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    It is being reported this affair has been going on for a long time, well before he was appointed head of the CIA. How in the hell did they not know about this when he was hired, because they lie detector anyone and everyone to make sure there aren't any skeletons in the closet that could compromise the situation. There is no way he wasn't screened to the enth degree and vetted thoroughly, they all are. Especially when they are about to appoint you as head of the fucking CIA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NaturalBornHustler View Post
    It is being reported this affair has been going on for a long time, well before he was appointed head of the CIA. How in the hell did they not know about this when he was hired, because they lie detector anyone and everyone to make sure there aren't any skeletons in the closet that could compromise the situation. There is no way he wasn't screened to the enth degree and vetted thoroughly, they all are. Especially when they are about to appoint you as head of the fucking CIA.
    Lie detector is not very reliable.

    People like him with access to the most sensitive information are subjected to an extremely rigorous background check but a background check is only as good as the information available. Much of that information still comes from people, and they may choose not to disclose it even when required.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walter Sobchak View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by NaturalBornHustler View Post
    It is being reported this affair has been going on for a long time, well before he was appointed head of the CIA. How in the hell did they not know about this when he was hired, because they lie detector anyone and everyone to make sure there aren't any skeletons in the closet that could compromise the situation. There is no way he wasn't screened to the enth degree and vetted thoroughly, they all are. Especially when they are about to appoint you as head of the fucking CIA.
    Lie detector is not very reliable.

    People like him with access to the most sensitive information are subjected to an extremely rigorous background check but a background check is only as good as the information available. Much of that information still comes from people, and they may choose not to disclose it even when required.

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    Ok. Anybody find the timing a little questionable. General Petraeus was supposed to testify next week about Benghazi and now WILL NOT be testifying about the CIA involvement in what happened. It also appears some sources are indicating the US support for the Syrian opposition had been coordinated out of Benghazi. This opposition does include known Al Qaudi operators. Meanwhile the FBI (which answers to Holder) was behind the investigation into this affair and now rumblings Holder will be leaving also.. How nice and convenient that the main parties to Fast and Furious and the murders in Benghazi will all be unavilable and unable to testify now in front of Congress as they are leaving the administration.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryback_feed_me_more View Post
    Ok. Anybody find the timing a little questionable. General Petraeus was supposed to testify next week about Benghazi and now WILL NOT be testifying about the CIA involvement in what happened. It also appears some sources are indicating the US support for the Syrian opposition had been coordinated out of Benghazi. This opposition does include known Al Qaudi operators. Meanwhile the FBI (which answers to Holder) was behind the investigation into this affair and now rumblings Holder will be leaving also.. How nice and convenient that the main parties to Fast and Furious and the murders in Benghazi will all be unavilable and unable to testify now in front of Congress as they are leaving the administration.
    How does leaving office make them unable to testify? Seriously, think for half a second.

    As noted before, if Congress wants someone to testify, it doesn't matter one bit if they are in office or out of office. Subpoenas work in both cases. Also, pretty sure a lot of people knew Holder (along with Hillary) will most likely be leaving the admin for the new term.

    Quote Originally Posted by 4Dragons View Post
    I'm not gonna comment too much on this but I would say that whatever leaks came out were most likely on her end.
    Must have been her time of the month.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NaturalBornHustler View Post
    It is being reported this affair has been going on for a long time, well before he was appointed head of the CIA. How in the hell did they not know about this when he was hired, because they lie detector anyone and everyone to make sure there aren't any skeletons in the closet that could compromise the situation. There is no way he wasn't screened to the enth degree and vetted thoroughly, they all are. Especially when they are about to appoint you as head of the fucking CIA.
    Are we sure this is true? Considering his previous post I would think he had already been cleared to the almost the highest security clearance.

    I would think it was much more likely he would have been caught through interviews with people that around him. They ask everyone who does he associate and spend time with? I find it hard to believe someone didn't say Petraeus spends too much time with or seems too close to her.

    Maybe they told him to cut off the affair and he held off a while and then started trying to contact her again.

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    You people need to start listening to me. I said this story was NOT going away. And now the left wing Politico is on it.

    From Politico:

    1. Why resign now?

    The Obama administration’s first sex scandal exploded just three days after the president was reelected at the end of a hard-fought campaign and just days before Petraeus was scheduled to appear at a congressional hearing about the attacks in Benghazi.

    The White House says no one there knew about the Petraeus situation before Wednesday and the president himself was informed Thursday. But if the story had broken a week earlier, those headlines would have overtaken much of the president’s message about the middle class and his work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Who made the decision to wait, and why, is going to be the subject of scrutiny as this scandal continues to unfold.

    Petraeus’s departure now has also thrown a whole new pile of grist into the Benghazi controversy. Already, the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others was being called an intelligence failure — both the failure to anticipate it and the decision to identify it as a riot rather than a terrorist attack.
    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83678.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anal_Hershiser View Post
    How does someone with an obvious lack of even basic common sense rise to such astounding heights of authority? This is the guy we trusted with our National Secrets? National Security? The guy can't even keep his dick in his pants. WTF did he think was gonna happen? If Russia, China, or North Korea want our national secrets, they don't have to use their military. They can just send over a pair of tits who will fuck anything with a dick. Why are seemingly 95% of US politicians so weak when it comes to pussy? The guy absolutely threw away his entire career. For what? She can't possibly suck cock good enough to have made it worth it.

    Have you seen the General's wife?...She has a face that could stop a freight train...

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    Actually this was all uncovered by the FBI while hacking people's e-mail...

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    Quote Originally Posted by son of lockman View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Anal_Hershiser View Post
    How does someone with an obvious lack of even basic common sense rise to such astounding heights of authority? This is the guy we trusted with our National Secrets? National Security? The guy can't even keep his dick in his pants. WTF did he think was gonna happen? If Russia, China, or North Korea want our national secrets, they don't have to use their military. They can just send over a pair of tits who will fuck anything with a dick. Why are seemingly 95% of US politicians so weak when it comes to pussy? The guy absolutely threw away his entire career. For what? She can't possibly suck cock good enough to have made it worth it.

    Have you seen the General's wife?...She has a face that could stop a freight train...

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    Actually this was all uncovered by the FBI while hacking people's e-mail...
    1) Just another piece of shit making fun of a lady in her 60s without plastic surgery and liposuction

    2) He could have divorced her, no issue then. But he wanted to keep his money and have it both ways. Nothing wrong with that, unless you are head of the CIA.

    3) Your emails are not yours when you work for the government. They belong to the USA. His groupie mistress apparently had access to his email. The FBI has EVERY right to investigate ANY email on ANY Gov account.

    Sorry you were so terribly misinformed. Must have been that 1970s LSD. You saucing again?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crowe Diddly View Post
    How does leaving office make them unable to testify? Seriously, think for half a second.

    As noted before, if Congress wants someone to testify, it doesn't matter one bit if they are in office or out of office. Subpoenas work in both cases. Also, pretty sure a lot of people knew Holder (along with Hillary) will most likely be leaving the admin for the new term.

    Quote Originally Posted by 4Dragons View Post
    I'm not gonna comment too much on this but I would say that whatever leaks came out were most likely on her end.
    Must have been her time of the month.

    It was reported by a few news media sites that was the case that, Patreaus would no longer be able to testify. My guess is based on his resignation and reasons behind it, they yanked his Clearance therefore by law he could no longer discuss any classified material under oath. Patreaus is to be replaced by the Acting DCI Mike Morley who will likely play dumb in front of Congress.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryback_feed_me_more View Post
    It was reported by a few news media sites that was the case that, Patreaus would no longer be able to testify. My guess is based on his resignation and reasons behind it, they yanked his Clearance therefore by law he could no longer discuss any classified material under oath. Patreaus is to be replaced by the Acting DCI Mike Morley who will likely play dumb in front of Congress.
    "David Petraeus testifying has nothing to do with whether or not he's still the CIA director, and I don't see how the CIA can say he's not going to testify." House Homeland Security chair Peter King, R-N.Y. King said that even if he doesn't Testify Thursday, he will soon enough anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pooh View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Walter Sobchak View Post

    Lie detector is not very reliable.

    People like him with access to the most sensitive information are subjected to an extremely rigorous background check but a background check is only as good as the information available. Much of that information still comes from people, and they may choose not to disclose it even when required.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryback_feed_me_more View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Crowe Diddly View Post
    How does leaving office make them unable to testify? Seriously, think for half a second.

    As noted before, if Congress wants someone to testify, it doesn't matter one bit if they are in office or out of office. Subpoenas work in both cases. Also, pretty sure a lot of people knew Holder (along with Hillary) will most likely be leaving the admin for the new term.



    Must have been her time of the month.

    It was reported by a few news media sites that was the case that, Patreaus would no longer be able to testify. My guess is based on his resignation and reasons behind it, they yanked his Clearance therefore by law he could no longer discuss any classified material under oath. Patreaus is to be replaced by the Acting DCI Mike Morley who will likely play dumb in front of Congress.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RobbieBensonFan View Post
    You people need to start listening to me. I said this story was NOT going away. And now the left wing Politico is on it.

    From Politico:

    1. Why resign now?

    The Obama administration’s first sex scandal exploded just three days after the president was reelected at the end of a hard-fought campaign and just days before Petraeus was scheduled to appear at a congressional hearing about the attacks in Benghazi.

    The White House says no one there knew about the Petraeus situation before Wednesday and the president himself was informed Thursday. But if the story had broken a week earlier, those headlines would have overtaken much of the president’s message about the middle class and his work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Who made the decision to wait, and why, is going to be the subject of scrutiny as this scandal continues to unfold.

    Petraeus’s departure now has also thrown a whole new pile of grist into the Benghazi controversy. Already, the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others was being called an intelligence failure — both the failure to anticipate it and the decision to identify it as a riot rather than a terrorist attack.
    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83678.html
    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...G164UlXBQxMQVN

    Ex-CIA boss David Petraeus’ catty mistress sent harassing e-mails to another woman who she believed threatened the relationship, sources told The Post.

    The e-mails from Petraeus’ paramour — married reserve Army officer Paula Broadwell, 40 — so frightened their recipient that she sought FBI help identifying the sender, the sources said.

    <snip>

    But what began as a probe of Broadwell’s alleged e-mail threats evolved into an investigation that took in Petraeus’ personal e-mail account, which agents feared was involved in a national-security breach.

    That, in turn, led investigators to a series of steamy e-mails between West Point grads Petraeus and Broadwell — including a graphic reference to “sex under a desk,” Newsmax reported.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walter Sobchak View Post
    Ex-CIA boss David Petraeus’ catty mistress sent harassing e-mails to another woman who she believed threatened the relationship, sources told The Post.

    The e-mails from Petraeus’ paramour — married reserve Army officer Paula Broadwell, 40 — so frightened their recipient that she sought FBI help identifying the sender, the sources said.
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    Jill Kelley, right, other woman. Pictured w/ her husband and Mrs. Petraeus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bukowski72 View Post
    "Within a week after the 2004 United States Presidential Election, several members of President George W. Bush's cabinet announced their resignation in what major media outlets and Bush himself called the White House shakeup.[1] Several top advisers were also involved, although they are not technically cabinet members."

    Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans were the first to announce their resignations on November 9, 2004. A week later, on November 14, several more announced their plans to resign: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, Education Secretary Rod Paige, and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham. Tom Ridge announced his plans to resign as the first Secretary of Homeland Security on November 30.

    In December, two more followed. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson announced his resignation on December 3. On December 8, after a period of some speculation that Treasury Secretary John W. Snow would resign his post, the White House stated that Snow had been asked to stay on as Secretary through Bush's second term. On that same day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi announced his resignation."

    WHY weren't these resignations announced before the election? It has been 8 years -- why isn't Ben Shapiro getting us answers?


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...eup_%282004%29
    Good grief, veiled backhanded 'blame it on Bush' red herring references from Wikipedia! LOL.

    I say let's wait until the complete truth comes out. The Obama administration will be most transparent, wouldn't you agree?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bukowski72 View Post

    Gmail? I find him using gmail even for a personal account very strange for the head of the CIA.

    Also a very simple trick for hiding e-mail communication is to talk back and forth through the draft feature. You never actually send an e-mail. Each person has the password and you add to the drafted message to talk to each other. This is a method used by terrorist groups.
    I'd be very careful criticizing GMail.

    I think 408Mike already revealed that the CIA is just a subsidiary of Google.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SixToedPete View Post

    Good grief, veiled backhanded 'blame it on Bush' red herring references from Wikipedia! LOL.

    I say let's wait until the complete truth comes out. The Obama administration will be most transparent, wouldn't you agree?
    Those aren't veiled blame it on Bush posts. YOU cited Ben Shapiro. Shapiro indicated lots of people leaving key positions is a "FACT" that is suspicious, when it normally isn't considered suspicious.

    YOU keep saying over and over like a dumb record let's wait until the truth comes down the line but then YOU POST the Shapiro blog which already purports to have many facts nailed down. YOU can't have it both ways.

    How is saying every administration makes major changes in the second term an attack on Bush? Put on your reading glasses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bukowski72 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by SixToedPete View Post

    Good grief, veiled backhanded 'blame it on Bush' red herring references from Wikipedia! LOL.

    I say let's wait until the complete truth comes out. The Obama administration will be most transparent, wouldn't you agree?
    Those aren't veiled blame it on Bush posts. YOU cited Ben Shapiro. Shapiro indicated lots of people leaving key positions is a "FACT" that is suspicious, when it normally isn't considered suspicious.

    YOU keep saying over and over like a dumb record let's wait until the truth comes down the line but then YOU POST the Shapiro blog which already purports to have many facts nailed down. YOU can't have it both ways.

    How is saying every administration makes major changes in the second term an attack on Bush? Put on your reading glasses.
    Shapiro mentioned the possible Obama administration resignations in the context of a troubling "string of groundbreaking events" that were hid from the American people before the election. The Iranian attack on a US drone, the Benghazi scandal, the claim of executive privilege to keep Fast and Furious documents secret, and slow-walking (hiding) reams of vital, draconian job-killing regulations.

    Therefore your cherry picking 'administration resignations' was completely out of context. That's all I meant by red herring.

    You brought up Bush who has been mercilessly and unceasingly propped up by Obama and his surrogates as a scapegoat for every Obama failure. It's not a stretch to consider your Bush remarks as a veiled, backhanded attempt to continue blaming him for what occurred or might occur in the Obama administration.

    Wikipedia references are generally considered to be unreliable. Not even a serious high school student would cite a Wikipedia reference in a homework assignment.

    I believe this is a topic worthy of discussion. When I say let's wait for the truth to come out I'm not implying we should be silent. We do have some diligent reporters at Fox News, a couple at CBS and ABC plus many more in print and online journalism. I have faith that real journalists will uncover and report truths about this story in the coming hours, days and weeks so there will be much to discuss here and elsewhere.

    It will take longer for Congressional Hearings to do their part but real reporters are not constrained by government protocol so I feel this will be an interesting and evolving story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SixToedPete View Post

    Shapiro mentioned the possible Obama administration resignations in the context of a troubling "string of groundbreaking events" that were hid from the American people before the election. The Iranian attack on a US drone, the Benghazi scandal, the claim of executive privilege to keep Fast and Furious documents secret, and slow-walking (hiding) reams of vital, draconian job-killing regulations.
    I agree with you that the Obama Admisitration may be hiding something but turnover is not a fact that shows this.

    You have told Barry and me to wait it out when we post points, but you are free to post away anything you think shows your side?

    Sorry if it seemed I was digging at Bush. I was not. Just pointing out it happens in all 2nd term White Houses.

    Quote Originally Posted by SixToedPete View Post
    Wikipedia references are generally considered to be unreliable. Not even a serious high school student would cite a Wikipedia reference in a homework assignment.
    This is also BS. Wiki is good quick reference to make. If you had disputed any of my assertions that many major people left in the first 2 weeks I would have dug further for you. I didn't want to take a lot of time looking things up. Do you dispute those people left in the 2nd term? No. Then shut up please.

    Here is another quick one from google. The Bears are on and I have to go.
    http://www.thepresidency.org/storage...econd_Term.pdf

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