11/9/2012
Petraeus Resigns; Will Not Testify — Or So the Democrats Think . . .
Filed under: General— Patterico @ 6:18 pm
Apparently he had an affair with his biographer.
The woman with whom Gen. David Petraeus was having an affair is Paula Broadwell, the author of a recent hagiographic book about him, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus.
Petraeus resigned as CIA director on Friday, citing the affair. In a letter to his staff, Petraeus wrote:
“Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as D/CIA. After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours.”
Sources tell me that President Obama, who has been getting along with Petraeus very well in the past couple years, agonized for 24 hours over the letter of resignation before accepting it.
I think the guy spelled “milliseconds” wrong. Here’s why this claim is so hard to buy:
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Senate Intelligence Committee says Petraeus will not testify at next week’s closed hearing on the events in Benghazi.
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Senate Intelligence Committee says Acting CIA Director Michael Morrell will testify at Benghazi hearing Thursday in place of Petraeus.
Really?
Petraeus is slated to testify about what happened with Benghazi. He’s one guy conservatives might trust in all this, and he says he wants to testify. Meanwhile, Obama stalls and covers his butt. Then, less than a week before Petraeus is supposed to testify, this?
Nah. Sorry. I don’t buy that O was agonizing.
Subpoena him. If the Senate doesn’t let it happen, do it in the House.
Subpoena him.
UPDATE: Ace:
When Did Obama Know About Petraeus’ Affair?
Did he know about it months ago, which seems likely?
Did he tell Petraeus to resign after the election?
If Petraeus had to resign because he was compromised, he was compromised months ago.
Did Obama leave a compromised head of the CIA in place to avoid some difficult politics?
Petraeus’ testimony about this — not the affair, but Obama’s knowledge of it and offers to resign — is now required.
I haven’t had much time to think about all of this, but I was suspicious the second I first heard about this. |
