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Petraeus, Rove, and Paula Broadwell: I Smell A Rat
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And then there's this:
As her answer continued, Broadwell seemed to speak on behalf of Petraeus: The challenging thing for General Petraeus is that in his new position he is not allowed to communicate with the press. So hes known all of this, they had correspondence with the CIA station chief in Libya. Within 24 hours they kind of knew what was happening.
Broadwell, herself a former military intelligence officer, began her discussion of the attack by referencing an exclusive Fox News report that had run that day. But while dramatic details of that story were later fiercely disputed by government officials, she relayed only parts of that storylike the attempt to send backup from a special-operations forcethat were finally confirmed.
Broadwell, herself a former military intelligence officer, began her discussion of the attack by referencing an exclusive Fox News report that had run that day. But while dramatic details of that story were later fiercely disputed by government officials, she relayed only parts of that storylike the attempt to send backup from a special-operations forcethat were finally confirmed.
The Fox News story referenced there is the story that spawned the "Obama lied; people died" meme they tried to smear President Obama with during the election. Their report claimed that despite requests by the CIA for backup, they were denied. That sent Fox News talkers into a tizzy about how terrible this administration was and how the blood of our diplomats was on their head.
Who else pimped that story all over Fox News, do you think? None other than Karl Rove.
ROVE: Yeah, you don't want to send people into harm's way without knowing what's on the ground. But you can at least begin to move assets to the fight -- to the conflict. You could have a C-130 gunship orbiting off of -- off of Benghazi, waiting for clarity. You can put a QRF, a quick rapid force into position. You could have them airborne. You can have them out there. The president says he ordered support to be given and, yet, support wasn't given.
Except as we know, support was given.
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We have these unrelated things. Let's put them in a timeline.
June 11, 2012 - Broadwell pictured with Rove, who tweets about it in June.
June-August, 2012 - FBI receives complaint about "harassing emails" sent by Broadwell to Jill Kelley
October 26, 2012 - Fox News "Exclusive" claiming CIA requested and was refused reinforcements.
October 26, 2012 - Broadwell pimps the Fox News version of events at a University of Denver symposium
October 28, 2012 - Rove hammers and expands on it in an interview on Fox News
Approximately October 28-31, 2012 - FBI confronts Petraeus and interviews him about emails, determines no breaches of national security have taken place.
October 31, 2012 - Cantor Chief of Staff contacted by Rep. Dave Reichert about FBI 'whistleblower'. Cantor says he contacted the FBI immediately.
November 6, 2012 - Barack Obama wins re-election
November 6, 2012 - James Clapper (Director of National Intelligence) informed of FBI investigation
November 8, 2012 - Petraeus submits resignation
November 9, 2012 - Resignation accepted
June-August, 2012 - FBI receives complaint about "harassing emails" sent by Broadwell to Jill Kelley
October 26, 2012 - Fox News "Exclusive" claiming CIA requested and was refused reinforcements.
October 26, 2012 - Broadwell pimps the Fox News version of events at a University of Denver symposium
October 28, 2012 - Rove hammers and expands on it in an interview on Fox News
Approximately October 28-31, 2012 - FBI confronts Petraeus and interviews him about emails, determines no breaches of national security have taken place.
October 31, 2012 - Cantor Chief of Staff contacted by Rep. Dave Reichert about FBI 'whistleblower'. Cantor says he contacted the FBI immediately.
November 6, 2012 - Barack Obama wins re-election
November 6, 2012 - James Clapper (Director of National Intelligence) informed of FBI investigation
November 8, 2012 - Petraeus submits resignation
November 9, 2012 - Resignation accepted
I'm smelling a Rove rat. Are you? Why the silence from Cantor? Clearly Reichert tipped Cantor off in the hopes of using this information in some way. The Petraeus/Rove relationship is real and long-standing. Is it possible that Paula was passing Rove information to use against President Obama in his re-election bid?
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this is nov. supposedly they had broken up four months ago. july. well before Benghazi
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#1
I wish that scenario was TRUE, and that someone will finally blow the whistle on this AND
loudsue
Nov 2012
#18
Why would you "hope for Rove's sake" about ANYTHING? Why should "God help" that evil man?
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#46
This is palace intrigue to the max -- and we will never know what really happened
nichomachus
Nov 2012
#21
That's an interesting point and a good one. If Patreaus could be separated, in the press accounts,
byeya
Nov 2012
#22
When the shit starts coming their way, let's see if Fox wants to keep up the Benghazi thing
bloomington-lib
Nov 2012
#34
IMO, she was a mistress who travelled with the General in the guise of writing. She DID have a "co-
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#48