CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns

Could go the other way.  He will still be subpoenaed.  He will not have his job at stake.  He will just testify truthfully and completely. The problem may be that he did not disclose the affair as required under oath.  Petraeus is still an upright guy.  I would trust his testimony on the Libya consulate affair and his admission of an affair as truthful. I would not conflate the two.

Of course he can be subpoenaed. And, of course, he can assert his Fifth Amendment rights not to incriminate himself.  I would bet the mortgage that he is called and that he testifies.

I just think it is sad that he got his brains caught in his zipper.

In most jobs requiring security clearance, an undisclosed marital affair is considered something which could be used for blackmail.  In the CIA director, it would compromise national security.  It is serious and specifically called out in security evaluations.

scoobysdad - 2012-11-09 4:32 PM Whacky-crazy conspiracy theory... Obviously, Petraeus WAS having an affair. If somebody in the Administration knew about it, they could have used it as blackmail to "influence" Petraeus' testimony next week. Instead, Petraeus said "Screw you, I'll come clean myself and say what I know next week." Not surprisingly, the Administration has already announced that Petraeus will not be testifying next week, so now it will take a subpoena... and for Petraeus to stay alive until he gets called.

Purely from a conspiracy theory standpoint I tend to agree with this line of thinking.

Congressmen King was on the radio earlier right after the announcement and said there were rumors floating that the female had potentially accessed his computer.

From a country standpoint I tend to think Patraeus is a patriot and would put his country in front of himself any day of the week.  If something bad did happen, and he has knowledge of it I suspect he will get the truth out.  If nothing bad happened and it's nothing more than thinking with his zipper then it's just fodder for the conspiracy theory nuts. 

scoobysdad - 2012-11-09 5:32 PM Whacky-crazy conspiracy theory... Obviously, Petraeus WAS having an affair. If somebody in the Administration knew about it, they could have used it as blackmail to "influence" Petraeus' testimony next week. Instead, Petraeus said "Screw you, I'll come clean myself and say what I know next week." Not surprisingly, the Administration has already announced that Petraeus will not be testifying next week, so now it will take a subpoena... and for Petraeus to stay alive until he gets called.

Two things.

1) It could've happened years ago and it's breaking now so he's resigning now.  That would've explained why he wasn't hitting the administration back for blaming the intelligence community.  He kept a very low profile throughout the Bengazi madness before the election.

2) I don't think a guy like Patraeus would hide behind this news to keep from testifying. 

My 2.5 cents,

Clinton is stepping down, Petraeus is stepping down, things like this always happen in three's. Where is the third story going to come from since the reelection?

Didn't Bernie (Bernake) say he was done soon? 2014ish

Rumor is Bernake may step down this year...from some of my reading.

You never know.

The name being circulated as the other woman is Paula Broadwell, the author of Petraeus' biography All In.  Here's a link to an interview with her on Jon Stewart.

http://www.businessinsider.com/paula-broadwell-david-petraeus-biographer-daily-show-interview-2012-11?0=politics

She is a West Point grad, Lt Colonel in the Army Reserves, triathlete, holder of masters degrees from University of Denver and Harvard, and currently Ph D candidate at Kings College London.

I wonder if she has ever been on BT.

TW

Aptly named!

Apparently some people at least knew about this for a little bit longer than has been reported.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/11/us/petraeus-cia-resignation/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Lots of high ranking government officials have had affairs and not stepped down.  I also find it odd that he would step down.

One thing that most everyone will agree on, Paula Broadwell is a babe!

Ditto on the babe comment Ray.  It almost sounds made up like a Bond Girl name..."Broad" Well.  Great stuff.  That said, a head of the CIA in this day and age, with the national security aspect of it, stepping down sounds consistent with the kind of guy Petraeus is known to be by folks who know him personally.

What conspiracy?  Was a law broken?  I don't care if he steps down or not, plenty of qualified people to do that job....but let's not get carried away.  So far, it was discovered he had an affair.  That's all.