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Subscribe to RSSJust-resigned CIA Director David Petraeus says he will testify this week at congressional hearings looking into the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, as new details emerge about the emails that helped end his career. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus reportedly said in an interview that he did not share classified information with his biographer Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom he is said to have had an affair.
In a series of interviews with Kyra Phillips of Headline News, Petraeus also said his resignation as CIA director was not tied to his upcoming testimony on the attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans. He is due to testify Friday in closed-door Senate and House hearings, the first formal congressional inquiries into the September attack.
Petraeus’ comments, which came in a series of interviews with Phillips beginning last week, were first reported Thursday.
"In our first conversation," Phillips said, Petraeus "had told me he had engaged in something dishonorable. He sought to do the honorable thing in response -- and that was to come forward. He was very clear that he screwed up terribly ... even felt fortunate to have a wife who is far better than he deserves."
Petraeus told Phillips he had not spoken with Broadwell since the scandal broke.
"He insisted to me that he has never passed classified information to Paula Broadwell," Phillips said. "He said this has nothing to do with Benghazi, and he wants to testify. He will testify."
Defense officials told NBC News on Thursday that earlier this week, the FBI came to Army officials with material discovered in Broadwell’s emails and asked, “Is this real and is it classified?” After Army officials determined it was indeed classified material, the FBI launched a search of Broadwell’s North Carolina home, with her consent.
The Defense officials could not reveal the nature of the classified material.
On Wednesday, an Army official told NBC News that Broadwell had lost her security clearance.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Broadwell’s security clearance and access to classified material was suspended because of an address she gave to an alumni symposium on Oct. 26 at the University of Denver, which appeared on the video-sharing site YouTube. Broadwell holds a master's degree in international study from the school.
In the address, Broadwell talked about security at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
"Any time that the Army has a reason to believe that an officer has mishandled classified information, there is grounds for such action," the Army official said, referencing the YouTube clip.
Broadwell, a West Point graduate and former military intelligence officer, is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, though she is not currently on active duty, according to Pentagon records obtained by NBC News.
Multiple government and law enforcement officials have told NBC News that Petraeus, a retired four-star general who is married, had an extramarital affair with Broadwell, 40. Broadwell, who also married, authored “All In,” a book about Petraeus’ leadership philosophy.
FBI investigators who looked into a series of anonymous threatening emails sent to Tampa, Fla., socialite Jill Kelley later determined they were authored by Broadwell, multiple government and law enforcement officials have told NBC News.
Petraeus will testify Friday about the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi before the Senate Intelligence Committee after he briefs the House Intelligence Committee.
NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube contributed to this report.
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BETRAY-US is a self serving LIAR, as are ALL politicians on both sides of the aisle. I fought for 20 years, numerous front line combat tours for a nation that has become a cesspool of filth. I am ashamed of what it has become.
This becoming more and more like a DC Housewives episode.
As has been and will continue to be said throughout time.
Power corrupts. Absolutely power corrupts absolutely.
WE allow this to continue by continually putting the same dirtbags back into office even after they rub out faces in their excrement. We've come to not only accept it, but to EXPECT it which is even more disheartening.
so did Petraeus give her classified information? the FBI says it was and searched her own. Since Petraeus has already lied why are we to believe his testimony on Benghazi?
Sorry, can't convince me Broadwell didn't have privy to a hoard of sensitive, classified information- he's just trying to protect his slut
I think a whole lot of this will come to light as they dig deeper. I hope the congress forms that Watergate style investigative committee. Somehow all of these events interconnect. Those 30,000 e-mails between that other general and lady are more than dirty talk. If I sent an e-mail (one page) to someone every day, it would take 82 years!
It could be a spy ring.
Lest see now. Secrete Service scandal,check. Top military scandal, check State department scandal, check
CIA scandal check
There's no business like show business.
"Sharing wasn't really part of it. Basically, she just laid there while I slipped my "Private Benjamin" to her, moaning and begging for more, which I wish I'd had to give her," the General said. "Sometimes she liked to be gagged and tied up, but most of the time, it was relatively quick, it's not like I was on Viagra or anything."
Asked if Mrs. Broadwell seemed to enjoy the encounters without communication, the general added, "Well, I don't want to speak for her, but I don't have 5 stars for nothing. But actually Mrs. Kelley was more of a screamer than Mrs. Broadwell."
Mr. Obama stated something to the effect: "I have no clear evidence that classified information was disclosed."
That is almost like saying the Benghazi attack was based upon a dad gum "video".
And that he will work across the aisle while muttering "My way or the highway".
Yep, and the hole Mr. Obama is digging is getting deeper and deeper.
Then there will be Pataerus and Clinton testifying before Congress. Guess they have had enough time together to get their stories "straight". Just who will be next to be thrown under the ObamaBus along with Oprah, Rev. Wright, and the Kennedy family ?
Petraeus/Broadwell 2016
ProFreedom-5130956
Did you miss the part where it indicates she is a Lt. Colonel in the Army Reserves? I guess it was the part where she previously worked in Military Intelligence?
Did you know that people in MI come into contact with vast amounts of classified information?
Do you think it possible that she was permitted to have the "classified" documents as part of her reserve duties? Not ALL classified document need to be locked in a GSA rated safe.
The emails that had the classified info were from teh General so to say that she got th einfo from other sources is silly at best.
Same stuff different day with this President.
you people are pathetic,this paul jacka— — saying fox news is unpatriotic,you people are pathetic.i did 30 years my self and just like oliver north being a good marine ,petraeus will be a good soldier and take one for the gipper but if it was me i would not have my name trashed because a piece of crap and his liberal cronies want no one to know what happened in libya.what happened in libya is 4 brave men died and obame and his liberal cronies are as guilty of killing those brave men in libya as the animals that actually killed those men,but no one wanted to vent obame because they didnt want to be called a racist.
Gee talk about helping Obama cover-up Benghazi-Gate...BeTrayUS never said a word!
Well please allow me to help promote the "truth" about this chapter of Benghazi-Gate for those honest enough to care. Here' Paula's Bombshell in about 1 minute twenty four seconds.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PgsLSsSKMI
Now ask yourself then where did "Paula" find out about Obama's Secret CIA Prison in Benghazi from?
While we are at it anyone else remember Obama & Clinton posing at Andrews over Ambassador Stevens and 3 other American Citizens Dead Bodies and the American Flag?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/09/14/president-obama-speaks-ceremony-benghazi-victims
Remember Ambassador Rice out on all the Sunday Morning talk shows tell US it was a spontaneous Riot and we shouldn't blame President Obama just before the Election?
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/ambassador-susan-rice-libya-attack-not-premeditated/
Folks Richard Nixon also was Re-elected yet he was also "Impeached" within 18 months of that Re-Election for his Crimes in Watergate for a "Cover-Up" which BTW was a lot less of a Crime than Benghazi-Gate!
The "Heat" is on so Obama suddenly runs off to his "Disaster Tour 2012" in NYC as a Distraction. Don't any of you see the timing this "Obama Tour" as being more than a little suspect? It's kind of Callous to be getting in the way of REAL RESCUE WORKERS like those from Occupy-Sandy!
http://www.infowars.com/photo-shows-sandy-volunteers-feeding-fema-workers/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Seriously the "BetrayUS Sex Scandal" and now Obama's "Magical Tour of an American Disaster" are only a "Distraction" from the real Benghazi-Gate story of Obama's Secret & Illegal CIA Prison!
President Obama....A sign of True Diplomacy and Statesmanship is staying at home and out of the way when Americans .....Hurricane Sandy New Yorkers Eat Out of Dumpsters out of Hunger! ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXU1OFo_EXM
Folks Political Charlatans like Obama Milk EVERY Disaster "Photo Opportunities" for all they are worth! http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/09/14/president-obama-speaks-ceremony-benghazi-victims
Does anyone else remember the Obama / Clinton "Photo-shoot" Opportunity & "Publicity Stunt" posing at Andrews Air Force Base over Ambassador Stevens and 3 other American Citizens "Dead Bodies"?
"Never waste a good crisis"~Hillary Clinton....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B62igfNu-T0
Once again folks this is all about the Benghazi-Gate Cover-Up and "No Good" comes out of this nonsense story for ANYONE but OBAMA!
Well other than BeTrayUS keeping his soon to be occupied nice cushy but Mysterious Wall Street Controlled Military Industrial Corporate Sponsored Job!
What would you "Say" to retire into a Multimillion dollar a year position?
Psst Anyone remember this video? Kind of sounds like President Obama now days, doesn't it!
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyCCJ6B2WE
And this one too......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUpxmlZ2hyM
America...shortly after Richard Nixon was re-elected in 1972 the Watergate Cover-up broke (which no one was actually Murdered) and within 18 months Tricky Dick was "Impeached" for lying to the American People about those "Crimes" after the fact!.....Well at least Nixon was "Honorable" enough to Resign!
Impeach Barrack Obama 2012!
"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past." ~George Orwell, 1984
Can I help you pack your bags--Go live somwhere outside the USA. I see America in a much different light. Comments such as this makes me ill.
i agree...finally soembody said it right...your last sentence...nobody want to vent Obama because they did not want to be called a racist. Obama, the liberals, and the media have been playing the race card since 2007.
fearfulofignorance .... What? Really, does the "Truth" hurt that bad?
My family has been living here in American since 1624 (and parts much longer) so how about you Wall Street Corporate Supporting Fascist Propagandist take you "New Word Order" and your "UN Globalist Agenda" and your Corporate Plutocracy and "Go live somwhere outside the USA!
My family has sacrificed enough of our precious "Blood & Treasure" for your "Masters Fun & Profit!
Psst....Personally I hope you don't "Recover" but "you" are always welcome to come and "Help Me and Mine....Pack"!
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." ~George Orwell
Xdm9mm - Uh, yeah I know, she worked in intelligence. Did it occur to your dismal amount of intelligence that just because people have access to certain levels of intelligence that they don't have unlimited access to everything out there? People in the field don't go around showing off what they have access to with everyone else who do the same work for reasons of, spell it, s-e-c-u-r-i-t-y.
Otherwise, why do you think he's having to defend himself about 'sharing' info with her? It's obviously a problem right? Never mind, I tried...
You are an Idiot.....If you had been in any position of note in the military....you'd know better than to say stupid things......Ever heard the term fragmented report?..........The whole thing, if you paid attention, happened in about ten minutes from get to go......The military deployed assets immediately and rerouted a drone immediately as the altercation began......No one could have done anything.....It was impossible......Go ask Gen Wesley Clark.......He explains everything that happened in his Piers Morgan interview on Nov 2nd.....Don't take his word for it....Just hate a black man...don't ya?....And most of you are acting like bitter bitches because you democratically lost the election....Cry me a river.......You guys are always about defending the Constitution until something you didn't want to happen....happens....
branxoz.......you are a fool..you are buying into the hype exactly like they want you to....this was an affair...nothing more and MANY high powered people do it and it has NO CONNECTION to their ability to do their jobs. In other counties if you did NOT have a mistress you would be circumspect. Get a life....
Electoral College - Obama
Popular Vote - Obama
Suck it guys...... Sorriest.. sorest losers I have ever seen.
I don't understand what the point is of having a safe room if you can't stay in it to ride out something like a fire. Who designed this refuge from which you have to escape rather than have a fresh air supply and gas masks?
Now let's see, what's that line I always hear from some on the right? Ahhhh that's right "Love it or leave it". I predict I will be hearing that less and less. Or maybe I'll simply start hearing from the left now.
Guaranteed, Petraeus knew all about it---The Top Generals of the Military---in the past it happened all the time---the Media is focusing away from the real Issues that face America. Everything now is Global.
This Cob Web of stars leaked out Top Secret Intelligence--30,000 pages of e-mails between Kelley and Gen. Allen--that would be at least equal to 75 books. What did they have to say to each other.
Broadwell broadcasting her Top Secret Intelligence spilled by Petraeus, found on her computer and then released by the Spy Woman..
Why do you think that in the past 6 months, everyone is talking about "Who leaked Top Secret" Information regarding important Issues, (Afghanistan/Middle East/North Africa/Defense material) overriding the President's claim to not have known about how this information got out.
"The Enemy from Within" applies to this unique Top Military Social Network of Friends---what a group!
Electoral College Bribed/Threatened - Obama
Popular Vote from Latin America Communists - Obama
Wait till you look in the mirror 4 years from now!
Making the same mistake TWICE is for MORONS!
This crap will continue no matter who is in office. Face it. We live in a corrupt, selfish world, especially where this power and money involved.
The problem with cheating and subsequently lying, is that after that confidence in the truth is greatly diminished. A person cannot cheat repeatedly and not lie.
It appear that when Nancy said they were going to drain the swamp, she meant they are going to add to the swamp in a big way.
What isn't clear yet is why Petraeus went along with the bogus story by the WH about the video when he knew the story was a lie. So it does beg the question if at that time the affair was brought up and used to keep him in line. Maybe the intent always was to cover up long enough to get Obama re-elected and then they figured they could defect enough to eventually squelch the event. So first the WH said just mentioning the event was politicizing it. When that didn't work, they asked the media to sweep it under the run which they gladly did. They then trotted out Rice to repeat the lie, which we don't know if she knew it was a lie then, or she did as she was told so she could one day be Sec of State. Pay-offs...? There were so many conflicting stories from all parties it is downright dizzy.
Now the race card has been played which based on that defense they must be getting worried. That is always played to stop the conversation by taking out those that question.
What is a pity is that voters are so easily snowed.
i agree with soildier
what happened in libya is 4 brave men died and obame and his liberal cronies are as guilty of killing those brave men in libya as the animals that actually killed those men,but no one wanted to vent obame because they didnt want to be called a racist.
OUTSTANDING. I finally met someone who can talk out his a**h***. Unfortunately the drivel he is spewing shows a definite lack of intelligence. How pathetic.
Where were you when several embassies were attackerd during the bushie administration? Oh I forgot, you right wingnuts only care when you can use a situation to score political points. You need to grow up.
@theboys,
Race card? How funnny. The only ones using the race card are you right wing wachos. The problem is: you just don't realize---YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.
imwhitewolf
Please enlighten this right wingnut about the embassy deaths during the Bush administration.
You are PATHETIC, you need to grow up.
@muw/ido; I set both of you straight on Bhengazi where you cut and ran when you could not deny or answer to what I showed you that there was no cover up, or a need for one,.I dare either of you to deny it and I will put a diatribe as you both do ad nauseum out and show the world how ignorant you guys really are with your own words,and stay relevant at the same time. Stop your rhetoric wait on the facts to come out.
@ whitewolf; Please enlighten us to how Obama is culpable? Would you disregard the advisement of two generals in the area and you SOD to not send troops in, into the unkown at night in a fluid situation?
I doubt it.
I have followed Obamas every step as far as the ME is concerned for the last four years and Obama cares for Americans abroad more than you know, to say different is ignorant and disrespectful to the office of the presidency. Could things have been done better we shall see. Jusrt remember hindsight is always 20/20.
If you have a security clearance, you need to have a need to know to have access to it. That means your job requires that specific information or project. She was not on active duty and was not assigned to that region, so she had no need to know. Also, all classified material stays locked up in a secure facility with a rated safe. You can't take it home with you. And, classified information was found in her email. Computers with classified information aren't connected to a network on a Base, and definitely not connected to the internet. I have no idea how she was able to email it to herself. My job is protecting that type of information from being accessed on outside networks for the government and Military, so I know about this.
I do not care that Petraeus says that he did not give out classified information because he is lying as usual. Petraeus was caught up in the usual spy trap. He starts his CIA career with an extramarital affair which is used against him by Obama and other operatives to extract information from Petraeus. The information "some how" ends up in enemy hands and is used against us and the price tag is evident by our losses. In the world of spies your weaknesses are used against you. Do you desire revenge? Want More Money? Have a big ego that is usful? these are tools used in the trade of spying. This is spy craft 101 according to Fred W. Rustmann in his very well written book called "CIA inc". In short Petraeus should have known this when he charted his coarse to have his little rendezvous with Mrs. Broadwell. And his behavior on Benghazi is disgraceful. CIA officers on the ground sent E-mails directly to the White House on the night it happened. They were asking for help. They were ignored by both the State Department and the President. Those people were purposely allowed to die so the big question is why? What did the dead ambassador know that he had to be eliminated?
If he did not disclose Classified info then why did the Writer lose her Security Clearance????
Betreous - For a piece of ass I bet you did. How did she know about the so-called prisoner they were holding in the Consulate. If she had access to you night and day, you can damn well bet she had access to classified info or you told her what was in some of the classified documents. Either way, the punishment for you should be the same as an enlisted person would get for violating the U.S. Army Regulations governing securing, storing and disseminating classified material, that's Leavenworth, KS!
Does anyone believe this guy's is going to testify with the truth? The truth is that he 'saved' Obama's election and Obama 'saved' Pataerus reputation & RETIREMENT INCOME. Come on, Pataerus saying he was 'coming clean'...BS, he GOT CAUGHT...just like Obama 'got caught' in the Benghazi COVERUP.....at least no one got killed during the Watergate coverup...but this one is different...much different.......
better check your tinfoil hate, I don't think it is on straight.
Yes, I think we all know this is tied in with the White House cover up.
You have to stop getting your info from the foreign owned press of Foxnews. They are not even American, how unpatriotic. The General is going to make fools of all you foreign news watchers
Oh, of course, bigdogg, Obama would surely not be involved in any kind of coverup just to protect his reelection...I mean, not our messiah who promised us transparency in all matters, right? So, go ahead and insult ole digger who's obviously just one of those deranged conservatives. And, you can rest assured that the fair and impartial media will back me up on this!
By the way, what the hell is a tinfoil "hate"?
It's a tinfoil hat that you neocons wear that makes you only see hate.
This is a non issue, along with Benghazi.
oh that's right a non issue... a bump in the road... there are 4 sets of parents that would beg to differ with you... I thought the dem party was a party of tolerance... "I'm Ok... You're Ok" .... and yet you spew hatred and resort to name calling....
Reynolds Wrap foil is on sale now at your nearest grocery store.
just the truth would be sufficient... I know that's a novelty ...
Rhonda, what about the nearly 5,000 Americans fitted in body bags, due to a false war, what about their families? If I remember correctly Chris Stevens and Glen Dorherty's family asked Romney to shut up and sit down and stop using their death's to fit the right wing agenda. Why not wait for the House/Senate Committee to conduct their investigation and render their reports. The Republicans and the Democrats will keep each other honest, or one would hope that would be the case and a honest and straight-forward report will be submitted to the American People.
Paul: If you think Fox news is foreign owned, you'd really better check who owns mainstream media because they're lack of reporting on Benghazi is very concerning to most Americans who have a brain. What does mainstream media have to gain or are they beholding to someone more powerful than the WH. What if this happened on US soil and we were being told it wasn't a "terrorist" attack but a UTUBE video that sparked a riot. Hello, wake up.
so that makes this ok ... that was horrific also... this has nothing to do with politics ... just a search for the truth.... and I think you would be incorrect about those parents not wanting to know what happened to their children... I believe they are growing a little impatient ... as I would be if it were my child... with so many different stories from so many branches of government, aren't you just a little curious of what really happened... oh , that's right "ongoing investigation... but on the first day they were shouting from the mountain tops... "it was all about an evil video"
Fox is foreign owned. It is NOT American and to watch it is like spitting in the face of all Americans. Nothing is more unpatriotic
Sorry Paul---Fox is not the only one reporting on it now. They all are except MSNBC. And since when is reporting the news unpatriaotic?
I suppose you are trying to say "their lack of reporting . . . . ." but when the brain is poisoned by biased and prejudicial thought, only reporting that reinforces the fantasy will be deemed credible. Petraeus may have been a horny spy but he is far from being stupid enough to divulge the nation's secrets to an alleged biographer. I want to know more about the FBI agent/whistle-blower who sends shirtless pictures of himself to a woman, why he would breach protocol to inform uncleared civilians of his concerns, and why he didn't go directly to the Inspector General of the Justice Department? I think in the end we will find that not all the questions should be aimed at Petreaus. There is some explaining to be done by the agent, Rep. Cantor, and the other congressman who was made privy to the situation. For the conspiracy theorists who have already decided on a Benghazi coverup, no contravening evidence will ever satisfy their penchant for intrigue.
Skyparrot...quite a few of those body bags have been filled during Obama's adminsitration and there will be more with his Foreign Policy Team running away from him at full speed...oh, by the way, it's Obama's war(s) ...blame Bush...but he hasn't made any policy decisions in 4 years....got that....4 years.
Spider...thanks. Seems like we mention anything about Big O and mean, hate defense comes out...still doesn't change things...Obama is the worst president in history and will never be surpassed in that regard. He is also the least transparent and the MOST ARROGANT...hopefully, arrogance comes before the fall.
2003-2009 (Jan)==Bush's killing fields, Iraq. Bush and Cheney war criminals and should be hauled off to the Hague for crimes against humanity, responsible for nearly 5, 000 Americans killed and tens of thousands of civilians, the Decider and Chief pushed and obtained a war under false allegations.
rhonda wants to impeach President Obama over Benghazi, well it aint gonna happen.
My understanding is, Stevens was gunned down outside of his home by a drive by shooter. how you gonna guard against that?
so that's what it is .... he's going to be impeached if he tells the truth... wow... says a lot about you and what you think of the president's character ... at this stage game I would just settle for the truth ... but then that's just me... you Dems sure get ruffled when the president is questioned about anything.. not political... it's sad that you don't think the truth is warranted here....
do you know what the truth is?
The notion that only Fox is reporting on Benghazi, or that MSNBC isn't reporting on it, is patently false.
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>> yes. they lost the election. they're mad about it. they want to find a way to relitigate it.
look, after he got his intelligence briefing, classified intelligence briefing,
in the middle of october, mitt romney shut up about this. because ...
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>> the east room of the white house, the president took to the podium to press his agenda for the
next four years. quickly dispatching a first question on the petraeus affair,
saying he had no evidence any classified information was disclosed.
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Unfortunately, Newsvine won't let me post links, but each of these article teasers has a link -- to MSNBC.
To enlighten some folks. FOX News is owned by Rupert Murdoch. He was an Australian whose American citizenship was fast tracked. His biusiness interests are a major factor in the British scandals of eavesdropping and stealing emails.
Translated: the media is not saying what I want to hear, isn't saying the same thing that fake news is spewing, and ANY excuse to hate on Obama is good enough for the haters. The lack of reporting on Benghazi is only in the little minds of the delusional haters. There is more than enough stories, theories, and delusions to go around for all of the haters and conspiracy theorists.
Too bad that few of the reality based reports fits into what the Obama haters demand to hear. Reality can really carry a liberal bias at times, can't it fox faithful? Grow up and wait for the investigations to be completed before you stomp your petulant little feet and demand someones head. You won't believe anything out of the investigation anyway unless it fits into your already delusional and hate filled minds.
There is little reason to have 2 separate congressional committees instead of one larger one that includes both the house and the senate. More grandstanding for the public just to make it look like congress is doing something.
Now I have reviewed the facts http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/14/cable-news-ratings-for-tuesday-november-13-2012/157571/ .....So what does this tell us? This tells us that the "biased liberal media" doesn't really exist. All the other news channels combined viewership is always +/- 5% of FOX viewership. Lies, smoke and mirrors.......I think the Repugs are going down for a decade.....How scared you guys must be about an amnesty...LOLZ.....
and for all other budgetary references try this......... http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html...Pretty much explains that the rich's marginal tax rate is directly related to the whether the deficit blows up or not....Just the facts chumps....just the facts.....
Said Pontius Pilate to Jesus.
PeterDean...This has nothing to do with who won the election. This is not a vendetta against Obama. It's an attempt to get at the truth. The American people are entitled to know what really happened with Benghazi.
If you don't want to have any real investigation of 9/11/2001, then you don't deserve to be told what happened for certain in Benghazi. As a bad American you forfeit any right to demand explanations for some things of your choosing and not for others. 9/11/2001 was a mass murder of 2979 Americans on American soil and you are willing to overlook that nobody with subpoena power, witness protection power, or security clearances were allowed to investigate the crime. Thousands of civilians getting killed in our own country is much worse than 4 diplomatic mercenaries meeting their end in the country they chose to work in professionally.
are they say'n the book...All In...is bout peter-ship abilities...or did i misread again...
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh General, let me know when you're all in."
Even the FBI didn't know whether this "information" was classified or not. Patraeus will have his day in court to establish no classified information was given by himself to Broadwell.
Has it occurred to anyone that "information" regarding his work could be as innocuous as saying he was going to his job earlier the next morning?
Sheesh... how eager some folks are to point fingers at another person and who downright take pleasure in what they would like to characterize as being harmful or wicked.
It's called Schadenfreude. And folks who are addicted to it, in my book, should get some therapy from their handy dandy psychotherapist.
Saw on the news the FBI conficated Broadwell's computers and found government information on them....this guy is lying trying to save his own as_s.
I'll surmise reading comprehension is not an ability you excel in.
You must have missed the part of the article where it notes that Broadwell is a USMA graduate, a Lt. Colonel in the Army Reserve and formerly worked in Military Intelligence (typical government oxymoron).
So, please expand on your hypothesis that "this guy is lying trying to save his own as_s."
She also had security clearance, which has been since been rescinded--so let the FBI conduct what they need to do. Stop buying into speculation that has no basis in fact.
OBAMA babble will save the day!
Vindicator,
Yesterday President Obama said he would withhold judgement until investigations were complete. So, take your lies somewhere else.
Yeah, he'll withhold judgement...If Gen Petraeus is Honorable and Truthful, Obama will judge him negatively. If he lies, holding to the absurd story that it was a video, then Obama will re-instate him.
Susan Rice lied, saying exactly what Obama wanted her to say, without knowing any facts and he wants to make her Secretary of State. We are the laughing stock of the world with these Charlatans on display.
clark,
wait till it comes out, your preconceived notions will eventually be proven false.
Comrade LA RAZA OBAMA is good at DEFERRED ACTION to allow millions of Mexican illegals to steal the dreams of immigrants from around the world who are waiting to LEGALLY immigrate to the United States.
so you are giving up on the other discussion and want to get beaten on another?
" and Bill Clinotn did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky.,"
no he did have sex with that woman, there were protein stains on her dress to prove it.
And who cares about the bj, old, very old news. Hillary forgave Bill and so did the country, leave it alone, has no meaning for anything today.
skyparrot: I will never forgive Clinton for lieing under oath to the American people. He was the Pres.of the US and he took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the US. Lieing under oath is not in the Constitution. How could anyone every trust him or think he has the values that represent the Democratic Party. UGGHHH!
Believe, and I will never forgive Bush for the death of my nephew in a false war, dying in a crappy Humvee, poorly armored, no bullet proof vest, but he did his duty by dying unnecessarily. I'll take a bj over death any day. Uggghhhh.
NO NO NO...Bill Clinton said he did not have sex with that woman....Hilary.
no it was 'Miss Lewinsky', obviously Cliton meant her mother.
What was the CIGAR all about???
CIGAR, smoke screen, like Winston Churchill and his ever-present CIGAR. Or as Dr. Freud
coined, Sometimes a CIGAR is JUST a CIGAR
then why do they call it oral sex?
I've never asked for oral copulation, I have always asked for a blowjob.
There is oral, anal, and vaginal. A hole is a hole.
You have to remember that Bill Hilly Clinton is from Arkansas where everything goes in the rear entrance. I'll bet Monica took in that cigar and shot out cigarettes.
I wonder if Bill like....smoked the cigar........LOLZ....Kinda funny
I just think it is amazing how the mainstream media wouldn't even print the word Benghazi before the election but now they seem to have no problem with it. Their guy won so now they need something else to keep the viewers entertained.
He would have won anyway. How much of the nation do you think know about Benghazi, and how much of that knowledge do you think had any impact on voting?
adc,
wanna talk about a scandal? let's talk about 11 different commanders in 11 years in Afghanistan where soldiers are being killed.
How about we talk about that system scandal.
Sheila, If it came out that Obama could have saved those 4 men in Benghazi and he chose not to then yes, I think that could have swung the election a couple of points towards Romney. Obama ran around in the final weeks talking about trust. I don't think he would have survived the knowledge that he purposefully lied to the American people because of election politics and he definitely would not have survived if he could have saved those 4 men and chose not too.
Gwaddammit! The heartbreak of Viagra!
bongblue, you did see that up until a short time ago she had security clearance as she was an intel officer. You fox sheeple really need to find a life rather than searching for conspiracies under every rock because the dumb, dumb and dumber blondes on fox told you there was something fishy here. The man served his Country well, fought for the US for years and yes he is human and made a mistake. He didn't put the Country at risk, didn't fail in his duties to his Country. You think that previous Generals have not had affairs...yeah right. All you morally superior people out there sitting back judging this good man who risked his life for his Country for YEARS, you are not even worth the discussion.
And you know all this how? Little Chuckie Todd told you?
What REALLY scares me is "sheeple" like you who are such sycophants, they believe anything "the party" tells them and quell all natural intelligence.
Chuck Todd works for a American network
Reality, all you ever wanted to know and then some is on-line supplied by every news source known to man. she had a security clearance, try the Washington Post, New York Times, WSJ etc.
Paul: Are you sure Chuck Todd works for an American network? The way NBC has NOT covered this story makes many American's wonder who really is paying the salaries of the mainstream media.
What party is that Reality... The Independent Party which I have been registered since my first election and I'm in my mid 50's. You people who look to fox as you saviors in the ministry of information all parrot the same things. It's all about surrounding yourself with yourself. Step out of the box, read many sources and shut the F*&^*& TV OFF. I'm sick of the one side vs the other, we are Americans first.
George, to bad you have no idea what you are talking about. Classified information is compartmentalized, which means you have to have a need to know to see specific information. That means she would had to be sent to where Patreus was in an official capacity in order to have access. She is in the Reserves and not on Active Duty, and was writing the book on her own time. Her clearance is only valid when she is on Active Duty, which she wasn't. Just like a cop can't speed when not on a call or in their personal vehicle. Just like an officer can't run someones tags just for the heck of it, or a nurse can't look up a patients information if they aren't directly caring for them. It's all need to know.
I have a clearance, so I know how it works.
Ooh...ooh...feels so good...we're invading Afghanistan....ooh...ooh...feels so good...we have no security at the embassy....ooh....ooh...feels so good....o'bama knows everything...
ROFLMAO!
LIAR LIAR - pants on fire.
And if he had leaked information he would tell us right?
Of course he would. o'bbamamama said so!
So how did she get it you liar. Nothing he says can be trusted now-especially his testimony on Benghazi. I posted before and still maintain the only way he can ever regain his integrity is to throw obama under the bus in front of the House and Senate. Until then he is just another liar covering it all up. And we STILL have good, decent, brave men dying for these scum bags in Afghan. BTW General you oath is to the United States Constitution FIRST! This president has violated that-your duty is clear.
totherepublic
I'll surmise reading comprehension is not an ability you excel in similar to bongleblue above.
You must have missed the part of the article where it notes that Broadwell is a USMA graduate, a Lt. Colonel in the Army Reserve and formerly worked in Military Intelligence (typical government oxymoron). She also held a security clearance (likely Top Secret with some additional qualifiers) of her own until it was rescinded.
Here's a hint. People that work in "Military Intelligence" come into contact with extensive amounts of "classified" information.
But I will agree with you that I personally believe he's covering for others. A typical good soldier, similar to Olliver North, falling on the sword to protect others.
So, in other words, you actually don't give a @!$%# about the facts just so long as Obama is damaged by the testimony. But actually, no ~ not in other words ~ those are the very words. Gotta flash for you, Slick. This isn't going to work out the way you and the radical right want it to ~ and efforts to paint Petraeus as a pathological liar because he won't lie the way you want him to will fail, also.
A WHITEHOUSE COVERUP!!!!!! WATERGATE?!?!?!?! WTF!!!! This Benghazi/Rice/Petraeus/Fast and Furious witch hunt crap is an outrage! Sure people died, but they were in harm’s way and all knew it. Just like the folks in the military, law enforcement and fire/rescue. Those people have a high mortality rate compared to the rest of us and they know that going into their occupation of choice. Sure you feel bad for their families. They will hurt for many years, but making partisan politics out of their service won’t help the families NOW!
There are millions of families hurting in this country. Not just a few. Our Congress and Senate need to focus on the NEEDS of the many not the few. They need to be 100% WORKING on the fiscal cliff issues RIGHT NOW and not thinking about themselves, their party or the special interests! Get to the work at hand you useless bustards or we will drag you out of OUR capital kicking and screaming by your necks! Get to work NOW!!!
SHUT UP, EVAD...Go back to bed...your meds are wearing off.
If Amb. Stevens had followed directives to NOT travel to Benghazi on or near the 9/11 anniversary date, he and the other three foreign service officers would be alive today. He ignored the warnings ~ much in the same fashion that Bush ignored the warnings preceding 9/11 and the consequences were enormous. His refusal to heed wise counsel cost him his life and contributed heavily to the attack on the Benghazi consulate because he didn't even try to keep his travel plans secret. Assaulting a well-fortified embassy doesn't offer the opportunity presented by a minimally protected consulate office and terrorists are known for their ability to take advantage of opportunity. As unflattering as it may be, Stevens is not without some culpability in this sordid affair.
Amen.
wow.... so now it's the Ambassador's fault... I'm sure his parents will be reassured to hear that ... because up until this point I'm sure they thought it was about "the old evil video"...
rhonda,
educate yourself. it was a terrorist attack, just like President Obama said the very next morning.
Good Idea but it will never happen !Government caring about it's people hah that will never happen either ! The only thing they care about is how much money the can squeeze out of you ! That's why they have the I.R.S. so you won't get mad at Government when they take everything you have !
he may not of leaked info, but his penis more than likely did.
yeah and when clinton is brought up i hear people say ..Ugo boy.ole billy boy had even more access to classified material than the general did...lol
USADIVER... Correct! And who knows what may have leaked out at that "moment" when his eyes glazed over and rolled back into his head (no pun intended) and when he almost loses consciousness? :) :)
USA, his penis leaked just like yours, so what, the man disgraced himself, his career and personal life is in shambles. Why reduce his life of past service to a leakage problem. What he did with Broadwell was wrong and he is paying dearly for it.
I'm sure the General kept his business covered, to keep from spilling any evidence.
Who knew the phony conservatives hated the General.
Oh, they loved him ~ until he elected not to turn on Obama for political purposes. Petreaus is also doing something that really pisses off the conservative radicals ~ ~ he is showing that he has some vestiges of character and honor. Those of his own tribe that now criticize him for his refusal to freely and wantonly indict Obama are showing that they have no character and honor. They would sell both if it meant gaining even a slight political advantage to their quest for ungovernable power. Its not truth they seek ~ its confirmation of their salacious fantasies constructed to inflict harm on the POTUS who is not of their lineage.
All I have to say, where are the WMDs in Iraq, now thats a cover up. How many thousands died to get nonexistent WMDs? Or what about the Pat Tillman cover up? Don't forget these from the "great" Bush years...
ask the Khurds where they are.Nerve agent gas was used on them in 93.
Yeah, and we invade 10 years later, it wasn't nerve gas that prompted the false war and you know it, every country in the middle east has go it including the Israelis.
10 year is a long time to find a good hiding place.alot of sand out there.
ok, none was found, and the stuff they did find was so old and corroded it was inoperable, your point is pointless.
A million atta boys can be ruined by one OH SH*T!! This is not just a Republican or Democrat issue that we have here.Someone messed up and more than one person is involved.Everyone needs to look at this incident and get all the facts as best as possible beofre rendering judgement.there are alot of people out there that will never see the truth much less understand it as long as they are blinded by their political beliefs.Maybe this case should be moved overseas as it may not be possible for the general to get a fair trial in the U.S.
Trial????
Would you care to tell us what court of law he will be tried in? Oh, the court of public opinion does NOT count.
if we went with public opinion he would already have been lynched by the mob.So where could he his story be heard where the judges are not poilitically tainted?
wolfhound27....
I very seriously doubt if he will be tried for anything, especially if the physical encounter(s) didn't occur while he was in uniform. As the "civilian" DCI, he did not have the same prohibitions. Of course it wasn't a brilliant move on his part, but the CIA doesn't have the UCMJ.
If the "act" did occur while he was in uniform, he will likely suffer not much more than a reduction in rank, if that. It was consenual between to senior officers. Granted it was adultery on both their parts, but one was not using rank as an influence on a subordinate.
i agree with you,perhaps i used the wrong word in trial.i guess what i was really trying to get across wasc could he be heard by an unbiased listener?It would be pointless for him to even try to testify if all they are going to do is shout him down.
My apologies.... I focused on the word trial myself.
It will be interesting to see what happens, and what he says. Unfortunately, I don't believe the majority will believe him. Half will accept every word as gospel, and the other half will say it's self serving and a good player taking one for the team.
Ultimately, we'll be no better off after his testimony than we were before.
never were truer words written.he was a good soldier despite all the foul comments made here and it is a shame he has to end it this way.My own mandatory retirement is only a few months away and i confess i dread the civilian world.at least in the infantry we know who is in charge and what we are doing.
hahahhaha...so the director of the CIA just happens to be having an affair with a chick who just happens to have classified info on her computer? Even though she had security clearance, it's still just almost too coincidental.
The U.S. government is a joke, but as long as they can keep people saying stuff like - it's your side...no, it's your side - they know they can continue doing as they please. Until we morons (you know, the 'little' people) stand together, it won't change.
and just like most stories with a politcal nature there is probably more to this story,There usually is.
Sleep, Broadwell had a security clearance, fact. Let the FBI ensure that what information she had on her computers match her security clearance rating.
sky - i know she had a security clearance, as i put that in my original post...it's just hilariously coincidental that the cia director was banging her on the side and she happens to have classified documents on her computer. how they got there could be anyone's guess...and, unfortunately, with our crappy government, we'll probably never get the truth.
sleep, sorry missed that in your first post, however, I will take our "Crappy" government over every other government that exists in the world today, warts and all.
sky - our government could learn some stuff from places like the netherlands, sweden, switzerland, etc - some of those countries are well more 'for the people' than ours is now.
Sleep - don't get crazy now. Those countries have socialist leanings! If this were the 50s, you'd be a sympathizer. Oh wait, never mind, if this were 2012, you'd be a sympathizer....
Why was boxes and boxes of classified papers/information IN HER HOME?
Classified information is not stored on networked computers. It is stored on stand alone computers stored in secure rooms, not on someone's desk. Not even a General's. They aren't connected to the internet either. I can't imagine how she had this information in her email if there was no way to send it to her email.
What the heck these sore losers talking about on cover up on on Benghazi before a full investigation is completed. They must have a short memory the first plane hit the twin towers, it was called an accident. Of course your going to get mix messages at first. My god, the twin towers deal was 9-11-2001. The final investigation by the Commision Report on 9-11-2001 was given to us on 7-22-2004. You sore losers need to take some idiot pills on clearing up your brains. You need to quit believing CSI Miami on TV. It is not true that's it's possible to solve crimes in one hour with all the info. Gee!!!!! Get a Life.
Well, when you consider that we had never seen another plane hit the Twin Towers, (although one HAD hit the Empire State building one time) and the first plane was thought to be an accident.
However, when other countries had closed their Embassies and Consulates, even the Red Cross closed their offices as it was too dangerous in the area, I personally believe THAT might have given some decision makers a little bit of a hint that things were not good. Then when we learn that other attacks HAD ALREADY been made, multiple requests had already been made for additional security only to be denied, the FBI when they visited weeks AFTER the attack MISSED documents laying around that CNN reporters found, the State Department Security was WATCHING the attack in real time, they had sufficient time to deploy another drone (supposedly unarmed) yet did NOT have sufficient time to delpoy an armed drone....
Yes, I think there are MULTIPLE reasons to question the veracity of the "official version".
after multiple versions came out then changed,then changed again,the finnally on official version comes out which is still subject to change.what are you going to believe?which one of 10 kids broke the window when they all say,(not me)?
.. and didn't inhale !
It is staggering to watch such a display but hopefully this will be handled with an appropriate investigation even though it's someone no one ever would have suspected of being a traitor!!!!!!!
Broadwell is obviously an embarrassment to the Army in more ways than would seem obvious so for credibility sake this officer should face court martial immediately
If he didn't give the classified documents to her then who did? That stuff supposedly should be locked up. You can't just walk in and pick it up off of someone's desk.
Did you miss the part where it indicated she is a Lt. Colonel in the Reserves, was formerly working in Military Intelligence?
Oh, and "classified" could be AIUO or FOUO.... and could very well have been part of her reserve duties.
deb, you're right in that so many people think information is instantaneous. While technology has made strides in this area, it still comes down to people - people who are monitoring these situations in areas of the world we don't even know about. If Petraeus did leak classified information, he will be held accountable. If he didn't, then this affair between him and Paula Broadwell should be taken off the front page and the families of those two individuals need to be the ones to resolve the issue in the manner they see fit.
Yo Dave!
You have no credability. Reduction to E-1. Forfeiture of all benefits. Kansas vacation for 20 years. You low life, scumbag, puke, POS!
never going to happen,Too many politicians have done far worse and still manage reelection to boot.oh and just some useless knowledge for you.once they reach Kansas,A person literally has no rank.They are literally referred to as prisoner.(no rank) Saluting is not allowed at all as it insinuates that you are a solder which you are not.(you are a prisoner)I learned this because i had the distasteful detail of delivering a few prisoners the the Kansas country home.
The Military has no jurisdiction over Petraeus, he retired before this misery commenced. so now the right wing has him on trial for a non-existent conspiracy, lying, and leaking classified information. jeez. I do not condone his affair but I refuse to reduce his years of an unblemished record and service to America to the status of a "scumbag."
Duty, Honor, Country.
These mean nothing anymore. Just punch lines on SNL. What a joke the system has become. I am quite sure nothing will become of it. No one is accountable for their actions anymore.
nobody but the day to day persons or enlisted soldiers.i could only imagine how long i would be in jail if i managed my finances the way the government does.
The, the General reduced to the status of a human being with flaws, but I cannot condemn his entire adult life to having no value and his contributions as worthless. He is paying dearly for his egregious lapse.
Write on wolfhound27. skyparrot I am envious of your sympathy for dave. Like you posted, he is retired military as I am. Being director of CIA, and getting caught up in this mess has destroyed his life. Thinking with the wrong head is no excuse when you are in that position. He has violated trust that should be punishable by death, if he is found guilty! I am all out forgiveness while the out of control leadership, or lack thereof further errodes the morality of this country to the sewer it has become.
Oh I see now. He was "outed" by the White House over his Libya investigation.
So Obama pulled a Bush
Bush's White House outed Valerie Plain when she did not report the info on "weapons of mass destruction in Iraq" the way the administration wanted it reported.
And Obama administration outed Petraeus when the CIA won not take the fall for failing to protect the consulate in Libya.
Bush Obama no difference; both were/are corrupt puppets that have no sense of duty except to self.
The White House didn't "out" Petraeus, he did himself in. Even Cantor kept his mouth shut and knew about the FBI probe way before the election was over, so I guess Eric Cantor is part of the "cover-up," jeez, folks.
Victor, if you come back after midnight you'll be more likely to find the rest of the tin-foil hat brigade here. They are in a much better position to appreciate your nonsense.
Victor you are not smart enough to hang with this crowd.
Just how do such silly, insignificant people have so much access to very important people?
How widespread is that in the highest echelons of the government and military?
The insignificant people who have access to important people, are the chicks with nice boobs, willing to give good head, and spread their legs for anyone not their husband. The sad truth is, these two gold-digging losers will make their pathetic "careers" out of this, while the generals tours are over (just retire and disappear, please).
Sow the wind, boys ... (seriously, even geriatric generals should be able to score better tail than these tired, dug-out cougars). This has absolutely nothing to do with politics. If it did, why would Cantor not spill the beans when he had the chance? (oh let me guess, he's secretly on the Dems payroll too).
Hmmm...Limbaugh is tearing down Petreaus today. I assume that's in prep for Petreaus' testimony, which will back up the Administration's explanation.
If Petreaus will simply agree to lie the way conservatives want him to, he will be elevated to sainthood by tomorrow night. Truth is not at issue here ~ damage to Obama and his administration is the goal and if falsehood and exaggeration can accomplish that, all the better. Petreaus is simply a reluctant player and thus the uber-radicals will string his entrails on the fence if he fails to follow their desires.
i don't think either party needs any help when it comes to damaging themselves in one way or another.