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Bizarre Twist: Key FBI Agent on Case Actually Sent ‘Shirtless Photos’ to Petraeus Friend
The federal agent who launched the probe that eventually led to David Petraeus’ resignation as director of the CIA was taken off the case indefinitely over the summer after his superiors became concerned that he may be personally involved in the case, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing “officials familiar with the probe.”
The unidentified FBI agent still passed along his concerns to a member of Congress even after he was barred from taking part in the investigation, afraid that the case would be covered up.
(Related: FBI Conducts ‘Consensual’ Search at Home of Petraeus’ Alleged Mistress Paula Broadwell)
And while the FBI was looking into a number of harassing emails from Petraeus’ alleged mistress Paula Broadwell to a family friend of the former four-star general and delving into the head of the CIA’s personal life, the federal agency was also forced to deal with allegations of inappropriate conduct by one of its own agents. The agent in question allegedly sent “shirtless photos” of himself to a woman involved in the case before the investigation began, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Office of Professional Responsibility, the internal-affairs arm of the FBI, is investigating the agent, officials familiar with the case said.
FBI officials declined to identify the agent, so he couldn’t be reached to give his side of the story. The agent is now under investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibility, the internal-affairs arm of the FBI, according to two officials familiar with the matter.
The revelations address how the investigation first began and ultimately led to Mr. Petraeus’s downfall as director of the CIA. The new developments also raise questions about the role played by the FBI and the adequacy of notification to administration and congressional leaders about the scandal.
The FBI agent who started the case was a friend of Jill Kelley, the Tampa woman who received harassing, anonymous emails that led to the probe, according to officials. Ms. Kelley, a volunteer who organizes social events for military personnel in the Tampa area, complained in May about the emails to a friend who is an FBI agent. That agent referred it to a cyber crimes unit, which opened an investigation.
However, supervisors soon became concerned that the initial agent might have grown obsessed with the matter, and prohibited him from any role in the investigation, according to the officials.
One possible explanation is emotional involvement with Kelley. The agent apparently sent shirtless photos to Kelley before the initial email investigation ever began, however, FBI officials didn’t immediately discover them. Once they did, he was ordered to remove himself from the case, even though he never had a formal role in the investigation, according to officials.
More from WSJ.com:
This is when the agent contacted Rep. David Reichert (R-Wash.) because he was reportedly afraid the matter was going to be “swept under the rug,” according to the report. The information was then passed along to “top congressional officials” who ultimately contacted FBI headquarters in Washington.
The FBI agent who contacted Reichert was the same one who first received the allegations from Tampa socialite Jill Kelley that she was receiving threatening emails, a federal law enforcement official said Monday night. FBI agents eventually traced the alleged harassment emails warning Kelley to stay away from Petraeus to Broadwell.
Petraeus has told associates his relationship with Kelley was platonic, though Broadwell apparently saw her as a romantic rival. Kelley served as a sort of social ambassador for U.S. Central Command, hosting parties for the general when Petraeus was commander there from 2008-2010.
As the WSJ points out, the emails allegedly sent by Broadwell via an anonymous account took a minor cyber harassment investigation and turned it into a full blown national security investigation.
One of the emails asked Kelley’s husband if he was aware that his wife had touched “him,” later discovered to be Petraeus, under the table provocatively.

Jill Kelley leaves her home Monday, Nov 12, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus’ paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military’s Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (Credit: AP)
An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the Virginia congressman first heard about CIA Director David Petraeus’ extramarital affair on Saturday, Oct. 27, from an FBI source he didn’t know.
Communications director Rory Cooper told The Associated Press Monday that Cantor notified the FBI’s chief of staff of the conversation, but did not tell anyone else because he did not know whether the information from an unknown source was credible. Petraeus resigned last week as the nation’s top spy because of the affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.
The Cantor spokesman said the Oct. 27 conversation was arranged by Rep. Reichert.
Congress will now investigate why the FBI didn’t notify lawmakers of its investigation.
But by late October, the FBI had concluded there was no national security breach and was only pursuing a criminal investigation of the harassing emails and whether Petraeus had played any role in them, according to two federal law enforcement officials. They demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing controversy on the record.
In response to criticism from members of Congress that they should have been told about the matter earlier, one of the officials pointed out that long-standing Justice Department policy and practice is not to share information from an ongoing criminal investigation with anyone outside the department, including the White House and Congress.
For a matter to fall in the category of notifying the Hill, national security must be involved. Given the absence of a security breach, it was appropriate not to notify Congress or the White House, this law enforcement official said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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garymic1
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:15amHow much longer before this is connected to Kevin Bacon?
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Semper Gumby
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:22amMoment of Zen: Wouldn’t be crazy if this Jill Kelly turned out to be foreign intelligence officer. I thought I heard her family was from Lebanon. Does anybody have the background on her family?
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Semper Gumby
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:29amIt appears she knows everybody including the current US commander in Afganistan.
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1911CK
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:49amPetraeus>Obama>Clooney>Anthony Edwards (ER)>Tom Cruise(TopGun)>Kevin Bacon(Few Good Men)
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:59amYeah this story must have a Spy angle – Going all the way to Communist obama and Comrades.
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ThroughTheLies80
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 9:05amThese 2 pieces of the article bother me! “Ms. Kelley, a volunteer who organizes social events for military personnel in the Tampa area, complained in May about the emails to a friend who is an FBI agent. That agent referred it to a cyber crimes unit, which opened an investigation.” and “The agent in question allegedly sent “shirtless photos” of himself to a woman involved in the case before the investigation began.” This smells of a big setup to me! Seems the FBI agent was involved with Jill Kelly somehow and this is the setup that allowed them to investigate General Petraeus without Congress knowing.
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G-WHIZ
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 11:08amThis “woman” is married!! How come her “hubbie” is still so happy with his wife?? Who(WH) paid her to infiltrate Petraus’ life and when?? Why was Gen-P. put in the top CIA possition when his experteise is regular millitary-ONLY??
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Bluebonnet
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 11:22amFirst Rule of thumb: Never believe anything the administration puts out there. It’s all a distraction.
Something very sinister is going on and it sounds like a few people are being blamed to distract us from the real truth. Let’s demand the REAL truth of what they’re trying to pull over our heads. When you deal with Chicago style thugs, you believe nothing from those involved with the perps.
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armyofnibiru
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:02pmare these two women twin sisters or the same person,I can’t tell.put their pictures together same outfit and hairstyle.and wal-la, a democratic opperative.(commie and demmie are synonomis).just breathe deep and smell the set up.coverup for the obamanation that will be in the open soon.TLSM cannot hide whats coming.hold on to your guns and BIBLES you’ll need them. P.S. is’nt the solar problems coming enough to deal with .if the media covers for him now they ride the sled down the hill to.
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garymic1
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:13amHow many more connections before it’s all linked to Kevin Bacon?
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ToddNorth
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:53amPeople screw over their wives and husbands everyday. Soldiers on the anniversary of 911 getting killed and left behind howeverdoes not. Refuse and resist to let the media turn this into another dumb American sex scandal. They are trying to run out the clock!
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Gonzo
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:13amAbsolutely right, but it’s going to work. The truth can’t prevail with a corrupt media running interference for a corrupt administration. The only way the truth would have ever been revealed is if it had happened under a Republican administration.
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noczars
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:47amShe is obama’s undercover spy. She goes around to every Military Commander, starts pushing herself, Commander falls for it, obama gets dirt on them. Remember, obama is tearing this Country apart from every aspect.
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NancyBee
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 10:12amI’m sick of all this ….America burns while these people party…party…party……….Remember Benghazi!!!
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Walkabout
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 10:28am“Given the absence of a security breach, it was appropriate not to notify Congress or the White House, this law enforcement official said.”
This is absolutely involving national security. If a person with a gambling habit, an affair , an addiction, or financial problems, it is an exploitable weakness by a foreign intelligence agency.
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I guess the most important thing about this is to use it as leverage to make Petraeus roll on the White House. They hate him any way & are throwing him opverbopard. But it is best to keep up the pressure & cut him a deal so as to get to the Whitehouse.
1. What is the time line of the Benghazi incident.
2. Who was behind the attack, how long did they plan it?
3. What did the Administration due about security for the last year?
4. Why did the Regime deny protection to the ambassador?
5.Why did the Regime not send help.
Basically What did they know & when did they know it.
The whole administration/Regime needs to go to prison.
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Vietnam Vet
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:26pm@ WALKABOUT – “This is absolutely involving national security.” Really? Then why did the FBI determine it did not involve National Security. That’s what the decided for Bill Clinton, Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a very strong trust in either the FBI, Homeland Security or the CIA, either.
Maybe you are right – then again Marylin Monroe’s Cuban Pool Boy could have been her contact to Castro?
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Chris.underhill
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:34amThe other funny thing is 99 % of you believe in the lie. No matter how much it’s proven other wise.
The emails are fake the black mail is real
Man u people are thick.
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MaxineH20Sux
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:33amThis entire thing is so stupid and I am so tired of hearing about it!
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CABERNETQHS
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:42amWhat most of us want is the truth and now he is discredited in many minds, so any testimony regarding Benghazi will be questioned. Typical spy novel material but probably on target.
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kadster01
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:39amWeaves a mighty tall tale, no? Hey, has anybody heard that 4 people were murdered in Benghazi and the administration did absolutely nothing to help them?
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starman70
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:46amPetraeus had been mentioned as a possible candidate for president in 2016 by the Republicans. He would have faced Hillary Clinton or possible Obama if he gets the two term law repealed.
Destroy the opponent before the game starts. Demoralize the enemy before they can even mount an offence. The strategy is working.
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kadster01
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 9:20am“Destroy the opponent before the game starts.”
Also, destroy the man who was personally investigating the fiasco in Benghazi and has information that could destroy you.
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Chris.underhill
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:31amHi guys not sure why you are all mad ?? Or suprized we all knew this is how things were going to be.
We. Got what we voted for remember? We wanted to be slaves and we wanted Sheri’s law here.
This is what happens when you crap on freedom. It’s gone that fast. Sorry to break it to ya HAD to end some time. No one cares any more all every one cares about is them self and how it will effect them. Well as you can see now that it’s to late you are getting just what you deserve. Hope you are prepair for the shift it’s coming faster and faster
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Jarhead 88
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:49amYou are an idiot. Sheri’s law? We didn’t want this, moron.
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DonaldH
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:03amChill out Jarhead
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Jarhead 88
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:36amI’m not going to chill, I’m not going to calm down. I will not comply with this treasonous BS.
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DZ-015
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:55amGotta love that Sheri’s law! Will be using it in the future.
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ConcernedONETOO
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 9:25amDoes your computer not include spell check?
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armyofnibiru
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:29pmsheri’s law ;;LOL,,would be funnier if it were ‘sherry law’ drink up.you may have voted with the 47% for this,not me.but your right about the selfish people,many of my friends put their fingers in their ears and jump up and down yelling lalalalalalal.when I try to tell them this stuff.when they stop they yell their all the same as they run down the driveway jump in their cars and drive away.the media will keep it quiet,till the shackles have the rivets pounded out.agenda 21 will consume them. investigate benghazigate before TLSM declares it OLD NEWS.
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FightingBear
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:22amMy God,…are these people in high School? ……sending shirtless photos and threatening someone for taking an interest in someone else?
This is ridiculous and not even close to enough to distract us from the Libia murders.
Enough of Petraus and his high school infatuations….what about Benghazi?
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starman70
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 9:19amBenghazi will be buried by the fully compliant mainstream media. The investigation will receive only 30 second blurbs on TV and one column coverage on page 5 on the papers. Even if it is revealed that Obama directly ordered any help to “Stand down” the media will never let the American people know it.
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Mustanger
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:20amSquirell!
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mikehorve1
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:15amWhy does the media fall for this garbage. It belongs on a soap opera, not the news number 1 story. Especially foxnews, they should know better. Distractions.
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gsp9993
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:13amAh yes, the spoils of war and still in this day an age the flesh is weak and there still are women who are addicted to power.
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idarusskie
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:29amsince we speak English and not Italian its doe not mater what bimbo means in Italian
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123456beatriz
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:06amBimbo is like “stupid woman” came from Bambino baby in italian
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v15
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:21amSomething has been bothering me and maybe y’all can help.
Benghazi.
The 3 Marines that died are definitely heroes.
They did their job but were backstabbed & left to die.
My problem is with Chris Stevens.
Stevens seemed to know he was arming the enemy.
He was gun running to terrorists.
I wish he didn’t die but, considering what he did,
Was Stevens a traitor?
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GETLIFE
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:32amHave thought about that too.
Why didn’t they just throw Stevens under the bus?
That’s probably why they just sat and coldly watched.
Then he was gone, how simple and convenient that would have been.
One explanation is that while the WH is ruthless, they are not as smart as they think they are.
They got the “clever” idea to cover up their Benghazi operations AND advance their UN agenda by clearly and incessantly blaming the violence on an idiotic video–
They are trying to erase this mistake — and the media is helping, of course.
Now they have another “clever” solution to try to lead the lead the public away from the truth.
Viscious smear campaigns to shut people up– and keep everybody busy until they give up on bringing the obvious voter fraud to light– and until the crushing new regulations are in place.
We stood up to them and did not let them get away with the “video” lie.
We can do the same here.
They are ruthless, but not always that clever.
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NeilChapin
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:32amThis downward slide of our culture is full fledged liberalism. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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IMayLookHarmless...
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:08amI’ve always thought They were trying to clean up a mess (whatever was going on with Stevens). The former SEALs “disobeyed” orders and became collateral damage. (So, in Their minds, “too bad for them” because they shouldn’t have been there anyway, if they had obeyed the orders to stand down.) Now, everyone who knows something is either getting the smear treatment or they are conveniently unable to testify…
satan is the father of lies, and he’s certainly behind all this. My mom always says, “satan always overplays his hand.” He’s on track right now. We get in trouble when we believe a lie; it all starts with one and leads to another and another. Seek Wisdom and Truth, and God will show us the way out of this mess.
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19RANDY59
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:45amI’ve read a number of comments, about this scandal. Not one reference to the possibility that there are women using sex to advance their careers, LOL. Of course we all know that could never be
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GETLIFE
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:57amOr there are men offering career advancement to get sex….
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ThoreauHD
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:38amI’m sick of this story. I don’t care if he was having sex with the post man. It has nothing to do with Obama getting Americans killed over, and over, and over again. Enough with the smoke screen garbage.
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jst1425
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:10amYou are correct!
Remember this infamous quote; “…don’t ever let a good crisis go to waste”…can anyone remember who said this?
The take away here is whenever there seems to be a crisis that is U.S. government involved…it is surely to cover for some other eveil deeds they don’t want the people to understand or know about!
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betterpart
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:20amAny entity, group, organization…even country….is only as good as its leadership. Many things under this Obama fella has gone to seed: FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, TSA et al.
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BarbieTie
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:14amTop leaders in the White House, CIA, FBI, Military, can NOT have affairs! It is just WRONG! signed: Bill Clinton LOL
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nesmond
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:05amWatch the other hand. This is a distraction.
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betterpart
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:18amAgree. Something doesn’t sound (smell) right, and since Obama has a history of diversions, coverups, and deceits, it won’t be long before the other shoe drops. He would sure make Nixon proud.
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Joel Knows
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:19amDo you mean like the 165 reported new rules BHO had devised for public consumption between last Wednesday and Friday morning? There is another explanation of what took place with Patraeus, but make up your own mind: http://theobamahustle.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/obama-topples-top-coup-leader-general-petraeus-after-washington-gunbattle/
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FREEDOM_IS_NOT_FREE
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:54amHave you noticed that the woman (Jill Kelley) is from Lebanon? Seems to me that she is up to no good and makes me wonder who she is working for.
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Constantine Ivanov
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:58amThanks to our subculture, spread by TV, Hollywood and media, America now thinks about nothing but sex.
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grayling646
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:24amCome on Ivanov, I think about NASCAR too.
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rsanchez1
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:47amDo we have any professionalism in government anymore? This is getting ridiculous.
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19RANDY59
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:41amNow that’s funny
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19RANDY59
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:51amAnyone with enough brains to be professional, would never work for the government
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DZ-015
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:03am19Randy59: What profession are you talking about? The south American scandal where the Secret Service professionals met the oldest professionals?
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dwilco77
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:29amLet’s see. Generals involved in Adultry. FBI Agent perverts. Anthony Weiner flashing his Weiner. Secret Service agents ripping off Prostitutes in South America. ATF agents supplying weapons to the drug cartel in Mexico resulting in possibly hundreds, if not thousand of deaths out of the greater than 50,000 deaths in Mexico. A possibly rigged Presidential election. Neutering of the U.S. Congress. Greater poverty than there was 4 years ago. The greatest divide among Americans that has ever existed. Secret whispers to Vladimer’s underling that promises we will be subservient to Russia caught on tape. Bowing to Islamic radicals that want us all dead. A botched abduction of a US Ambassador in Libya resulting in the death of 4 Americans, two of which were extraordinary heros, and the subsequent cover up This is just the tip of the iceberg of the real Obama legacy. This doesn’t even include Eric Holder and his legacy. To think that Obama is worried about his legacy, and that will guide his next 4 years is ludicrous.
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rickroland
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:08amYeah, there is something that has, not yet, met the eye, and all of this other stuff is just an indication of something even bigger and more outrageous when it comes to the Obama Administration. Someone(s) are going to (or have already) spilled the beans about some scandal that makes all of this other stuff pale in comparison. Watch and see, I’d bet money on it.
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:52amIts all being choreographed and orchestrated in support of the fundamental transformation of America. Obama is now in the process of purging key branches of government (military/intelligence) of individuals that will not support the communist take over of America.
There will be a series of planned catastrophic events to bring down America in the next few months.
I hope your prepared. Remember we are dealing with communists.
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lwilli201
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:03amThe web grows. By the end of this there will be a great movie.
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JL320
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:56amI don’t care who Betrayus screwed!!! Benghazi, FastnFurious, The States wanting to secede, Election voter fraud higher than ever in the history of this country, and the 2nd amendment coming under attack is what I want to be updated on. Stop acting like the treasonous media, and pushing this crap story to hide everything else I just mentioned. No one on this site gives 2 craps about a general banging some chick with everything else going on, at least I would hope they don’t.
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paulusmaximus
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:03amI agree, this page reads like the scandal sheets at the check out line!
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burnteye86
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:45amSo the FBI agent had a thing for bimbo #1 and got jealous of Petrayus and bimo #2 was jealous of bimbo #1. LOL
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burnteye86
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:28ambut in all seriousness, it’s the American people who are getting screwed.
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BarbieTie
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:11amDo you realize that bimbo means boy in Italian? Bimba is girl. Bimbi is boys. Bimbe is Girls. Bimbo doesn’t mean anything other than a little boy, and Petraeus was not bedding boys.
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TelepromoterNChief
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:24am@barbiete
This is an American board.
We speak English here.
The Italians or Italian language is of no concern here.
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v15
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 5:01amTHIS NERD MOMENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY
BARBIETE
Seriously, drop the Matt Damon Good Will Hunting mentality.
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Al J Zira
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:44amIt’s all just a distraction.
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BarbieTie
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:13amI think it is just a big distraction! 100%
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midwesthippie
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:42am…raise your hand if you think this story is already ridiculous…
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Ditto Head
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:33amWhat? Are we all in 4th grade?
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Jarhead 88
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:17amYou sad, stupid hippie.
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FieldJudge
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:40amWASHINGTON – Nation’s top spy tripped up by a pair of boobs.
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Brenton222
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:10amBooby trap
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