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NY Times: FBI Agent Suspected ‘Politically Motivated Cover-Up’ of Petraeus Case to Protect Obama

Nov. 13, 2012 1:35pm Billy Hallowell

David Petraeus Mitt Romney vice president

Earlier today, TheBlaze reported on questions surrounding Attorney General Eric Holder’s knowledge about Gen. David Petraeus’ affair with Paula Broadwell. Now, the level of curiosity seems to be raising with new details surrounding the unidentified FBI agent who Jill Kelley originally reported Broadwell’s threatening emails to. According to a New York Times article released this morning, the agent believed that the case was taking too long to progress after he reported it due to when he believed to be “a politically motivated cover-up to protect President Obama.”

After initially receiving emails from Broadwell, Kelley apparently brought them to this official (coincidentally, in addition to allegedly exchanging inappropriate emails with Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Kelley purportedly received shirtless photos via e-mail from this particular agent). While the FBI employee was simply a channel through which the report was made, he did not have the experience to handle it and was not subsequently assigned to handle it.

That said, he continued exploring the issue on his own. The Times has more about what happened next (emphasis added):

But the agent, who was not identified, continued to “nose around” about the case, and eventually his superiors “told him to stay the hell away from it, and he was not invited to briefings,” [an] official said. The Wall Street Journal first reported on Monday night that the agent had been barred from the case.

Later, the agent became convinced — incorrectly, the official said — that the case had stalled. Because of his “worldview,” as the official put it, he suspected a politically motivated cover-up to protect President Obama. The agent alerted Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, who called the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, on Oct. 31 to tell him of the agent’s concerns.

FBI Agent in Petraeus Affair Suspected Cover Up to Protect Obama

This claim — that the agent suspected a cover-up was at play — is especially fascinating. Considering ongoing questions about the Benghazi, Libya, attack as well as the general timeframe surrounding the Petraeus-Broadwell affair, additional questions are certainly on the horizon. Among these curiosities is a general reasoning behind why such extensive resources were devoted to Kelley’s initial complaint.

Considering her relationship to Petraeus, though, former federal prosecutor David H. Laufman told the Times that her close friendship with the former CIA director might have made the case more of a priority. George Washington University law professor Orin S. Kerr added, though, that Kelley is well-known in Florida social circles and that the FBI has, more generally, been taking cyber threats more seriously — two factors that might have contributed to the case’s handling.

Read the entire report here.

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Comments (88)

Thrill Biscuit
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:04pm
This looks like a good, old-fashioned purge of military leaders.

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- WEBWITHDEB
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:11pm
  A civilian take-over of the military would be my estimation . . .
  
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- randy
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 7:07pm
  Exactly! He can’t take over the US until he has the military. But you know what? I have many friends in the military, and they will not follow any unconstitutional orders. They are not drinking Obamas Kool Aid!
  
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- Dushman Kush
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:05pm
  A good start, Comrade?
  
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- DeOppressoLiber
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:47am
  The Long Gray Line Sir
  
  General Petraeus if you need some inspiration to bolster your moral courage at night walk through the wards at Walter Reed.
  
  Then call the 3rd Infantry commander and see if you can watch the Changing Of The Guard at the Tomb Of The Unknown after hours. Stay there and contemplate Duty,Honor,Country.
  
  It is scared ground it will help you make a decision, than look around and ask the Gardens Of Stones, What should I do, the answer will be crystal clear
  
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- NeilChapin
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 6:24am
  The military, like politics, is just a reflection of the culture from which they come. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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Cabo King
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:59pm
Duh do ya think it’s a cover up?????? jezzzzzzz

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willbedone
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:53pm
NESMOND, What do you have against country music? I like to play the music backwards.
Last night I played it backwards and I got out of jail, got my dog back, got my truck fixed and back, heck at one time my momma got out of jail. Not to mention that I got undrunk.

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barber2
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:41pm
Who will the Obama Far Left target next ? A person ? A class of people ? Another American icon ? The rich are on the gallows ; the military is being tried in the media ; the Secret Service was already smeared ; the MSM is in the Obama Administration’s pocket ; so WHO is next to get targeted ?

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- absolutelynot
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:44pm
  The people of this great land
  
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- barber2
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:55pm
  ABSOL; Yes. Probably the ” evil capitalist system” and then the economic health of America. They’ve been working on that since 2008 .
  
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- Hcall
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:26pm
  Next? They are already on us. Old white guys…No thats angry old white guys (forgot we were supposed to be pissed off).. Haven’t you heard we are what the GOP is full of as well as whats wrong with it
  
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absolutelynot
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:40pm
Soooo the dems want women to have birth control and abortion so they can have sex and when they do have sex its a scandle…. im soooo confused

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absolutelynot
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:38pm
The real question here is did the General have access to contraceptives???

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- Big Media Bias
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:54pm
  Paula Broadwell does have two (alleged) bastard children. Do they look like General Betray Us?
  
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MistaB
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:28pm
The entire world is laughing at us!!

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:36pm
  The entire world is rejoicing that Obama won. every industrialized nation at least.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:49pm
  333: And the rest of the industrialized world is looming into economic chaos; except for Communist China where individual freedoms do not exist. Am I supposed to be impressed with this ” rejoicing” over Obama ? ( which , by the way, is YOUR opinion not based on any hard facts ) Reminds me of that old mom saying : “If all of your friends were jumping off a bridge would you join them ?” Wake up, kid.
  
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- Dushman Kush
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:06pm
  As it very well should be…..
  
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ellietoo
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:20pm
It’s true. The real question here is why the general lied about the Benghazi attack and called it a demonstration about a video. He had the intelligence to know it was not about a video. It was his people on the ground dying! Did he lie because he is a team player with the regime or because he was being twisted by the regime because of the affair? Come clean Petreaus! You might find it enjoyable to be clean after such a long time!

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- barber2
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:27pm
  Maybe he was ” water-boarded ” by the ” General Be-Tray-Us” Obama people and threatened by just what they did anyway. Would you ever make a ” deal ” with the Obama people ?!
  
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- TRILO
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:41pm
  I’m with you. Unfortunately everyone keeps thinking Petraeus’s only lie was about the affair. He is reported to have lied to congress on sept 14 at the house intelligence committee briefing. In my mind the CIA was involved in some illegal covert activities in Libya. Now Americans are dead. Petraeus had to have been watching the live feed, then lied about the cause of the attack to protect his backside.
  
  Why did he really go to Libya after the event? Are we to believe that the head of the CIA did hot know what was going down? Petraeus was just the useful pawn. Now that they do it need him they have to ruin him.
  
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retiredgranny
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:15pm
I wonder how much longer the American people will continue to take this corruption without marching on Washington or something! We need real leaders and they are obviously not in the most corrupt capital of the World!

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Margaret Thatcher
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:07pm
I’ve been miserable for a week now. To paraphrase the frankenbeast, “for the first time in my life, I’m genuinely concerned about the future of my country”.

When I received the following it was the first time I’ve smiled in seven days:

Dear Friend,

I’m passing this on because it worked for me after viewing the Election results!

A doctor on TV said that in order to have inner peace in our lives, we should always finish things that we start. Since we all could use more calm in our lives, I looked around my house to find things I’d started & hadn’t finished.

I finished a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of B&B, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins, an a box a choclutz. Yu has no idr how fablus I feel rite now.

Sned this to all ur frenz who need inner peeze. An telum u luvum.

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- eyestoseeearstohear
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:46pm
  @ MARGARET THATCHER
  
  Yep…IF I did drink…that’s how I’d probably be right now.
  I’m still trying to work past that PUNCH IN THE GUT we experienced with the elections.
  
  It’s a toss up as to whether I”m feeling a loss of energy or country.
  
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6t5gto
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:04pm
I want to ask General Betraus why he lied about the Benghazi attack being a demonstration, if he says he believed it was jail him for lying.

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- barber2
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:17pm
  Is this another guy going under the bus to protect Obama ?
  
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Gonzo
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:02pm
No, no, no! Look over here…SEX! SEX! SEX!

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- barber2
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:25pm
  Agree. These guys are pathetically transparent and their base is so incredibly stupid.
  
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- Triple7
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:31pm
  Yes! All kinds of sex. Ooooo, sex under a desk. Sex on a plane. SEX SEX SEX. Pornagraffiti
  
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- eyestoseeearstohear
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 8:52pm
  GONZO…YOU GOT IT SOOOO VERY RIGHT!
  
  That’s ALL this is….
  the let hand is being slipped up under the skirt while the right hand is
  WAVING DISTRESS FLAGS.
  
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doomytram
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:19pm
Obozo ate that Chili Dog…. who is covering up that Obozo blamed it on a video. How about the Fort Hood Terrorist? Who is going to get convicted first? 1) The Alah Akabar yelling Army Major and betrayed his country and killed his fellow’s in an Islamic terrorist attack on US soil. or 2) The Military man who betrayed his country and killed Afgani’s like a crazy drunk psychopath?

The bearded terrorist is getting the royal treatment by Obozo and holder…. The American Serviceman is going down quick… firing range etc.

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bckeegan
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:17pm
DUH!!!!!!!! We know this is a political cover up. Now the question is do we take our country back by force? We tried peacefully through an election. What’s next fellow patriots?

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- Oldphoto678
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:50pm
  You don’t know anything of the sort. You may think that there is some big cover up, but you know squat….AND you’re not going to take anything by force. TRAITOR!!!!
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:11pm
Obama’s is a simply illegitimate Presidency. It should be treated as such. This and soo much more was simply hidden to the American public. The election was a sham in so many ways. The obama campaign can argie this all they want. That does not change the facts. They knew this going in.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES! ILLEGITIMATE ELECTIONS HAVE AUTOMATIC CONSEQUENCES! Obama has no mandate on anything., Of course they will say “What about Bush”!
To which I say “WHAT about Bush??”?

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Trevor D
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:07pm
Ah New York Times…
1st you dis-credit the FBI agent as a shirtless horndog, & then you point to “Officials” denouncing his accusations as incorrect immediately. Isn’t this FBI agent an “Official” as well?

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- barber2
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:37pm
  The NYT is a propaganda outlet for the Far Left. They only carry Obama water and they shill the international Left’s” news ” just like the BBC.
  
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judyaz
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:06pm
To quote Mr Rogers Neighborhood, “Can you say…” disinformation? It’s a typical propaganda technique used in warfare against enemies, and maybe now? Is our attention being deflected from Benghazi by a soap opera? Why? What’s so hush-hush in Libya and Syria anyway? What’s so special there? WMD, and who has them? Did anyone ever cover what happened to all of Kadaffi’s weapon’s cache after rebels overthrew him? What rebels anyway? Some among them were/are Al Qaeda affiliates. Wonder what was going on in the arms smuggling through Turkey and Muslim Brotherhood to the rebels fighting in Syria now? Some are the same Al Qaeda who fought in Libya. Why did the Soldiers of Sharia (who want a Caliphate) that stayed in Libya assassinate our Ambassador, and we did’t save him? What could be that secret? What did one woman say this morning about the Ambassador’s questioning two Al Qaeda soldiers in Benghazi, that Glenn reported on his radio show? What could possibly go wrong when questioning Al Qaeda? Anyone know what the questions were?
“We want Kadaffi’s/our guns back to ship to your brothers in Syria?” “Are you sure you’ve got the WMD safe?” Remember, their goal is a Caliphate and to drive out Western interests. And the attack was planned by Al Qaeda months before, as they drove the Red Cross, British out of their newly captured territory.
You might imagine different scenarios just as easily. Whatever you imagine, it will be closer to the truth than a soap opera s

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- judyaz
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:11pm
  Maybe it’s that we just lost Libya to Al Qaeda? And we’re arming rebels in Syria in the same way? (After the Arab Spring Egypt’s election went to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.)
  
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- judyaz
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:20pm
  Was our Ambassador asking the Soldiers of Sharia if they were still allies with us (and naively) their brothers who sent to Syria? Had we been used to help them overthrow Kadaffi and take Libya for the Caliphate? Was our Ambassador’s presence Custer’s last stand (in Libya)?
  
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SovereignSoul
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:01pm
I have a hard time believing this. It was, indeed reported by The New York Times, so as I’ve been reminded on numerous occasions, we can’t believe anything we read in the NY Times. Therefore, I will have to reserve judgment until the story is reported in a real newspaper.

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gyro
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:00pm
calm down there is no coverup of a coverup of a covered up election cover up

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TexPat
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:57pm
Nothing that happens with this administration is above board. Everything they do has a little to a lot of corruption. This anti-American president is protected by the MSM, his Progressive party, the Socialist/Communist, Soros, NAACP…

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 3:11pm
  Exactly. Anyone can take several steps back and view it objectively.
  “Where there’s smoke —- there’s fire”
  
  Well, it isnt just smoke coming from this destroyer communist in chief, its a mushroom cloud.
  Is been pouring from everything this guy does since day one.
  
  It isnt racism —– there is something horribly wrong with him.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:57pm
The affirmative action POS in chief was covered for? That’s shocking indeed since he’s been covered for and catered to his entire life. We all know nothing will come of this and the POS will be free to continue destroying this country.Taxmageddon is coming right up on Jan !st,it seems it takes billions of dollars to support people who have worthless lives ie parasites. The ruling class won’t live under Marxist rule they’ll simply move somewhere with more freedom,where they’ll go is anybody’s guess.That leaves the target of all this revenge still here,the soon to be extinct middle class and Barry and his parasites will finish that off in short order.

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Cavallo
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:54pm
If there was a cover up and you could prove it… what then? What would you do? There is nothing that can or will be done. This is all just frustrating sideshow theater. Petraeus angered the king. Now Patraeus is gone.

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:54pm
The second obama administration has already rendered itself irrelevant. It was a scam election based on lies by omission, as well as a non-existent platform to move ‘forward’ on positions never advertised to the voting public. NEVER FORGET! Elections have consequences.
When 1 position advertised comes up against another position not advertised- there is only one position of credibility. Virtually no Democrats ran on the obama agenda. Most Republicans represented their commitment to oppose all of the nefarious agenda, and were elected BECAUSE of it. 230:1 Obama is the 1…. Obama is entitled to argue that,, and only that which he presented in his campaign! Elections have consequences!

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:49pm
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, whenever we TRY to deceive.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:55pm
  You’ve got it, and that goes for both sides of this coin.
  
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dailycurrant
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 1:48pm
OMG. First Obama slaps a tax on country music, and now this!

http://dailycurrant.com/2012/11/13/obama-tax-country-music/

Terrible. Just terrible!

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- nesmond
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 2:24pm
  As much as I am against obama, I don’t have a problem with his taxing country music, because it sucks.
  
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- MSrain
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:42pm
  That is an ignorant thing to say, Nesmond.
  
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- Ray D. Aider
  Posted on November 13, 2012 at 11:15pm
  Important to point out that The Daily Currant is satire.
  
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