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CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns, Citing Affair

Posted by timothy on from the he's-no-clinton dept.

Penurious Penguin writes "After serving as Director of the CIA since September 2011, David Petraeus resigned from his position today, November 9. The retired four-star Army general has cited an extramarital affair as reason for the resignation. Michael Morell will now serve as Acting Director of the CIA."

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  1. Re:Job Performance by Culture20 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Blackmail. As the head of the CIA, he was right to resign. He probably resigned because someone tried to blackmail him.

  2. Re:5 days prior to hearing. by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If this had been under Bush the mainstream media would be on his ass 24x7.

    Oh, please. The mainstream media never got on Bush's ass 24x7 about *anything*. Ignore intelligence reports warning of an immanent attack? No problem. Let OBL get away? No problem. Lie us into a war? No problem. Authorize torture? No problem.

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  3. Re:5 days prior to hearing. by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Doesn't matter, they should subpoena his ass. This doesn't make the information in your head go away, or any less valid. Over all, it seems like the underside of the Benghazi bus is getting pretty crowded with all the people being thrown under it.

    The Senate Intelligence Committee has already removed him from the schedule. This is how you cover up that the US State Department operation in Benghazi was a cover for a CIA operation (they were watching Libyans smuggle Gadaffi's weaponry to the Syrian rebels).

    You don't talk about inconvenient things during a Congressional hearing.

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  4. Re:Job Performance by mattack2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From what I heard on the NBC News (podcast), he offered to resign to Obama, who took a day to accept the resignation. Doesn't sound like a firing to me.