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FBI Conducts ‘Consensual’ Search at Home of Petraeus’ Alleged Mistress Paula Broadwell

FBI Conducts Consensual Search at Home of Petraeus Alleged Mistress Paula Broadwell

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UPDATE: Despite being initially described as a raid by multiple sources, the FBI is now saying that the search of Paula Broadwell’s home is “consensual” and part of concluding its probe into the alleged mistress of former CIA director David Petraeus, according to CNBC and NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and Pete Williams.

A spokeswoman for the FBI has confirmed agents went to Broadwell’s home in Charlotte on Monday night. However, FBI spokeswoman Shelley Lynch declined to say what the agents were doing there.

FBI agents appeared at Broadwell’s home carrying the kinds of cardboard boxes often used for evidence gathering during a search. They walked through the open garage of Broadwell’s house and knocked at a side door before entering the home. One person was taking photographs of the house and its garage as members of the news media watched.

Petraeus resigned his CIA post last week after acknowledging an extramarital affair.

(Related: Bizarre Twist: Key FBI Agent on Case Actually Sent β€˜Shirtless Photos’ to Petraeus Friend)

FBI Conducts Consensual Search at Home of Petraeus Alleged Mistress Paula Broadwell

FBI agents search Paula Broadwell’s home in North Carolina (WCNC-TV)

FBI Conducts Consensual Search at Home of Petraeus Alleged Mistress Paula Broadwell

(WCNC-TV)

WCNC reporter Dianne Gallagher also addressed the FBI’s assertion that the search is “consensual” and not a “raid” after she initially described it as such.

“…technically not a raid bc FBI was given consent by attorney. Semantics, but still,” she tweeted.

As of 11:30 p.m. EST, “just under a dozen” FBI agents were still in the house, a single room lit up.

FBI Conducts Consensual Search at Home of Petraeus Alleged Mistress Paula Broadwell

(Twitter)

WCNC-TV has the latest details on this story:

Roughly 10 FBI agents wrapped up their search at around 1 a.m. EST. The agents removed two computers and 5-7 boxes of evidence following the nearly five hour search, Gallagher later reported.

In addition to the latest details on the property search, WCNC-TV also aired a portion of an exclusive interview with Broadwell earlier this year.

“Truly some of the tenants of General Petraeus’ counter-insurgency strategy applied to home or work or corporations. Be the first with truth, live our valuesβ€”and I try to show that in the book,” Broadwell said in the interview.

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See TheBlaze’s initial story below.

FBI agents on Monday night raided the home of Paula Broadwell, the alleged mistress of former CIA director David Petraeus, WCNC reporter Dianne Gallagher reported via her official Twitter account.

Gallagher said “two men with briefcases just showed up to the Broadwell home… ran inside.” The reporter also said later “dozens of people” showed up to the North Carolina home, carrying bags and boxes inside, possibly to gather evidence.

The FBI confirmed to WBTV in Charlotte that the agents inside Broadwell’s home were with the agency. However, FBI officials would not reveal what they were looking for.

“FBI agents have been inside Paula Broadwell’s Dilworth home for about an hour now. About a dozen there, with bags/boxes, taking pics,” Gallagher posted on Twitter.

She estimated the first two agents arriving at 8:40 p.m. EST. And as of 10:40 p.m. EST, the agents, which had since multiplied, were reportedly still inside presumably collecting evidence of some sort.

Meanwhile, the media “gaggle” continued to grow outside the Broadwell home Monday night:

FBI Conducts Consensual Search at Home of Petraeus Alleged Mistress Paula Broadwell

(Twitter)

Petraeus resigned from his position as CIA director on Friday.

The FBI discovered the affair after Broadwell reportedly sent harassing emails to a female family friend of Petraeus.

FBI agents contacted Petraeus, and he was told that sensitive, possibly classified documents related to Afghanistan were found on her computer. He assured investigators they did not come from him, and he mused to his associates that they were probably given to her on her reporting trips to Afghanistan by commanders she visited in the field there. The FBI concluded there was no security breach.

This is a breaking story and updates will be added.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Comments (150)

  • TerryJ70
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:24pm

    The smear continues. . . .

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    • stage9
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:04pm

      Bengahzi….nothing.

      Petraeus affair….the greatest scandal since Watergate.

      The MSM are absolutely useless!

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      stage9  
    • Eastinfection
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:12pm

      Wow…..
      Petraeus/ Benghazi, States seceding, homicidal spouses, alleged election fraud, etc. …..
      Last couple days of news has been surreal…

      ….Kind of missing the normal things like ILIKEPEOPLE and his “Lake of Fire”….

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    • Female
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:15pm

      So, they had to do this at what 8:40pm until ???? Sounds a bit harrassing, intimidating, and what about the children…was any consideration given to them. Why would they have aloud so much time or a public exposure on a Saturday to distance us from the election (watch the scandel of a general under the O bus…perhaps he can find comfort from spiritual dad, Wright?)

      Oh, there is a lot more to this story.

      D-i-s-t-r-a-c-t-i-o-n Go team, O!

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      Female  
    • hereandnow
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:17pm

      We’re talking about the FBI here, remember… Ruby Ridge, Waco, Elian Gonzalez. I just hope that we don’t find another Vince Foster situation. When will “We the People” (America’s citizens) finally wake up and realize that their country is missing?

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    • resme
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:21pm

      @everyone, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ih44m6Zrsws

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:27pm

      Hi East,

      I wonder why no one is asking if the husband plans on divorcing her and kicking her out of the house?

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      The-Monk  
    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:28pm

      @ female – other stories indicated the the family is at an undisclosed location. Nobody is home.

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    • barber2
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:30pm

      The Democrat Character Assassination Squad has been practicing for years ! Palin. Bush. McCain. Cain. West. Bachman. Romney. Ryan. Fox News. Murdoch. Limbaugh. Beck. The list goes on and on. Smear and Blame : that is the Far Left Democrats’ winning game. Disgusting but with a shallow, angry base, it seems to work. Hopefully, what goes around, comes around. For the Obama people, hope it comes around soon enough to save America.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:32pm

      Hi Resme,

      I saw that earlier. Thanks for posting it.

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      The-Monk  
    • Ditto Head
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:33pm

      Hopefully the movie will not be produced by Oliver Stone.

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    • Eastinfection
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:37pm

      Hey Monk…

      Maybe because we all know the wife always gets to keep the house.. lol…

      At least mine did anyway…. PS.. watch RESME’s video.. informative.

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      Eastinfection  
    • TSUNAMI_22
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:37pm

      @ hereandnow

      When will β€œWe the People” (America’s citizens) finally wake up and realize that their country is missing?
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Most of us will wake-up about 2 seconds after they say “ready”, “aim”……..

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:40pm

      Hi East,
      “Petraeus/ Benghazi, States seceding, homicidal spouses, alleged election fraud, etc….”

      Like the trolls are telling us…… 4 more years. : (

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      The-Monk  
    • Eastinfection
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:40pm

      oops Monk… just saw you’re reply to Resme…

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      Eastinfection  
    • Eastinfection
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:51pm

      Not so sure anymore Monk….

      If this house of cards keeps falling, we may have a few years of an incoherent Biden to look forward to… & hell, i’d take it at this point….

      Report this comment

      Eastinfection  
    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:58pm

      Hi East,

      I still think VJ is running the show….

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      The-Monk  
    • v15
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:46am

      Those two agencies are always competing.
      Paula Broadwell, the KRISS model, is the target.
      The FBI is just wasting their time.
      Broadwell only puts out to the CIA.

      I HATE THE PATRIOT ACT!! Any government authority can write up a search warrant w/o approval by a judge or w/o reasonable cause. The Patriot Act violates the 4th Amendment. Look it up. It’s unconstitutional.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:53am

      Who cares about this cr@p ?

      This affair does not affect my life.

      Am I supposed to be shocked that some officials have no morals?

      Give me a break !!!

      Corruption and dysfunction runs rampant in Washington.

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      ProbIemSoIver  
    • OasisFounder
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:03am

      OH Please!

      What a farce.. This IS because of Bengahzi – and the step down (and the affair scandal) is just a feeble attempt to draw the attention away from the truth. He stepped down so that he could plead the 5th as a civilian rather than the CIA which would force his testimony in Supreme Court. Obama knows his deck of cards, but this – is just icing on the cake. Not odd, not ironic – the head of the CIA can keep national security curbed, but not that he got his dick sucked by another woman? So unreal the lengths the government, and the media will try to divert the attention of the real problem to something idiotic like this.

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    • NeilChapin
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:35am

      Hey Glen, how many stories are you going to do on this scandal? I thought you said you were tuning the Blaze into a serious news site. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/

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    • abbey
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:10am

      Smear? Of whom? Who is being smeared?

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    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:25am

      Sot hey keep the attention on this and not on the fact They let four Americans die without sending aid. The sad part is, a majority of Americans are more interested in the sex scandal. What a pathetic country this has become.

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      WarMunger_Al  
    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 10:38pm

      .
      Your FBI spent more time in N. Carolina than in Benghazi.
      They didn’t want to find anything in Benghazi.

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  • blazingaway
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:24pm

    DEFLECT … DEFLECT …DEFLECT the story away from BO and his Administration and onto the victims who can be blame… BO’s blame machine is fast at work .. under the bus we all must go

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  • yiska8
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:24pm

    Can anyone imagine Monica Lewinsky’s house being raided? Not even Clinton was this psychopathic. The FBI looks like a bunch of keystone cops running around because their boss wants to look like he doing something. What could this homewrecker possibly know?
    Barry called Eric.
    Eric called Panetta.
    Panetta called Hillary.
    And panic has set in again.
    Lie.Cover.Destroy.Deny.
    The General is screwed.
    And here’s the NDAA at work.
    Amerika. Amerika.
    Thanks a lot you liberal trash.

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    • RLTW
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:40pm

      The FBI is now complacent and fully acting in support of a tyrant, the top law enforcement arm now has a progressive arm up there bum making them do tricks.

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  • nopcspokenhere
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:24pm

    As soon as I heard about an affair, I knew they knew from the beginning. They cozied up to the General and hey, be CIA Director. Compromised from the start and the regime knew it all the way to the top. Why didn’t Cantor come out BEFORE the election and say he was approached by a whistleblower? This ‘affair’ is a smoke-screen.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:31pm

      Cantor is a Jewish neocon.

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    • snowshooze
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:51pm

      He could not do so.
      National Security concerns go through channels.
      He most likely was working on it, but it had to be on the sly, so far as the Public is concerned.
      He may have gone to a number of possible places with it. FBI, DOJ, Senate Committee… but whoever he went to would have to be cleared as tippy top secret.
      Were I him, I certainly wouldn’t have gone to blabbermouth Barry.

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    • kay2861
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:09pm

      In Cantor’s defense, there were probably national security concerns that he was worried about.

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    • barber2
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:18pm

      JERK : you lost me at ” neocon.” You sound just like all of the jerks who wrote the same BS back in the Bush years. Is a neocon a capitalist ? that was back in the ” let’s have a revolution ” days …even before the apropos Obama years !

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    • Jarhead 88
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:43am

      The Jerk is a Jew-hater and nothing more, everything ends with hate toward Jews with this POS.

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  • Armyduderetired
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:23pm

    It’s soon time to decide if we let this Obamanatin stand or we fight with the second amendment as our right. The FBI is not even constitutional. The truth will set us free. I love the smell of salt Peter in the air.

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  • Zcat
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:22pm

    The video of her speaking in some institution of classified information, plus computer with classified information is going to be the demise for this power hungry slut. Shame on her for whats she done to her two little boys, not to mention her husband, This womans priority was getting a powerful man and position, not pun intended. Sje seen to let everyone know in taht speech her position and special perks she was privy to. I like to ask Petraius was it worth it, what a fool.

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    • Hammertime23
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:32pm

      Hey, have you seen his wife..? You better believe that little f**ker thinks it was worth it. He just had the best piece of ass to him and he is probably never going to be able to get again. Nobody is going to want be with a has been.

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    • madam_x
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:57pm

      @Hammertime…wow. Someday that beautiful 16 year old daughter of yours will be somebody’s “has been”. I wonder if you will have such a cavalier attitude then.

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    • Raymond59
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:10pm

      @Hammertime23, You now? You’re a real piece of work. (being sarcastic) I’m sure that if it was your daughter, you wouldn’t be saying the things that you’re saying. You’re a disgrace!

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  • blazingaway
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:22pm

    If the Republican House does not find the means to crucify Obama and his dominions the end is at hand. BO and his hateful, spiteful, vile, evil puppets will act like Chucky and the long knifes will come out. Now we see the wages of sin, of deceit, of arrogance of self-grandeous behavior for pleasure. Who’s your daddy now Paula

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  • Cosmos102
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:21pm

    They’ll lock her up in the cell next to the You Tube cartoonist.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:20pm

    Obama is trying to make it look like Petraeous was giving this broad secret information so he can ruin his reputation. He knows Petraeous will testify on Benghazi and obama wants to ruin his reputation. Obama is trash. Obama is a criminal and a traitor.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:42pm

      More than that – if he has links, even contrived ones, to any member or aspect of the military, then he will be able to order the military purged from top to bottom and his own loyalists put in charge at all levels where it matters most.

      I imagine this ‘mistress’ will be ‘discovered’ to have links direct or indirect to a ‘foreign intel service.’ And thus the threats of criminal prosecution mentioned earlier by ABCNews will be made reality and Petraeus will be charged with treason or otherwise and meet an ‘accident’ along the way or be sedated for years in a psych hospital (remember the marine it happened to) until Benghazi is history and forgotten.

      Obama will ensure this is exploited to his gain for all he can; and expect Reid or a Democrat to propose already prepared legislation by the end of the year to “strengthen the Patriot Act” or some other power grab scheme by the Feds.

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    • donkeykong
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:10pm

      It’s all linked together IMHO. Petraeus knew things and
      was due to testify on Benghazi soon. I’m a little shocked
      they didn’t find him mysteriously dead due to suicide…..
      then again, the testimony is still a few days away.
      In a conspiracy, all loose ends are tied off.

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    • Eastinfection
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:27pm

      He WAS giving this broad secret info… and she shared some of it in a recent speech:

      http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/did-petraeus-mistress-reveal-secret-cia-prison/

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    • RLTW
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:55pm

      Most officers that attain the rank of GO are dirt bags who have easily forgotten the ranks and foundation they came from, the ones that aren’t have been ostracized.

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  • CTLO
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:19pm

    No slam on the FBI, at least the one I remember, but don’t these guys show up a little late of late?

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  • MDECKER
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:16pm

    Wait a minute, Barbara Walters is very upset that Lindsey Lohan decided against being interviewed by Walters but, theres nothing “fishy” about the Petraeus scandal. I think the FBI should investigate Lohan.

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    • justangry
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:24pm

      Oh I’m sure those perverts are. Kind like the ones spanking it to Anna Chapman before they busted her.

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  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:16pm

    This has obviously gone beyond a run-of-the-mill love affair. Previous news stories said she was in possession of classified information. Perhaps that it what the raid is all about.

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  • vtxphantom
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:16pm

    Raid the offices of the president instead. That is where the real story is. This is all optics. It’s a diversion. Obama failed to act in Benghazi. This is an impeachable offense. Go after Barry you dimwits.

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  • Triple7
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:15pm

    Really? Anybody really surprised? Is this a war on women?

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  • zetuff
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:12pm

    obama ..will use the new ndaa bill..against her.. oh.. and maybe kill her or the general ,,, soon youll see,, or even go as far to have drone.. attack them.

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  • thekriplins13
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:12pm

    O.k. she had her last interview 4 days before the election with F.B.I. what do they really think would be there today ???

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  • FREEDOM_IS_NOT_FREE
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:11pm

    B O administration is on a seek and destroy mission. V Jarrett warned there would be HE LL to pay by those who did not support B O.

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  • HappyHarriet
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:09pm

    I dunno – I feel like I’m watching a movie – a really BAD movie, to be honest.

    I wish people were paying attention to Benghazi, to the crushing regulations coming on line, to the millions of acres of Colorado land Bathhouse Obama seized in Colorado two days after Colorado voted for him, the 1000+ executive orders he signs without any approval. He is such an incredibly dangerous man.

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    • sparkyrules
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:27pm

      “He is such an incredibly dangerous man.”

      So is an welled armed populace.

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    • RustyElbows
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:33pm

      Happy – You are right on the mark with your post!!

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    • HappyHarriet
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:52pm

      Sparky – yes, thank you, you are RIGHT and we must be forever diligent. No wimps needed! :)

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    • montanalablover
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 11:30pm

      Ditto for me except I feel like I’ve been watching the bad movie for the last 4 years, it’s called a ******* nightmare. HORROR ON PENNSYLVANIA AVE. B.H.O. is an incredibly dangerous man, if you can call him that, more like an insignificant creature. I am so sad since last Tuesday, wake up first thing in the morning and the reelection of this creep is the first thing on my mind. My days are consumed with worrying about what will happen next. We officially already had someone here in Montana put a gun to their head and blew out their brains they were so despondent over the results of last Tueday. Yikes, althought I”m sure there were other things going on with this dude. But never the less, I ‘m counting down the days until he’s gone but by then the country will be too far gone. Check out Survivalblog.com

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  • sparkyrules
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:09pm

    FBI?

    CNN) — Three days after he was killed, CNN found a journal belonging to late U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens. The journal was found on the floor of the largely unsecured consulate compound where he was fatally wounded.

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/22/world/africa/libya-ambassador-journal/index.html

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  • FREEDOM_IS_NOT_FREE
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:08pm

    Valerie Jarrett said that there would be h ell to pay by those that did not support the administration. They are on a seek and destroy mission.

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  • MonkeyBeagle
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:01pm

    Sad to see the FBI, being used as a thug blunt force. I hope the FBI can recover some respect after what Obama has done to the agency.

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  • LoveBringsTruth
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 9:57pm

    they need to find any evidence that can incriminate Obama. Of course they raided this womens house.

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  • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 9:55pm

    Wow, don’t know what to think, just wow.

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  • STawbush
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 9:53pm

    Anyone remember how long it took the FBI to get to Benghazi?

    This is disgusting.

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    • concernedconservative19
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:03pm

      No kidding.. you got that right!

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    • TooManycats
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:09pm

      This is disgusting. Are they trying to make it look like she actually is some kind of threat to support the convenient story that they didn’t finish investigating the affair until election night? I’m sure they’ll find “something”, however I doubt it was there before they were. This is just pathetic and disgusting. The more lies a person tells to cover up the truth, the more people get hurt. It’s bad enough that four of our finest are dead, now this bs? How dumb do they think we are?

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:15pm

      TOOMANY: We tipped our hand on the dumb thing last Tuesday. So yeah, I’d we’ve proven ourselves pretty dumb.

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    • Jarhead 88
      Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:58am

      22 hours is how long it took the military to get there, 7 hours these heroes fought and died with no help whatsoever, disgusting and treasonous. The military fought 18 hours in Mogadishu to recover our heroes, yet they let these guys die and nothing? BS!!! Obama is a TRAITOR.

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  • revelation2012
    Posted on November 12, 2012 at 9:46pm

    her word again the FBI – the hearing is this week,,,,,,

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