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In reply to the discussion: Poll: The Petraeus Affair Should Be a Call for Executive Branch Housecleaning. [View all]MineralMan
(146,288 posts)2. Could be, but I don't think so.
Most of those appointments were made to keep the Republicans from blocking the appointments.
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Poll: The Petraeus Affair Should Be a Call for Executive Branch Housecleaning. [View all]
MineralMan
Nov 2012
OP
The head of the CIA probably doesn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the conduct of his
Romulox
Nov 2012
#8
The problem you seem to be having here is that you're simply making up your own facts.
Romulox
Nov 2012
#30
Apparently, Broadwell admitted to taking the classified documents and allowed the search/seizure.
Uncle Joe
Nov 2012
#14
She was "embedded" with the military. She obviously doesn't have a reasonable expectation of
Romulox
Nov 2012
#15
I don't know but warrants aren't required if you admit guilt and voluntarily allow a search.
Uncle Joe
Nov 2012
#23
If you or I voluntarily gave a stack of standard Post Office delivered mail that we received to
Uncle Joe
Nov 2012
#33
CAPS are not a SUBSTITUTE for READING THE FACTS of the CASE. The ACTUAL FACTS. Not the ones
Romulox
Nov 2012
#31
Petraeus was appointed as CIA director by Barack Obama. He isn't a "Bush holdover", any more than
Romulox
Nov 2012
#7
He is a Bush Neo-Con nonetheless, and probably was the DNI's pick for the job, not Obama's.
Coyotl
Nov 2012
#42
Um...I'd want a housecleaning even if this story never saw the light of day...
Blue_Tires
Nov 2012
#21