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Report: Petraeus Clashed With Agency Chiefs Over CIA’s Portrayal in Libya in Final Days Before Resignation

Nov. 15, 2012 3:52pm Madeleine Morgenstern

David Petraeus’ final days as CIA director were marred by strained relations with other U.S. agency chiefs over how the CIA should respond to mounting criticism regarding the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The retired four-star general “wanted his aides to push back hard and release their own timeline” of the assault on the U.S. diplomatic compound and nearby CIA safe house, in order to “set the record straight and paint the CIA’s role in a more favorable light.”

National Intelligence Director James Clapper, the Pentagon and other agencies opposed the idea but Petraeus directed his aides to proceed, the Journal reported:

As questions mounted, a Fox News report Oct. 26 alleged that the CIA delayed sending a security force to protect U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and others who were under attack. Mr. Stevens and three other Americans died.

The CIA denied the report, then began pulling together its own timeline of events.

The Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies objected to Mr. Petraeus’s decision to mount a solo defense. “We conveyed our objections. Multiple agencies did,” a senior military official said.

Mr. Petraeus’s decision to release the CIA’s timeline to the press didn’t sit well with Mr. Clapper, who was unaware it would be made public, officials said. Other agencies saw Mr. Petraeus’s decision as a step aimed at presenting the CIA and Mr. Petraeus in the best light and forcing them to accept the brunt of the criticism.

Petraeus resigned last week after admitting to having an extramarital affair. He has told HLN’s Kyra Phillips that his resignation had nothing to do with Benghazi and was solely related to a “personal failing.”

Petraeus is set to testify about the Libya attacks before the House Intelligence committee Friday during a closed-door hearing.

Fox News military adviser and former Navy Captain Chuck Nash discussed the Journal report:

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steviewonder
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:12pm
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-gave-petraeuss-wife-187605-year-job
Obama Administration Gave Petraeus’s Wife a $187,605-Per-Year Job

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- KIWL-DA-WABBIT
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:43pm
  This man says it like it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmujttc0oJc
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 7:42pm
  @ Kiwl
  
  That was pretty powerful stuff. Succintly put, and convincingly stating what should be obvious to everybody…
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 11:35pm
  .
  “Mr. Petraeus’s decision to release the CIA’s timeline to the press didn’t sit well with Mr. Clapper, who was unaware it would be made public”
  …and so the White house released the information about the Petraeus affair to crush him.
  Washington is run by the mob.
  
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- hereandnow
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 5:14am
  @KIWL
  Alan Keyes is a good man… pointing out the truth that this country is in great danger. This tragedy in Benghazi will be used in the media to distract what is truly happening. Even if obama were to be impeached (which is an honor to a democrat), the democrat lead senate would let him go just as they let clinton go, humiliating the process.
  
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- Rita_Pita
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:04am
  Petraeus has been nuetered and is not going to go against the admin istration. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com
  
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moosebeeusa
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:54pm
He needs to make it clear that the agents were killed in the line of duty. The way it is now they will not get any metals or the families any life insurance .
They are still American Hero’s.

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Stone Cold Truth
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:28pm
Petraeus will not say anything that will paint the Obama administration in a negative light, truth or not. He will do his best to answer questions in a general and vague way that will leave only more questions. No one will be held accountable. Obama will blame ‘intelligence” and in a year most people will forget all about it. In the event someone does get thrown under the bus to take the fall it will not be the responsible party, ie Scooter Libby.

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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:53pm
  Let’s talk about the other fork in the road, shall we?
  
  Petraeus goes before the Congressmen and Senators in the morning and admits that he lied to them to protect the administration three days after the event. He then tells them that he knows we were up to our butts in gunrunning to Syrian elements of Al Qaeda and the MB. he further says that we have actually supplied jihadist recruits to the “dump Bashar al Assad effort in Syria.”
  
  Then you have to decide who you’re going to believe. Obammie wouldn’t lie to us, would he?
  
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- jorskippy
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:54pm
  Even if he goes into the committee and tells the truth, the Democrats and Liberals (51%) will not believe him. Remember they (the White House) have discredited him.
  
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- cloudsofwar
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:25pm
  @ stone…. most people don’t know or care about bengahzi. it’s sad how far we’ve already fallen as a country. will DAVID P tell the truth? will DAVID P admit to covering for obama? NO
  
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- S-O-B-E-R
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:33pm
  Eric Holder is saying that he made the decision not to tell the prez about the investigation because there was no security threat as a result. So, my question is, how can they now say there was “bad intelligence” if the decision was made that intelligence was okay?
  
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- justlyso
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 8:05pm
  We are asking Petraeus to fall on his sword. I hope he is man enough and serves his country rather than himself. I remain dubious.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:47am
  ” CLAPPER-on…CLAPPER-off……the CLAPPER!”
  
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oldincarolina
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:25pm
I’m wondering what would have happened if President Roosevelt had handled the attack on Pearl Harbor the same way that Obama is handling the attack in Libya ? Also , I cannot recall ever high
up military personel coming under fire from any President…until now. What th’ h*** is going on in
our government? I’m kinda’ thinkin’ I know, and it ain’t looking good for Obama.

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:18pm
  Actually, he did.
  he knew the attack was coming and failed to ensure we were ready for it. He used it to get into the war. A lie, just like the method the government has used to pretty much get us involved in every major conflict.
  
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- Rent A Yenta
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 7:06pm
  Harry Truman relieved 5 Star General Douglas MacArthur back in the early 1950s for not “going along to get along”.
  
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5XDADDY
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:18pm
It appears that the lefties were right. General Petraeus did betray us. Congress is giving him a last chance to redeem his honor. Let’s see what he does.

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- encinom
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:23pm
  So by him not confirming the tin foil hat conspiracy theories and speaking the truth, its a betrayal.
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:31pm
  If he grabbed a microphone and screamed at the top of his lungs “”we are witnessing a communist takeover of the united states of America “” he would earn my respect, and I am but a paperboy…….
  
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- jorskippy
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:58pm
  If he tells the truth, whatever it is, he would be more honorable than he is now. By avoiding the issue, the White House looks more guilty. Why couldn’t they just tell the truth to begin with? Oh I forgot, Obama had an election to win.
  
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- TRILO
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:58pm
  Encinom FYI: Petraeus lied the first time he appeared before the House Intelligence Committee. He carried the lie of the administration that the attack was due to the anti Muslim video.
  
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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:16pm
  “If he grabbed a microphone and screamed at the top of his lungs ‘we are witnessing a communist takeover of the united states of America ‘” he would earn my respect.” He would also demonstrate that he is a complete psychazoid. A stunt like that, not his sex life, is what would discredit him. I suppose you think that gunmen would immediately burst into the room and take him.
  
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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:17pm
  out.
  
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- MDECKER
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:39pm
  I’m stupefied, that not one, single Democrat official gives a damn about the truth behind the Benghazi cover-up! What a pathetic bunch of human beings! Conservatives should reach across the isle to their “fellow” democrats for one purpose and one purpose only, to perform a laryngectomy on them, without anesthesia.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:56pm
  MDECKER
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:39pm
  
  I’m stupefied, that not one, single Democrat official gives a damn about the truth behind the Benghazi cover-up! What a pathetic bunch of human beings! Conservatives should reach across the isle to their “fellow” democrats for one purpose and one purpose only, to perform a laryngectomy on them, without anesthesia.
  ____________________
  Other than the GOP witch hunt, there is no scandal. Beckerheads have been fed lies and have no understanding of the truth.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 8:37pm
  ENCINOM:
  You have apparently never been in the military. He is given the responsibility of directing troops in war time and making decisions that accomplish a mission with the least damage to his men. In Nam, we were in places we wern’t allowed to be and did things we weren’t allowed to do. Leaders like that are the reason I’m still alive. That’s the reason you still live in a free country. You owe the military.
  
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- Small World
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 10:23pm
  No way he will do the honorable thing after previous posts.
  
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- pamela kay
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:12am
  I suppose this will either make him a hero to those in the military and the families of the fallen or if he so chooses to deny them their deserved honor make him an enemy. How can our military serve with confidence and purpose if those who lead will turn their back on them?
  
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notworkingafter2009
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:16pm
Be the man we know you can be and set the record right.

“Remember Benghazi”

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starview
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:12pm
Is this administration trying to black mail the general with the top security info found on Paula’s computer, and in her home. Patreaus says he didn’t give it to her, he even did an interview (the only one so far) stating he never gave her any of it. Apparently he wants that truth out there, before he testifies.
I just can’t get my head around why Paula took top security papers home with her???? For what reason? And why was she so willing to let the FBI into her home to retrieve them, makes no sense…… Unless it was to blackmail Petraeous, and if she went along she gets a plea deal.
Were there really top secret papers in her home, and on her computer, or is it just another lie????

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- S-O-B-E-R
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:35pm
  Mata Hari.
  
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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:59pm
  I like the way you think, Starview!
  
  More folks need to peel that onion back until we get at something resembling the truth.
  
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- OlderCowGirl
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 8:01pm
  I read yesterday that she had the security clearance to have that stuff in her home. But who knows what’s true or not.
  
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- Small World
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 10:20pm
  Can we believe anything from these people.
  
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- idarusskie
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 5:34am
  what were the top secrete papers.. who was sleeping with who or what they are having for lunch at the cafeteria? Lots of stuff maybe classified but really isn’t
  
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Viking64
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:51pm
I hope the general will tell the whole truth regardless of where the chips may fall, it is my belief that Obama is behind this whole disaster and calling the shots with threats, power and lies. Some one needs to stop this fraud before our entire republic is history. Where is Hillary,what a complete farce?

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ctdhand
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:45pm
Does anyone find it funny that his wife just picked up a job with a six figure salary in the Obama administration. You really think he’ll come clean.

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- starview
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:17pm
  Might be another way to control them…….
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:37pm
  Have you got a link for that CTD?
  
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- dugbru
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:16pm
  @ NZKIWI here’s a link .. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-gave-petraeuss-wife-187605-year-job
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 7:26pm
  Thanks Dug.
  
  It seems that this was well before the current scandals, and I doubt that the administration would have the gall to fire her, but it sure doesn’t help.
  
  He’s in a bit of a tough spot, that’s for sure. He has already hurt his wife and risks doing it again.
  
  This will take integrity and courage on Gen. Patraeus’ part, but, by all accounts, he has plenty of both.
  
  My sincerest best wishes to him.
  
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- Small World
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 10:16pm
  WOW! This web just keeps getting more & more tangled>
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:38pm
I agree that something else is being held over his head. If his testimony is indeed the Truth. This will be the Nail in anyone is involved coffin. He is to laid back and agreeable on testifying.for me to be fooled into thinking that he will tell the Truth. Not GONNA Happen.

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- garyt55b
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 9:56pm
  you are right…he will say nothing and it will take hours to do it…move along folks; nothing to see here…
  
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Zeb
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:34pm
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/video-petraeus-love-triangle-part-of-benghazi-cover-up/

JUST A FEW MORE TIDBITS.

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Small World
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:33pm
He was set up . Dems. never approved of him.Pray he tells the truth.

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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:45pm
  He’s a low life lying POS. There’s a reason Obama hired him. Birds of a feather…..
  
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strawberry411a
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:31pm
They should give Petraeus a Bronze Star with V device…oh wait ….he already has one. This overrated “POINT MAN” will cave. He will spin it just like the POTUS in order to avoid losing a pension, a reduction in rank and court martial.

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- Shasta
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:42pm
  I hope and pray you are wrong.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:26pm
The general should go all in again with his testimony and ***** the Marxist mulatto to the wall,if he can.

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Chris.underhill
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:18pm
Bet 5 BUCKS all is well and he takes the fall on his sword for THE lire in chief….

When so many are coming out saying hes going to do nothing but tell the truth then you know they are trying to convince us that. Why are they trying so hard to convince us that its the truth? They want us to know then make this hiring public and lets get it rolling. Get that old grandma Hilliary in there too. That witch needs to hang.

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CWPrequired
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:11pm
Petraeus will be thrown under the bus by every testimony after his. He should just let it all hang out. No pun intended.

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howard
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:10pm
he needs to hang them all the way to the top

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leasecommander
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:09pm
Come on General Petraeus, tell the American people the truth, put the people responsible for this fiasco and the cover up out in the open, if Mr. Obama is responsible….then so be it.
General, what do you have to lose now? That you haven’t already lost?

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- Small World
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:30pm
  His benefits .
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:50pm
  Let’s just hope Zero doesn’t pull out one of his stupid EO’s again.
  
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- OlderCowGirl
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 8:06pm
  His life.
  
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OnwardThroughTheFog
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:08pm
How great is this. It is looking more and more like the Regime are ‘blackmailers’ trying to discredit Petraeus with the affair thing (although it seems he probably did have the affair). I thought blackmail was against Federal law. What a bunch of crooks in this Regime. I hope Petraeus spills it all and it craters around them.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:40pm
  Laws are for little people.
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 10:33pm
  A decorated Army General with well over thirty years of military service being taken down by a communist community organizer…where the hell is any back up for the General?
  
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Nerzhul
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:03pm
sigh

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HKS
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:01pm
Since Obama has stuck the bone to him, I hope he unloads the truth.

“Remember Benghazi”

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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:01pm
It would be great if Petraeus had enough on Barry to get him thrown out of office and in prison where he belongs but it isn’t likely. The regime is good at their coverups,they’ve had so many they’re good at protecting the Marxist POS from taking responsibility for anything that goes bad,affirmative action at it’s worst.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:08pm
  I guarantee they are still holding something over his head to assure his cooperation. These thugs wouldn’t cut him loose without some king of leverage on him.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:11pm
  I wouldn’t doubt it one bit,they’ve got something to keep him quiet so we’ll never get the real story.
  
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- Shasta
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:35pm
  Gonzo, you are totally correct. Someone posted yesterday that it might even be a physical threat to his family. Have we, as a nation, sunk that far?
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:58pm
  “Petraeus Clashed With Agency Chiefs Over CIA’s Portrayal in Libya in Final Days Before Resignation”…Then Obama threw him under the bus…
  
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Oneirishman
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 3:58pm
He left himself exposed to the communist in chief and he got burned.

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Gonzo
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 3:58pm
Ah, he stepped out of line and the Kenyan Napoleon pulled the ace out of his sleeve and sent him to the guillotine. Starting to add up.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 3:55pm
So my question has to be, did Obama threaten to kill his family?

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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:05pm
  Why would he threaten? He has already extrajudicially killed Americans and not a peep. Why not just keep it rolling with the Kill List?
  
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- HKS
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:08pm
  If he testifies that all is good, they threatened his family.
  
  “Remember Benghazi”
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:13pm
  There needs to be an all-out, holy-hell, phone-melting assault on Congress if Petraeus says all is well.
  4 men died, the President lied, someone needs to be held accountable, just like Fast & Furious.
  
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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:12pm
  Since 4 Americans died, Petraeus cannot possibly say that all is well. The suggestion that Obama has threatened Petraeus’ family if he doesn’t lie is so ridiculous it doesn’t warrant any response at all. That Americans tied to terrorism are being extrajudically killed in foreign countries is the case, and does at the very least deserve spirited legal/constitutional challenge.
  
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