutrality is delusional. Put men together with less women in tight quarters and there are issues.
  
  Granted the woman who wrote the book piqued his interest. She was military, a runner, smart. One could argue that many females would fit that bill. Who made the first move? Was it her? Him? I don’t really care to know the details. What I do know for sure is that had a guy with the same background been doing the research, this wouldn’t have been an issue.
  
  Biology cannot be ignored.
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:47pm
  On the money. I am still amazed at how much time these so called combat leaders seem to have while “fighting” a 10 year old war. I have never seen so many ribbons worn by one man and yet I have more respect for the young infantry platoon leader on his 54th POINTLESS combat patrol than this horribly disappointing General.As usual he had it all and gave it up for lust.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:56pm
  China’s female population is suffering considerable attrition. (Do the Flukeheads know that commies are inherently sexist?). We, in turn, are losing our males. Sounds like a perfect match — that’s if the slimes don’t beat them to it.
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:57pm
  Matrix:
  
  Yeah. That is the problem. The Libs don’t get that the military is for our protection. It is not a giant petri dish. The Libs don’t seem to consider consequences; they are like a bad parent who continually indulges the spoiled child. In this case it would be the womens’ groups. They’re not lookin’ out for womens’ welfare. It’s about power. (See the article?)
  
  They want to cut the military budget — reevaluate all the money that supports non essential personnel.
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:12pm
  Kryptonite:
  
  LOL. DACOWITS and some others who have testified (female pilots etc((no low ranking women one would notice))) use the argument that every country in the entire world uses women in the military. This truth has been inflated only to secure their own argument.
  
  What happened to Petraeus, well, it’s all too common. There’s a bigger issue.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:16pm
  @AKIRA
  What I do know for sure is that had a guy with the same background been doing the research, this wouldn’t have been an issue.
  ——
  Precisely. You do know we have a Traitor-in-Chief, AKIRA? So don’t expect him to reverse liberal policies. On the contrary. He repealed DADT. Our military is doomed with Hussein.
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:24pm
  Hey Kryp -
  
  I know. Sick about the election’s outcome.
  
  DADT – sick to my stomach about that too. How are the combat guys supposed to win the war with all the social engineering going on? It’s like the administration did it intentionally to throw a curve.
  
  It don’t work.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 8:17pm
  @AKIRA
  Speaking of the Chinese military, are you aware of the qualifications for female soldiers?
  They have to pass a Chinese version of Miss America to join the military. Methinks the Chinese are building an army of Broadwell’s over there. I’m sure you watched the parades. D@mn smart tactics.
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 9:22pm
  Kryp:
  
  I don’t think Broadwell is a real beauty, but I’m a female. What do I know?
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 9:59pm
  @AKIRA
  Lol. My bad.
  
  Well, they met about six years ago, so she was a lot younger-looking then. She’s devious and heartless, so I am not surprised she has aged quickly. Give her another five years and she’ll turn into a hag like Hillary. By contrast, conservative women age gracefully, case in point Anne Romney and Michele Bachmann.
  
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- jasgorsky
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 10:43am
  It was meant to fail, just not the way you think…It was created to fail in the way it sucks the masculinity out of men by being forced to be constantly watching their backs, so they don’t offend women, who were given full authority to hold the males balls in their little manicured hands and squeeze…I served, just long enough to realize what the agenda really was…women don’t belong in foxholes and on ships, not because we are too weak, not buy a long shot, we are way too strong….
  
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- blazingaway
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 11:05am
  People are evil and stupid and even those in the military where honor is required they surrender to their desires for lust and putting men and women together and allow **** in the military will only make matters worse and we are now seeing and reaping the consequences of those needless asinine policies that police ass-wipes who are full of crap force upon men and women of honor who fight to defend the freedoms of jackasses …. the end is coming
  
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- lillith70
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 6:21pm
  Add gays in the military, in high places, and the factthat some men absolutely abhor being ogled by same.
  
  Mrs Petraeus should be demeaned for being 60 ish. Shame on everyone who thinks and older woman deserves it when her powerful spouse gets randy with a younger bimbo. No respect. The waist line often does widen.
  
  Harry Truman loved Bess Truman. Someone asked him how he thought Bess looked and he replied with dignity “About as good as a woman her age should look”. Love runs ddper in some than others and so does honor and morals.
  
  But men are subject to available bimbos. Her doctor husband should sue Petraeus or his own wife for unauthorized use of the boob job he purchased.
  
  have you noticed that most women you know personally that wheedle a boob job out of their hubbies, leave them for a new model?
  
  Ethel Merman had it right when she said what a woman needed at each decade of her life. lloks in one, brains in 30′s, personality in 40′s(?) and cold hard cah in her 60′s.
  
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strawberry411a
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:16pm
Quit kidding yourselves: this country is SO broken and corrupt maybe it’s time to start from scratch. Well at least Patreus kept it all in the West Point family. His girlfriend is about his son ‘s age….I hope she was at least commissioned in some form of combat arms so she too can wear the highly sought after “Combat Action Badge” for being 300 miles from any one mortar round lobbed in her general direction. 2012 may very well be the end of this country.

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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:05pm
  It is broken. People during the Revolution must have been scared, but they broke from the tyranny across the pond. Are we at the end of the days of our nation? How one group of people can perpetuate lies, ignore grievous scandal, and prosper? I don’t know. It’s like we’re watching America die a slow death.
  
  I have to believe there are good outstanding people with broken hearts who will make painstaking sacrifices to get her back. We can’t continue to ignore God’s laws and think everything is going to be just great.
  
  I kinda wonder though if the real story is that he can’t comment on the Pres while he wears the uniform. Once he’s a civilian – may loose his pension – he can release all information relating to, not only the Benghazi massacre, but of all this administrations impediments.
  
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- Vietnam Vet
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 10:08pm
  @ strawberry411a,
  What you don’t know about the military wouldn’t have been noticed if you had never put your fingers to a keyboard. Now everyone knows where your ignorance lies.
  
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kryptonite
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:15pm
The more I ponder this, the more I am convinced this woman was hired by Obama. Look at her profile. She is an exceptional woman, and so well-rounded even a young man with a lovely wife would have been tempted, let alone an older man deployed in a rat hole, with a wife at home who looks like his mother (sorry, ladies, just stating the facts).

Her military career is also exceptional. They knew it would require an extraordinary military woman to wow the general, and they found her. Notice that at first she said she just wanted some time for her dissertation (about him – red flag). Then, once she had gained access to him, it became a biography. That appealed to his manly and professional pride even more, and it also gave her much more private time with him.

Frankly, Petraeus did not stand a chance. There is always that one woman out there who turns out to be perfect. The Bible says when you come across her, flee. If you delude yourself into thinking you can spend hours with her and stay clean, you are a fool.

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- arty6164
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:47pm
  I recall that the KGB used the very same tactics when they wanted to compromise someone and blackmail them into giving up state secrets.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:24pm
  @ARTY
  That is correct. It’s an old trick, but it works because human nature doesn’t change.
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:42pm
  Let’s have some pity for his wife. They’ve been married a long, long time.
  
  The “authoress” however, has more than likely been a military “project.” She got ahead because of …. (drum roll, please) ….. you guessed it!!! Afirmative Action! The military – esp the Army, it seems – love love love to take a sharp seemingly interested young woman and promote her. When Congress – and the Armed Services Committee (along w/female factions) see the development of a young female officer they see the acquisition of power for women. This furthers their cause. Just maybe someday there will be a female Gen Petraeus.
  
  Ta da!!!!!! A miniature version of the Great Fall.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 9:12pm
  @AKIRA
  Let’s have some pity for his wife
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  I feel sorry for all the victims, including the cuckolded husband, who will probably have to divorce her to save what’s left of his manly honor. Don’t feel sorry for the Obama whhore. Great bod and brains, no soul.
  
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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 10:41am
  Petraeus didn’t stand a chance. Are you trying to say that the Military is sooooo undisciplined that a 4-star General can’t keep his wanker in his pants????? Seriously, give me a break. Didn’t stand a chance my arse…… Always takes 2 to tango. Ask John Edwards. I feel for the spouses.
  
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- TrailBlazer66
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 1:22pm
  Well stated, Krpt!
  
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MatrixRedPill
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:59pm
I am going to learn from the DEMs, I don’t care if Gen. Petraeus and this lady had an affair. He worked hard for this country; he loves this country and the American people.

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- HUGGINGMYBABIES
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:34pm
  Is that grounds for a dishonorable discharge? At his level at least? You’re not allowed to compromise security and he did. But hey…..like a good Dem, he’ll be put up as a presidential candidate in 2016…..mark my words. How ironic is that? The dude the left vilified when he was under Bush, was forced to praise him when Obama picked him and now must fight for his honor less soul to save face. Best comedy ever!
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:37pm
  Unfortunately, like Candy “Butterball” Crowley told Romney when he reminded her it was his turn to speak, “It doesn’t quite work like that.”
  
  The media will make sure Petraeus is remembered for his affair. No, wait. He will also go down in history as the man who relayed false/inaccurate intel on the ongoing attack in Benghazi, according to the incontestable assertions of Obama, Biden, Clinton, Rice and Carney.
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:48pm
  Please, please, please don’t be like the Dems! Please!
  Unless of course you’re referring to their loyalty. Republicans have proven ad nauseum thier inability to support other Republicans. It’s a boon in a way and a curse in another way.
  
  I still think this is a diversion from something bigger. It is big, and you can certainly feel for the General and his mistress – her kids, his kids, the grandkids … etc. (It really is a mess).
  
  There’s something about the whole scandal, though. Release was detained until after the election.
  We’re finding out there are many things being turned on their heads.
  
  Please – you must have some good sense and character. Don’t be like the Dems
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:51pm
  Kryp:
  
  Re: the false intel. Let’s wait. His boss is the CIF – Obama. Obama knew something.
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:58pm
Something is not right in this story. The FBI time would be better spent on the subversion going on INSIDE THE White House and Administration and Congress. Communists and Islamists….bad for America. Doing this to a General seems like something really rotten was cooked up by the same White House that should be being WATCHED by the FBI.
http://www.thejaghunter.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/obama-is-formally-and-criminally-charged-with-treason-by-the-u-s-military-again/

http://www.beforeitsnews.com/obama-birthplace-controversy/2012/11/5-5-million-republican-voters-are-not-accounted-for-2448668.html

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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:27pm
  Don’t you have that right.
  
  I still think that Petraeus will be showing up to testify.
  
  This may be a diversion from Obama.
  
  Do anything to keep the scrutiny directed elsewhere.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 9:21pm
  @AKIRA
  If you believe that, you still don’t know Obama well. They’ve got stuff on him, maybe pics and videos. Why do you think Obama was so happy to see him go?
  
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vtxphantom
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:50pm
I really don’t care about this story. I do hope Petraeus will speak before congress about Benghazi and what he knew about obama. obama and Benghazi is still the real story here, not some affair.

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- doglady
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:23pm
  Absolutely.
  
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Crazy Times
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:50pm
Ok i want all to think about this…

.. they are the ones who graduate from West Point and Havard and all the rest of the great schools out there and are esteemed and we are all told they are soooo intelligent and make the right decisions… and look at how stupid they all behave.

And they (the folks in Washington) are the smart ones?

“Fools, Bureaucratic Fools” – Indiana Jones… Grrrr

See, I cant even quote from the Hollywood folks anymore without feeling wierd because they are all lefties…

Stop looking for leader and be one yourself.

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:05pm
  BRAVO!! @ CRAZYTIMES ! The only people you can depend upon are yourself and GOD, then some family, a few co-workers and some fellow Church goers… BUT in the end – in this short life known as a school to test our character and faith ability – it comes down to trusting GOD.
  ANY person, however, in the position of life and death leadership (not only in the Service but CIA) needs to be HONORABLE, DECENT, CLEAN and not vulnerable for blackmail etc. THIS MAN is now officially on “HE SUX” and she’s just cheap. WIFE? MOTHER? really??? I don’t care if this SOB RESIGNED… haul his cheatin’ a. into the hearings and make him tell the AMERICAN PEOPLE who paid his friggin’ salary and retirement… WHY he kept saying “The Video; The Video” when he knew it was a dirty lie…and more importantly : WHY DID BETRAYUS sit there and let 4 of our BEST get murdered???? WHAT???!!! WE’RE GOING TO KEEP PAYING HIS RETIREMENT??? SOB.
  
  IN CASE ANYONE CARES: A HUMAN BEING cannot live their lives doing some things right and expect those things to displace the horrible wrongs they do. Actions have consequences. AND for her? Can you even imagine? Unless her husband was a wife-beating alcoholic drug addict (and even then) she has no excuse. SPOILED, SELFISH, ARROGANT people. Don’t you know you never escape??? EVER???
  
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- Thevoice
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:38pm
  Yes and I am so sick of hearing how great, busy and smart these idiots are …Everyone can get mad at me…If we had the SOB actually fighting and winning a “War”..Maybe he wouldn’t have had time to go out jogging and crap…I have been married over thirty years ..Problem when your leading a normal work your ass off life, you don’t have time for having affairs ..So evidently he had too much time on his hands…No wonder were getting our ass handed to us by the enemy of Islam. Typical modern day Jackass…Give me command of our armed forces guaranteed in two months the “problem” is gone for good …Any way what do we pay these idiots a year now…I’ll do it for half…
  
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DadRocked
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:46pm
Operative? Hmmm…

U.S. English: Where there is smoke there is fire
Hungarian: Nem zörög a haraszt, ha nem fúj a szél.” (The dry leaves do not rustle if no wind blows)
Polish: Nie ma dymu bez ognia (There’s no smoke without fire)
Italian: Non c’è fumo senza arrosto, (There is no smoke without a roast (of meat)

No Matter How It Is Said – Something is Wrong Here

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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:43pm
;) ALL IN …. She is either really big or he is really small ….. haha …

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stealthman
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:43pm
Something fishy is here. He is resigning because of adultery? Is this normal in the Army?

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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:19pm
  Yes. It’s especially serious because of his rank. It’s called fraternization.
  
  She’s ruined too.
  
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Metallicat
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:39pm
This womans background in intelligence/counter-intelligence only raises more questions in my mind. I wonder who really got black mailed and who got thrown to the wolves here?

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- MatrixRedPill
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 6:02pm
  She might have tricked him to lower his guard by saying, “Oh, it is just a Dissertation.” Then, later, “Oh, I am really going to publish this to millions of people.”
  
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claymoremacm
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:34pm
I would love to know what Bill Clinton thinks

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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:35pm
  I just wish the Clintons would go away ….
  
  …. far far far away
  
  But first — Hillary needs to come back and testify.
  
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Lib Whisperer
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:31pm
“All In”? Apparently.

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Lib Whisperer
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:29pm
Her husband is humiliated. Thanks lady. You just made me the worlds best-known cuckold. Imagine having to go to work and face other guys with THIS in the air? Jesus Aitch Christ. Suicide watch.

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Bronco II
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:24pm
I only have this to say I don’t know what the truth is and I won’t judge anyone.I will pray for him and his family and leave the rest to GOD that is who knows the turth and is the Judge at the end of the day.I will however thank him for his years of service to our country and wish him well.

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- forthepeople
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:27pm
  It is a shame that we will remember him for this and not his years of service , much like Joe p. at Penn St.
  
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- Luisa48
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 4:30pm
  Well the truth has already been exposed. There’s nothing to judge. It’s done.
  
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forthepeople
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:24pm
Get use to this type of behavior for this in ‘ The Norm ‘ with our progressives / liberals we are slave to .

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- kalli
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:44pm
  It really started with the clinton escapades. Look at clinton now. He should have resigned without incident, but showed himself to be a truly disgusting human being in front of all the world. Yet, the crowds adore him even more now after disgracing the office of the presidency, his wife and family. I don’t care who the scandals are about, but they should do the honorable thing and resign as Petreaus has. But, Petreaus must now do the honorable thing for his country and testify before congress on Benghazi. If he doesn’t, his long service to the country will mean nothing.
  
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Verceofreason
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:21pm
She’s married and has 2 kids.

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honor007
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:18pm
Would not be surprised if she weren’t a covert operative?

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- DeOppressoLiber
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:33pm
  What led to the FBI believing she had access to his emails? Rumor, or was there more evidence? That should be asked. So the General who has handled TS/SCI information for over 30 years was going to let some Shot of Leg have access to the Mother Lode of intelligence.
  
  What does the DCI know? Everything. General you where set up.
  
  Having one intelligence agency working against another does not bode well for this country. Very KGB like.
  
  Should the FBI change their logo to include a Scorpion like the Praetorian Guard?
  
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- staythecourse
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:46pm
  Agree. Like the election numbers with Romney getting fewer votes than McCain…something about this just doesn’t feel right.
  
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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:52pm
  Would not be surprised if the IT department of the CIA pointed the FBI in the direction of the good Director. My take on this “take down” of one of the most powerful men on Earth is that the pros in the intelligence community have had it with our Sewer Rat-in-Chief.
  
  I believe that Petraeus was set up by his own people, to reward his treasonous testimony to Congress about the video being the cause of the attack at Benghazi. Taking down a big man like Petraeus is fair warning to everyone in the chain of command that night to resign or face similar ends.
  
  Obama will find that he comes under serious attack for his Man’s Country flings, association with Chicago mobsters and declaration of Indonesian citizenship on college applications. The pros at CIA are the types who can make those disclosures happen and Barry Soetoro is their prize target.
  
  You don’t abandon two ex-CIA men on a rooftop in the desert and expect to have a long retirement on an exotic beach. Ain’t gonna’ happen for anybody involved in the Benghazi treason.
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 7:54pm
  :”
  “Scorpion like the Praetorian Guard?”
  
  Funny. Who knows what she had access to? She was MI, right? Who knows what kind of access she was given or took. This things just opening up. Someplace in there is maybe something bigger than Nixon & Watergate.
  
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