Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:32 PM

qanda (10,009 posts)

FBI investigating Paula Broadwell in connection to Petraeus

Just heard this on Hardball. Said she may have been given access to classified information. Hmmm....

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FBI investigating Paula Broadwell in connection to Petraeus (Original post)	qanda	Nov 2012	OP
And...who is that? His mistress?	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#1
I'm looking up information on her	qanda	Nov 2012	#2
Broadwell is Petraeus' biographer	earthside	Nov 2012	#3
Uh huh. I see what's going on here, LOL.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#13
Agree -	TBF	Nov 2012	#20
I doubt it....	HoosierRadical	Nov 2012	#26
He's got a pretty sizeable pension, at the very least. She's going	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#29
He has a comfortable pension, and yes she will get a half of that, but still	HoosierRadical	Nov 2012	#41
She owns the property they live in (she had $$$) -	TBF	Nov 2012	#31
She shouldn't, but some women particularly when they have been married that long	HoosierRadical	Nov 2012	#43
That is not true.	Fawke Em	Nov 2012	#53
Married with Two Sons	earthside	Nov 2012	#25
"He really cares about mentoring..." O Rly?	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#27
I think her husband should think about getting a	HoosierRadical	Nov 2012	#30
Maybe both. The boys' ages are 6 and 4....nt	TeeYiYi	Nov 2012	#46
Well, well, it's always a Broad	flamingdem	Nov 2012	#33
I am having a hard time looking at that pic.	DURHAM D	Nov 2012	#42
She is his biographer.	bayareamike	Nov 2012	#4
Oh, good golly	jberryhill	Nov 2012	#5
Yeah, just saw that on tweety.	sammytko	Nov 2012	#6
I just googled her. She's done a series of articles on Petraeus for at least a year	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#7
I had the same thought..she is very pretty as well nt	bayareamike	Nov 2012	#9
This Paula Broadwell?	Cleita	Nov 2012	#8
Yep nt	bayareamike	Nov 2012	#10
Looks like the same person from upthread...	CaliforniaPeggy	Nov 2012	#11
lol@ all things petraeus	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#14
Who should play her in the movie?	postulater	Nov 2012	#12
From her website	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#15
Extensive access! I'll bet.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#17
Operative word being "embedded," I would guess.	Blue_In_AK	Nov 2012	#19
She emBEDDED with the general all right...	HoosierRadical	Nov 2012	#21
"Access" ?	flamingdem	Nov 2012	#47
He certainly was 'all in'.	tanyev	Nov 2012	#55
Sounds like "embedded" was right.	HooptieWagon	Nov 2012	#58
Another man who allowed his little brain to ruin his career...	HoosierRadical	Nov 2012	#16
He's 62, I wouldn't use the term "ruin his career", he's pretty close to done anyway.	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#48
Petraeus and his wife	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#18
Uh huh. Once again, I see what's going on here, LOL.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#22
Very sad	qanda	Nov 2012	#24
Paula Broadwell on Charlie Rose	bayareamike	Nov 2012	#23
Oh, shit. She's married with two little boys.	hedgehog	Nov 2012	#28
I'd just like to point out that she's being investigated for a crime	justiceischeap	Nov 2012	#32
It sounds like she was his "away wife" for three years.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#35
Slate is pretty sure it's her	TTUBatfan2008	Nov 2012	#36
"Run" to the closest sand dune	flamingdem	Nov 2012	#54
Midnight at the Oasis	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#56
Great song	flamingdem	Nov 2012	#57
Glad I didn't add more to my original post yet	qanda	Nov 2012	#37
I'm not saying it doesn't look obvious	justiceischeap	Nov 2012	#39
I wonder if she has spoken with Bob Woodward lately?	Kingofalldems	Nov 2012	#40
Theory: Petraeus told her it was over, she ran to Bob Woodward.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#44
This is getting interesting.	Kingofalldems	Nov 2012	#49
Would be crazy if...	TTUBatfan2008	Nov 2012	#51
I definitely think she's the leak	justiceischeap	Nov 2012	#45
Yes.	Kingofalldems	Nov 2012	#50
I'm inclined to agree with you. There's going to be alot more	EmeraldCityGrl	Nov 2012	#52
Than you for the refocus	left is right	Nov 2012	#59
Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair is currently on trial at Fort Bragg for sex crimes.	DURHAM D	Nov 2012	#34
Paula threw the book at him	flamingdem	Nov 2012	#38
Did she SPY for Romney? He had a presser 2 minutes after Hillary	DevonRex	Nov 2012	#60

Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:33 PM

TwilightGardener (39,680 posts)

1. And...who is that? His mistress?

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Response to TwilightGardener (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:34 PM

qanda (10,009 posts)

2. I'm looking up information on her

Last edited Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:37 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

But apparently she is a national security analyst and author.

More info: Paula Broadwell, a West Point graduate and Petraeus biographer.

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:34 PM

earthside (4,632 posts)

3. Broadwell is Petraeus' biographer

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Response to earthside (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:39 PM

TwilightGardener (39,680 posts)

13. Uh huh. I see what's going on here, LOL.

He looks awfully happy in that top photo, doesn't he? His wife should have said, "FUCK NO!"

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Response to TwilightGardener (Reply #13)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:44 PM

TBF (18,403 posts)

20. Agree -

It wouldn't have taken me 3 years to find a good divorce lawyer but I'm sure she has one today.

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Response to TBF (Reply #20)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:49 PM

HoosierRadical (108 posts)

26. I doubt it....

They have been married for 37 years, unless he is the one wanting a divorce, she ain't going nowhere, besides what is a good divorce lawyer going do? The guy is a career solider, he hardly has any $$$$.

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Response to HoosierRadical (Reply #26)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:52 PM

TwilightGardener (39,680 posts)

29. He's got a pretty sizeable pension, at the very least. She's going

to get some of that, hopefully.

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Response to TwilightGardener (Reply #29)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:01 PM

HoosierRadical (108 posts)

41. He has a comfortable pension, and yes she will get a half of that, but still

it is not like he is a multi-millionaire, if they divorce she will get what any other long-time suffering military wife is going get. He will probably get a book deal and join the 100k speaking circuit, but that will be after they have divorced, so she will be stuck with 50% of a military pension.

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Response to HoosierRadical (Reply #26)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:54 PM

TBF (18,403 posts)

31. She owns the property they live in (she had $$$) -

if she's smart she kicks his ass out. Why should she put up with his philandering?

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Response to TBF (Reply #31)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:03 PM

HoosierRadical (108 posts)

43. She shouldn't, but some women particularly when they have been married that long

tend to forgive their husbands. It is normally the man who leaves, not the woman who puts the man out.

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Response to HoosierRadical (Reply #43)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:12 PM

Fawke Em (2,556 posts)

53. That is not true.

Maybe years ago it was because women had limited financial options and weren't necessarily given a fair shot in divorce court; however, that is no longer the case.

Most splits us ARE when the woman kicks the man out, now. The man would prefer to have his cake and eat it, too. That happens less now that women don't depend on their husbands for financial support.

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Response to earthside (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:48 PM

earthside (4,632 posts)

25. Married with Two Sons

Charlotte author chronicles Gen. Petraeus' war career
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/24/2953553/petraeus-bio-takes-a-close-look.html

"Broadwell, a counterterrorism expert, is author of "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus."

She lives in Dilworth with her husband, radiologist Scott Broadwell, and their sons, Landon and Lucien." ...

She met Petraeus in 2006 when he spoke at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where she was a graduate student. When she told him about her research interests, he handed her his card and offered his help. "He really cares about mentoring," she says. ...

Broadwell talked about her book recently during an interview in her living room while her sons, ages 4 and 6, played nearby. She credits her husband, mother and other family members, along with friends and neighbors, for providing the child care that allowed her time away to do research.

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Response to earthside (Reply #25)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:49 PM

TwilightGardener (39,680 posts)

27. "He really cares about mentoring..." O Rly?

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Response to earthside (Reply #25)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:54 PM

HoosierRadical (108 posts)

30. I think her husband should think about getting a

paternity test for that youngest son.

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Response to HoosierRadical (Reply #30)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:05 PM

TeeYiYi (4,605 posts)

46. Maybe both. The boys' ages are 6 and 4....nt

TYY

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Response to earthside (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:55 PM

flamingdem (22,687 posts)

33. Well, well, it's always a Broad

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Response to earthside (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:01 PM

DURHAM D (18,574 posts)

42. I am having a hard time looking at that pic.

She looks exactly like a woman I had dealings with at work a few years back who was a sociopath. It is all in the eyes.

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:35 PM

bayareamike (589 posts)

4. She is his biographer.

She is a West Point grad and national security analyst. She wrote a book on his life.

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:35 PM

jberryhill (29,884 posts)

5. Oh, good golly

If the guy had an affair which has blown up his personal life, and he's taken the correct course at this point and tendered his resignation to avoid a broader scandal, that's the perfectly fine and honorable thing to do.

If he allowed himself to be compromised in any way, that's really off the charts for a person in his position.

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:35 PM

sammytko (2,090 posts)

6. Yeah, just saw that on tweety.

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:35 PM

aletier_v (1,773 posts)

7. I just googled her. She's done a series of articles on Petraeus for at least a year

Yup.

That's her, I bet money on it.

Familiarity breeds contempt,
but proximity breeds attraction.

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Response to aletier_v (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:37 PM

bayareamike (589 posts)

9. I had the same thought..she is very pretty as well nt

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:36 PM

Cleita (64,502 posts)

8. This Paula Broadwell?

Last edited Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:37 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

http://www.paulabroadwell.com/

She seems to be familiar with all things Petraeus.

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Response to Cleita (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:37 PM

bayareamike (589 posts)

10. Yep nt

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Response to Cleita (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:39 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (103,968 posts)

11. Looks like the same person from upthread...

I'd bet on it.

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Response to Cleita (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:40 PM

darkangel218 (4,412 posts)

14. lol@ all things petraeus

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:39 PM

postulater (3,354 posts)

12. Who should play her in the movie?

I'm thinking Julia Roberts.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:40 PM

aletier_v (1,773 posts)

15. From her website

While conducting research over the past three years, Broadwell was afforded extensive access by General Petraeus, his mentors, his subordinates, and his longtime friends. Over the course of Petraeus's command of ISAF-Afghanistan from July 2010 through July 2011, Broadwell embedded with the general, his headquarters staff, and his soldiers

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Response to aletier_v (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:42 PM

TwilightGardener (39,680 posts)

17. Extensive access! I'll bet.

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Response to aletier_v (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:43 PM

Blue_In_AK (37,720 posts)

19. Operative word being "embedded," I would guess.

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Response to aletier_v (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:45 PM

HoosierRadical (108 posts)

21. She emBEDDED with the general all right...

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Response to aletier_v (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:07 PM

flamingdem (22,687 posts)

47. "Access" ?

Ahem

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Response to aletier_v (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:21 PM

tanyev (22,087 posts)

55. He certainly was 'all in'.

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Response to aletier_v (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:49 PM

HooptieWagon (6,322 posts)

58. Sounds like "embedded" was right.

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:41 PM

HoosierRadical (108 posts)

16. Another man who allowed his little brain to ruin his career...

Now we know how she got all the access...I knew it was more than just him having an affair.

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Response to HoosierRadical (Reply #16)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:08 PM

aletier_v (1,773 posts)

48. He's 62, I wouldn't use the term "ruin his career", he's pretty close to done anyway.

Could be why it happened, too.

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Response to qanda (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:43 PM

darkangel218 (4,412 posts)

18. Petraeus and his wife

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Response to darkangel218 (Reply #18)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:45 PM

TwilightGardener (39,680 posts)

22. Uh huh. Once again, I see what's going on here, LOL.

Poor lady.

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Response to darkangel218 (Reply #18)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:48 PM

qanda (10,009 posts)

24. Very sad

Didn't deserve this.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:47 PM

bayareamike (589 posts)

23. Paula Broadwell on Charlie Rose

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12162

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:51 PM

hedgehog (30,405 posts)

28. Oh, shit. She's married with two little boys.

Two families hurt bad, not just one!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:55 PM

justiceischeap (9,794 posts)

32. I'd just like to point out that she's being investigated for a crime

not once has anyone (other than DU) intimated that she is whom he was having an affair with. It seems likely, but right now it's all speculation. If she isn't having an affair, it's bad enough to be investigated for possibly leaking state secrets.

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Response to justiceischeap (Reply #32)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:57 PM

TwilightGardener (39,680 posts)

35. It sounds like she was his "away wife" for three years.

I'd be very surprised if the affair isn't with her.

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Response to justiceischeap (Reply #32)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:57 PM

TTUBatfan2008 (2,805 posts)

36. Slate is pretty sure it's her

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/11/09/petraeus_resigns_over_affair_with_biographer.html

Apparently there was a lot of smoke around this in the journalism community. The two of them would frequently go on 5 mile runs together in Afghanistan.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:13 PM

flamingdem (22,687 posts)

54. "Run" to the closest sand dune

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:29 PM

aletier_v (1,773 posts)

56. Midnight at the Oasis

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:41 PM

flamingdem (22,687 posts)

57. Great song

I remember it well

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Response to justiceischeap (Reply #32)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:57 PM

qanda (10,009 posts)

37. Glad I didn't add more to my original post yet

I'm trying to wait for a link to update it but we definitely should be careful in how we throw out accusations. Thanks

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:00 PM

justiceischeap (9,794 posts)

39. I'm not saying it doesn't look obvious

but it doesn't necessarily mean it is the obvious choice is all I'm saying. There could indeed be two separate instances... it's probably unlikely but still.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:00 PM

Kingofalldems (11,070 posts)

40. I wonder if she has spoken with Bob Woodward lately?

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:04 PM

TwilightGardener (39,680 posts)

44. Theory: Petraeus told her it was over, she ran to Bob Woodward.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:09 PM

Kingofalldems (11,070 posts)

49. This is getting interesting.

And according to Woodward, Romney people sent her to him.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:10 PM

TTUBatfan2008 (2,805 posts)

51. Would be crazy if...

This blows up into a Watergate-esque scandal.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:04 PM

justiceischeap (9,794 posts)

45. I definitely think she's the leak

else wise, why would local law enforcement and the FBI be investigating her? Something had to take them to her door.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:10 PM

Kingofalldems (11,070 posts)

50. Yes.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:11 PM

EmeraldCityGrl (4,308 posts)

52. I'm inclined to agree with you. There's going to be alot more

to this story. I would love to know if they have received warrants to search her office,
home, computer etc.

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Response to justiceischeap (Reply #32)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:53 PM

left is right (1,561 posts)

59. Than you for the refocus

but if a crime was committed wouldn’t it have been his crime? Classified infor would have had to come from him. If she didn’t clandestinely take top secret data from his desk when he wasn’t looking, can she be guilty of anything. Even if she included such info in books/articles about him couldn’t she claim that she did not know it was classified?

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:56 PM

DURHAM D (18,574 posts)

34. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair is currently on trial at Fort Bragg for sex crimes.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/hearing-set-to-resume-for-4th-day-for-us-army-general-facing-sex-crime-charges/

sorry about the source.

I remember reading somewhere that he served under Gen. Petraeus. One must wonder if Gen. P's misconduct came to light during the investigation of Gen. Sinclair.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:58 PM

flamingdem (22,687 posts)

38. Paula threw the book at him

maybe

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:04 PM

DevonRex (19,935 posts)

60. Did she SPY for Romney? He had a presser 2 minutes after Hillary

on Benghazi. Something was terribly wrong about that. Whoever attacked and killed the Ambassador had to have known when he would be there. The CIA would know since it was a CIA station.

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