CIA Director Patraeus Resigns.

I don't understand why people are so concerned with what/who other men stick their penises in. Patreus could fuck Osama Bin Laden's sister for all I care.

LOL - david...

 

Because the US is a very puritanical country.

 

Oh, that's why we are "waging a war on Christmas," right? The Puritans hated that whole pagan ritual with the tree and whatnot.

 

Are you telling me that you don't believe in Kris Jesus Kringle?

 

Now we have another involved

 

Who gives a damn! Sex scandals are boring especially when it is just a bunch of jar heads involved.

 

Obvious you do;

 

Apparently someone did know about this early on.... Eric Cantor. Do I smell a Right-wing cover up?

 

Utterly bizarre, indeed:

 

Eric Cantor's Petraeus October Surprise Failed as FBI Stood Firm

MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT

Eric Cantor: His October Surprise Failed

Amidst the sordid details of the high-ranking CIA sex scandal (that has now spread to an investigation of Jill Kelley, the woman who complained of being harassed by Gen. David Petraeus's mistress (Paula Broadwell), being involved in voluminous and questionable e-mail exchanges with the current commander of forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen), one important political factor has emerged in the last day: Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor appears to have tried to put pressure on the FBI to advance the investigation, with the likely goal of an October surprise scandal that would have potentially harmed Obama's chance of re-election.

The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times provided insight into the Cantor involvement, with the Journal noting in the beginning of a November 12 article:

A federal agent who launched the investigation that ultimately led to the resignation of Central Intelligence Agency chief David Petraeus was barred from taking part in the case over the summer due to superiors' concerns that he was personally involved in the case, according to officials familiar with the probe.

After being blocked from the case, the agent continued to press the matter, relaying his concerns to a member of Congress, the officials said.

New details about how the Federal Bureau of Investigation handled the case suggest that even as the bureau delved into Mr. Petraeus's personal life, the agency had to address conduct by its own agent—who allegedly sent shirtless photos of himself to a woman involved in the case prior to the investigation.

The Journal went on to reveal that the "The [shirtless photograph] 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."

A quick recap is called for here. Some time earlier this year, the unidentified FBI agent filed an agency request to investigate alleged threatening e-mails from the mistress of Petraeus (then C.I.A. director) to one Tampa Bay resident Jill Kelley, a married socialite who is a "volunteer liaison" (whatever that means) with one of the most top secret military units (based in the Tampa area).

The agent who sent shirtless photos of himself to Kelley, via a mobile phone one presumes, was obviously a close friend of hers.

Jill Mayer of the New Yorker takes the political dimensions of the story from there:

The [New York] Times uses the word “murky” to describe what happened next, and there are many puzzling aspects. But according to the Times, at the end of October, a week or so after the F.B.I. investigators confronted Petraeus, an unidentified F.B.I. employee took the matter into his own hands. Evidently without authorization, he went to the Republicans in Congress. First he informed a Republican congressman, Dave Reichert of Washington State. According to the Times, Reichert advised this F.B.I. employee to go to the Republican leadership in the House. The F.B.I. employee then told what he knew about the investigation to Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader. Cantor released a statement to the Times confirming that he had spoken to the F.B.I. informant, whom his staff described as a “whistleblower.” Cantor said, “I was contacted by an F.B.I. employee who was concerned that sensitive, classified information might have been compromised.” But what, exactly, was this F.B.I. employee trying to expose? Was he blowing the whistle on his bosses? If so, why? Was he dissatisfied with their apparent exoneration of Petraeus? Given that this drama was playing out in the final days of a very heated Presidential campaign, and he was taking a potentially scandalous story to the Republican leadership in Congress, was there a political motive?

According to the Times, Cantor said he took the information, and “made certain that director Mueller”—that is Robert Mueller III, the director of the F.B.I.—“was aware of these serious allegations, and the potential risk to our national security.” This is a strange way to explain his contact with the F.B.I. on this matter, because it is almost inconceivable that director Mueller was not already aware that the bureau he runs had examined the e-mail account of the director of the C.I.A., and, further, confronted him in person. Such a meeting between the bureau and head of the C.I.A. would have been extraordinary, and it is fairly unthinkable that Mueller wouldn’t have been consulted. So what information was Cantor conveying when he got in touch with Mueller?

The New York Times reports of an interesting wrinkle in the political implications of the conduct of the "shirtless" agent who seemed to be pursuing Mrs. Kelley and "advocating" on her behalf with keen interest: "Later, the agent became convinced — incorrectly, the official said — that the case had stalled. Because of his 'worldview,' as the [F.B.I.] official put it, he [the "shirtless" agent] suspected a politically motivated cover-up to protect President Obama."

Normally, it should be noted, the FBI does not become involved in investigating adulterous affairs of government officials unless there is proof that national security has been compromised.

The unidentified "shirtless" F.B.I. agent now under investigation -- and his end run around the bureau through Eric Cantor during the days leading up to Election Day -- raise more serious issues than adulterous sex in terms of what appears to be a last ditch effort to influence a national election.

Fortunately, Cantor didn't bully F.B.I. Director Mueller into an October Surprise revelation of Petraeus having had an adulterous affair. More may come out, given that Broadwell may have a penchant for wanting people to know that she has inside information (including her questionable public claim that the C.I.A. was holding prisoners in Benghazi) -- and that there are questions of whether any classified information was revealed or rendered vulnerable.

But it would take a leap of unjustified faith to believe that Eric Cantor's telephone call to the head of the F.B.I. on Halloween was not an attempt to force the salacious scandal of lust (as it stands at this moment) to the front pages before the election.

Fortunately, global warming's October surprise -- Hurricane Sandy -- trumped Cantor's inappropriate meddling into an FBI investigation for opportunistic political purposes likely aimed at influencing an election.

 

ABC News | "FBI: Petraeus Affair Part of Criminal Probe"

However, as JoeNation already mentioned, Eric Cantor was aware of this last month:

ABC News | "The Eric Cantor Angle on Petraeus-Broadwell Affair"

OK, both articles are from a "lame-stream" source. Maybe if you grub around in the Fox News pages you can learn something that you'll believe.

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Sooooooo..Cantor tried to get the FBI to act but it was decided to wait until after the election to look into the matter? Hmmmmm

 

FWIW, that news was on Fox 2 days ago. Just what did you expect him to do with the bits of unconfirmed info he received from people who could, should, may, or did inform the proper authorities?

 

But if in fact it wasn't "The FBI" but a guy that merely worked for the FBI? In fact the FBI was investigating him. Cantor (Although some call him bitch-face, and it sort of fits Cantor's current reputation as a nasty little politician...). Now why were Cantor and this "rogue" FBI agent having contacts and what were all their conversations and meetings about anyway?? How you say.... Hmmmm?

 

It wasn't the FBI but rather a guy who worked for the FBI, huh? Explain this one to us...is there an FBI he can speak to do that isn't a person? So, yeah....Hmmmm

 

Poor grammar and nonsensical babble aside, I think I see what you're trying to say.

 

It's barely related, but clever nonetheless:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-co...ember-12-2012/david-petraeus---all-in--affair

 

My aside about finding the information on Fox News was a reference to at all of you who repeatedly and with considerable vigor denounce the "lame-stream media." You've now confirmed that Fox News reported this story the same day as every other news source did; so what?

My post was in response to CoinOKC's post, in which an ABC News reporter (Jonathan Karl) is shown on video quizzing the White House press secretary, with the comment "Utterly bizarre, indeed." I (perhaps wrongly) assumed that the comment was intended to convey suspicion that the White House had been in some way involved in hushing up the story until after the election. The stories to which I linked show that there is absolutely no evidence that the White House was involved in keeping a lid on the story, and in fact it seems that the first elected official who knew about the story was a Republican. Make of it what you will.

 

This story has more twists and turns than a roller coaster. As far as Cantor is concerned, I don't see the big deal. As soon as he found out (Oct. 27), he told his chief of staff to notify the FBI Director. The Director was notified on Oct. 31. What else would anyone have Cantor do? I mean, the chain doesn't go much higher than the FBI Director.

 

I did not miss your "aside", but it sounds like you missed mine.