Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:59 PM

underpants (105,621 posts)

Petraeus resigns after affair with biographer turned up in FBI probe, Fox News confirms

Source: Fox News

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned Friday after admitting to an extramarital affair -- an affair with his biographer that was revealed over the course of an FBI investigation, Fox News has learned.

The FBI had been investigating an unrelated and much broader case before stumbling on the affair. Fox News has learned that during the course of this investigation, the name of journalist and Petraeus biographer Paula Broadwell came up. The FBI followed that lead and in doing so, uncovered his affair with her. The FBI for some time was concerned that perhaps Petraeus was some sort of victim, but there has been no evidence discovered to back up such concerns.

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Petraeus resigns after affair with biographer turned up in FBI probe, Fox News confirms (Original post)	underpants	Nov 2012	OP
'ALL IN'.... indeed	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#1
lol. My thought as well. n/t	PoliticAverse	Nov 2012	#6
Surge	underpants	Nov 2012	#17
and early withdrawal	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#27
They say he couldn't keep his "drone" in his pants n/t	flamingdem	Nov 2012	#39
Ba dum pppsssh	underpants	Nov 2012	#12
More like	rocktivity	Nov 2012	#51
And "the education of David Petraeus..." with that photo next to it.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#23
winning thread. :D She sure looks ... confident. MY grandma would say she looks no better than she	roguevalley	Nov 2012	#81
LOL	Shilo	Nov 2012	#24
Book titles of the century:	RoxyNexus	Nov 2012	#40
Cant blame the General ;Paula Broadwell, she is so "Shock and Awe'!!!!!!	SCALA13	Nov 2012	#66
No! You got it wrong...	MrMickeysMom	Nov 2012	#128
A question	jehop61	Nov 2012	#2
Didn't he learn anything from the John Edwards mess?	Heather MC	Nov 2012	#91
People like this think they are immune.	jonthebru	Nov 2012	#93
I know I heard he was one of the R's	marlakay	Nov 2012	#122
My first thought was that it was her	rusty fender	Nov 2012	#3
I saw that episode too. Now it all makes sense.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#8
Just saw her in Ed's earlier report and that was my first thought, too	wordpix	Nov 2012	#45
"All In" has some new reviews at Amazon...	Enrique	Nov 2012	#4
......heh......	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#129
Oh my...	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#5
So the problem isn't so much the affair....	Blasphemer	Nov 2012	#7
It's an exploitable liability.	sofa king	Nov 2012	#77
Interesting	Liberalagogo	Nov 2012	#9
No, not daddy, gold issues...	Actionman	Nov 2012	#13
Cue Kanye...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2012	#44
Au contraire	nichomachus	Nov 2012	#58
Was Greenspan married to Andrea Mitchell when he had the affair?	SaveAmerica	Nov 2012	#76
He's also a pretty smart dude from what I've read about him...	octothorpe	Nov 2012	#107
This message was self-deleted by its author	Actionman	Nov 2012	#126
More likely just proximity issues	LadyHawkAZ	Nov 2012	#36
Proximity is definitely a catalyst.	Doc Holliday	Nov 2012	#64
I'm right there with you on the puritanism	LadyHawkAZ	Nov 2012	#65
I don't think that "who is diddling whom" is the only thing in question. n/t	janx	Nov 2012	#70
I put it as more of a Hero Worshipping thing	SaveAmerica	Nov 2012	#75
wondering if there might be a baby on the way... who knows	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#10
Wow is that standard	Actionman	Nov 2012	#11
That is standard for a 4 star General running a war/occupation	underpants	Nov 2012	#15
Petraeus' biographer Paula Broadwell under FBI investigation over access to his email	Bosonic	Nov 2012	#14
"Improperly trying to access his email"? Looking for little tidbits to publish to gain fame?	glinda	Nov 2012	#25
no doubt how they found out about things in the first place	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#28
Paula the Daily Show in Jan of 2012. Better interview now than it was then.	olddad56	Nov 2012	#16
Thanks for the link. n/t	PoliticAverse	Nov 2012	#22
thanks for the interview video link	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#29
In retrospect, it certainly is!	janx	Nov 2012	#59
Just having an affair isn't enough to cause a resignation like this.	Kablooie	Nov 2012	#18
I'd say it was more the blabbing of Petraeus to Her than her going off on her own, though...	KoKo	Nov 2012	#46
He was supposed to testify about Benghazi next week. Not now since he resigned.	IndyJones	Nov 2012	#68
Adultery is against military code in some cases	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#69
He's retired.	sarge43	Nov 2012	#86
Beg to differ.	bitchkitty	Nov 2012	#83
What makes this something that affects his job?	Kablooie	Nov 2012	#115
I repeat, he was Director of the CIA.	bitchkitty	Nov 2012	#125
Well, it seems to be getting into possible treason territory now.	Kablooie	Nov 2012	#140
Wingnut friend just implied it's all an Obama plot	Patiod	Nov 2012	#103
K&R	DeSwiss	Nov 2012	#19
Wow. That's "Fox" news all right............	TheCowsCameHome	Nov 2012	#20
Yeah sorry about that but I saw that when I got home	underpants	Nov 2012	#21
She is a fox, is what I meant.............	TheCowsCameHome	Nov 2012	#32
Its obvious why he had to resign	railsback	Nov 2012	#26
Affair? Nonsense. It was just intense undercover journalism.	BlueStreak	Nov 2012	#37
was she the "Honey Pot?" And, who would have known? Doesn't help her career much, though...	KoKo	Nov 2012	#47
Sounds like she already DID	rocktivity	Nov 2012	#54
Really, jail? I think resignation is enough.	octothorpe	Nov 2012	#108
Its not like the FBI is going to divulge their case to the public.	railsback	Nov 2012	#113
So I expect that the General will be locked up naked in solitary confinment	RoxyNexus	Nov 2012	#30
Nah...Manning wasn't Privileged like the General.	KoKo	Nov 2012	#55
Wow. Had a post deleted because I suggested Nixon did the same thing with a 21 YO who went on	Whovian	Nov 2012	#31
yeah	heaven05	Nov 2012	#34
he	heaven05	Nov 2012	#33
Baloney. This guy is he head of the freaking CIA	BlueStreak	Nov 2012	#38
oh please	heaven05	Nov 2012	#42
Then why is the FBI investigating? n/t	janx	Nov 2012	#63
Exactly... this is more than "indiscreet".	groundloop	Nov 2012	#43
Agree......It's not about a "loose dick" but about CIA gone loose to compromising situation. n/t	KoKo	Nov 2012	#49
ooohhhh!	heaven05	Nov 2012	#89
If you're in such a position of power, you're always held to a higher standard AND should be.	octothorpe	Nov 2012	#109
true	heaven05	Nov 2012	#120
Our nation would be more secure, if it weren't for those pesky little blue pills. nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#35
Does anyone else find it strange that the FBI wound up investigating the head of the CIA	groundloop	Nov 2012	#41
I read that in the story too - the FBI hits the CIA	underpants	Nov 2012	#53
The FBI is in charge	Sgent	Nov 2012	#72
He resigned because he was discovered.....without the investigation...this would have	Gin	Nov 2012	#48
Power Corrupts...he was at "Top of his Career--Top of the World." The Mighty do Fall from Grace	KoKo	Nov 2012	#50
nice wood paneling behind them (Off topic)	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2012	#52
They make a handsome couple.	truthisfreedom	Nov 2012	#56
I don't think they look like a handsome couple.	janx	Nov 2012	#60
I couldn't care less.	Beacool	Nov 2012	#57
General Petraeus wasn't every man.	janx	Nov 2012	#61
They weren't investigating him.	Beacool	Nov 2012	#74
And if every woman who cheated had to resign there wouldn't be too many women fully employed either.	Fumesucker	Nov 2012	#117
True to a point.	Beacool	Nov 2012	#123
I'm sick of hearing this slander against men.	XtopherXtopher	Nov 2012	#130
The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks.	Beacool	Nov 2012	#136
lol - fair enough	XtopherXtopher	Nov 2012	#139
You're right.	DavidDvorkin	Nov 2012	#138
Those surveys are great for measuring the differences each gender	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#145
There are far more men in power than women	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#144
The General Was ALL Into Her...	Iggy	Nov 2012	#62
...And now The Man has no eyes at the top of the Company.	sofa king	Nov 2012	#67
Either the Missus or CIA foe internally caught wind of this affair and reported it - made suggestion	Pachamama	Nov 2012	#71
I would have to buy new clothes.	jonthebru	Nov 2012	#73
She wrote a book on Petraeus?	jimbo92107	Nov 2012	#78
now she has to do a "Tell All" book, too.	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#79
Google his wife Holly.	I love weed	Nov 2012	#80
That's incredibly rude.	tanyev	Nov 2012	#118
where are the family values folks on this issue? I hear crickets	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#82
I wonder if she visited Bob Woodward's house. nt	LaydeeBug	Nov 2012	#84
she's a west point and harvard grad	mainer	Nov 2012	#85
Agreed, I think its easy to say, "I would never do that".	Bosso 63	Nov 2012	#87
So, the General delivered his payload with	rateyes	Nov 2012	#88
ha ha ha	heaven05	Nov 2012	#90
I really feel bad for the wife...	kjackson227	Nov 2012	#92
What's the real reason?	Ter	Nov 2012	#94
Author or Sex	zebrastripe	Nov 2012	#95
What was the larger investigation and why did Broadwell become a	EmeraldCityGrl	Nov 2012	#96
I found another video of mrs Broadwell :p	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#97
9:45 " a bunch of heavy breathing.."	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#98
Wow, this thing is filled with potential jokes.	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#101
She's Cra-craa-craaaz	Tutonic	Nov 2012	#99
He didn't make a very good spook!	Gin	Nov 2012	#100
Both are West Point grads. Does that say	Jumping John	Nov 2012	#102
ROFL	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#104
LMFAO	XtopherXtopher	Nov 2012	#131
And it was her Bday yesterday when this story broke out	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#105
Apparently Mrs Broadwell THREATENED another female acquaintance to Petraeus in an e-mail that	bigdarryl	Nov 2012	#106
Yes. And from what i heard she sent that threatning email from Petraeus gmail account nt	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#110
I really feel bad for their families tho. I dont care how many things they had in common	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#111
What he did was wrong but the level of temptation here must have been crazy.	Locut0s	Nov 2012	#112
Another women with unsurpassed access	womanofthehills	Nov 2012	#114
Lol. This whole thing raises an interesting hypothetical question for me. Would women make better...	Locut0s	Nov 2012	#116
she's like a nutso Sean Young	mainer	Nov 2012	#119
I always thought he needed a haircut	Joey Liberal	Nov 2012	#121
Looks like Broadwell and Ann Coulter can exchange tips on posing for book sleeves.	pam4water	Nov 2012	#124
On SNL they said the original title of the book was "Just the Tip."	tclambert	Nov 2012	#127
To be honest	boomerbust	Nov 2012	#132
True	Joey Liberal	Nov 2012	#133
"Wanting" doesn't have to result in going after	DavidDvorkin	Nov 2012	#135
I am finding this scandal rather boring	Politicub	Nov 2012	#134
Give it time...	GliderGuider	Nov 2012	#137
Well, the woman in Tampa who is linked to Gen. Allen	amandabeech	Nov 2012	#141
Think of David's wife	Franker65	Nov 2012	#142
Ah, so she essentially got what she deserved, right?	myrna minx	Nov 2012	#146
"All in" . . . she just had to chose that name didn't she?	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#143
Kick this totally Republican scandal	Kingofalldems	Nov 2012	#147

Response to underpants (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:02 PM

tomm2thumbs (9,190 posts)

Petraeus resigns after affair **with biographer** turned up in FBI probe, Fox News confirms

1. 'ALL IN'.... indeed

6. lol. My thought as well. n/t

17. Surge

27. and early withdrawal

39. They say he couldn't keep his "drone" in his pants n/t

12. Ba dum pppsssh

51. More like

23. And "the education of David Petraeus..." with that photo next to it.

81. winning thread. :D She sure looks ... confident. MY grandma would say she looks no better than she

24. LOL

40. Book titles of the century:

66. Cant blame the General ;Paula Broadwell, she is so "Shock and Awe'!!!!!!

128. No! You got it wrong...

2. A question

91. Didn't he learn anything from the John Edwards mess?

93. People like this think they are immune.

122. I know I heard he was one of the R's

3. My first thought was that it was her

8. I saw that episode too. Now it all makes sense.

45. Just saw her in Ed's earlier report and that was my first thought, too

4. "All In" has some new reviews at Amazon...

129. ......heh......

5. Oh my...

7. So the problem isn't so much the affair....

77. It's an exploitable liability.

9. Interesting

13. No, not daddy, gold issues...

44. Cue Kanye...

58. Au contraire

76. Was Greenspan married to Andrea Mitchell when he had the affair?

107. He's also a pretty smart dude from what I've read about him...

36. More likely just proximity issues

64. Proximity is definitely a catalyst.

65. I'm right there with you on the puritanism

70. I don't think that "who is diddling whom" is the only thing in question. n/t

75. I put it as more of a Hero Worshipping thing

10. wondering if there might be a baby on the way... who knows

11. Wow is that standard

15. That is standard for a 4 star General running a war/occupation

14. Petraeus' biographer Paula Broadwell under FBI investigation over access to his email

25. "Improperly trying to access his email"? Looking for little tidbits to publish to gain fame?

28. no doubt how they found out about things in the first place

16. Paula the Daily Show in Jan of 2012. Better interview now than it was then.

22. Thanks for the link. n/t

29. thanks for the interview video link

59. In retrospect, it certainly is!

18. Just having an affair isn't enough to cause a resignation like this.

46. I'd say it was more the blabbing of Petraeus to Her than her going off on her own, though...

68. He was supposed to testify about Benghazi next week. Not now since he resigned.

69. Adultery is against military code in some cases

86. He's retired.

83. Beg to differ.

115. What makes this something that affects his job?

125. I repeat, he was Director of the CIA.

140. Well, it seems to be getting into possible treason territory now.

103. Wingnut friend just implied it's all an Obama plot

19. K&R

20. Wow. That's "Fox" news all right............

21. Yeah sorry about that but I saw that when I got home

32. She is a fox, is what I meant.............

26. Its obvious why he had to resign

37. Affair? Nonsense. It was just intense undercover journalism.

47. was she the "Honey Pot?" And, who would have known? Doesn't help her career much, though...

54. Sounds like she already DID

108. Really, jail? I think resignation is enough.

113. Its not like the FBI is going to divulge their case to the public.

30. So I expect that the General will be locked up naked in solitary confinment

55. Nah...Manning wasn't Privileged like the General.

31. Wow. Had a post deleted because I suggested Nixon did the same thing with a 21 YO who went on

34. yeah

33. he

38. Baloney. This guy is he head of the freaking CIA

42. oh please

63. Then why is the FBI investigating? n/t

43. Exactly... this is more than "indiscreet".

49. Agree......It's not about a "loose dick" but about CIA gone loose to compromising situation. n/t

89. ooohhhh!

109. If you're in such a position of power, you're always held to a higher standard AND should be.

120. true

Petraeus resigns after affair with biographer turned up in FBI probe, Fox News confirms