F.B.I. Said to Have Stumbled Into News of Petraeus Affair
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. investigation that led to the resignation of David H. Petraeus as C.I.A. director on Friday began with a complaint several months ago about “harassing” e-mails sent by Paula Broadwell, Mr. Petraeus’s biographer, to an unidentified third person, a government official briefed on the case said Saturday.
When F.B.I. agents following up on the complaint began to examine Ms. Broadwell’s e-mails, they discovered exchanges between her and Mr. Petraeus that revealed that they were having an affair, said the official, who spoke of the investigation on the condition of anonymity.
More via - NYTimes.com.
Taken with a HEAVY grain of salt.
Regardless, this is another incident that makes a lot of people put our intel people in a league with the Keystone Kops.
That is a shame, because of lot of totally dedicated people do wonderful work in awful conditions and places.
Ditto the Secret Service.
Maybe the FBI can stumble into investigating Benghazi?
The FBI guys who went to the ruins of our consulate should have taken a small troop of Boy Scouts with them.
As a Scout, I was taught to leave a campsite better than I found it. Odd people were STILL picking up consulate papers with juicy info AFTER the FBI strolled through the buildings.
Could have something to do with who the boss is, I suppose…
Fascinating three maps showing how the US Counties voted in this election – including the short term trends (hint it’s all Red!)
http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2012/11/more-2012-us-county-presidential.html
You’ll need a backhoe to deliver that grain of salt, Rags
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