Foreign Policy

Here's a little more info about the Petraeus affair.

"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 on Saturday. "

Several months ago, so it seems likely this was covered up until after the election.

"The person who complained about harassing messages from Ms. Broadwell, according to the official, was not a family member or a government official. One Congressional official who was briefed on the matter on Friday said senior intelligence officials had explained that the F.B.I. investigation “started with two women.” "

Oh my goodness. Petraeus is clearly a politician. What a trivial mess to lose a career over. So who's the third woman, and why was she so upset, she called the FBI?

"F.B.I. agents spoke with the C.I.A. director about two weeks ago, and he learned in the discussion, if he was not already aware, that they knew of his affair with Ms. Broadwell, the official said. "

So why did he wait until after the election to resign? And this still doesn't explain why he had to resign. J. Edgar Hoover didn't resign. Neither did JFK, Lyndon Johnson or Bill Clinton. I doubt there's one cabinet official in the last 50 years who didn't have affairs. And why won't he testify? I still say there's a Benghazi cover-up involved here.

"Neither the Congressional intelligence committees nor the White House learned of the investigation or the link to Mr. Petraeus until this week, officials said. Some Congressional staff members said they believed that the bureau should have informed at least the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees about the unfolding inquiry, and the committees are likely to demand an explanation of why they were not told. "

Sounds like they were withholding the information to protect Obama.

"Mr. Petraeus went to see him and informed him that he strongly believed he had to resign. Mr. Obama did not accept his resignation right away, but on Friday, he called Mr. Petraeus and accepted the resignation."

This doesn't pass the sniff test.

"A senior intelligence official said on Saturday that Mr. Clapper had learned of Mr. Petraeus’s situation only when the F.B.I. notified him about 5 p.m. on Tuesday. That night and the and next day, the official said, the two men discussed the situation, and Mr. Clapper told Mr. Petraeus “that he thought the right thing to do would be to resign,” the intelligence official said."

Isn't that convenient timing, and it isn't it nice of Clapper to take responsibility for suggesting he resign. Why did he resign as if he's the first person in Washington caught having an affair? Why won't he testify? Contrast Petraeus's poor behavior with the high praise being heaped on him. It's baloney. They are trying to weave a fiction, so they went to the New York Times first.

More skepticism of Petraeus's resignation.

"Seems right-wingers feel it is a way to avoid having to testify over CIA failures in Benghazi in September. Possible. I wonder whether that horse is indeed cold after Republican beatings. And I am a bit skeptical that Benghazi was anything resembling what it was portrayed. For example, how did American-made Stingers get to Syria? Ambassador Stevens was the architect of the Benghazi uprising and he seemed rather keen to spread "democracy" beyond Libya. Did that include exporting democracy?"

Maybe somebody set Stevens up for execution because he was going to blow the whistle on Obama for arming al Qaeda.

Anti-Muslim film maker locked away from the press for a year for probation violation. This way nobody can ask him who funded and directed him to make the movie. Even the production of this bogus movie fits with my theory that somebody set up Stevens to be killed.

Obama maneuvers to dispel Republican momentum regarding Benghazi cover-up.

"Under pressure from senators, the State Department is allowing some lawmakers to look at cables and other documents related to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, but only today and tomorrow, when most senators are not in Washington. "

That's worthy of Slick Willie. Obama can say he gave Senators access to the information when really he didn't.