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anobserver2

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1. I don't know how reliable this news really is...

Reply to anobserver2 (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 02:05 AM

Nov 2012

...it comes from this excerpt:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/the-sins-of-general-david-petraeus

Sources who long feared him have already begun to leak salacious details; one told me this weekend that he took Broadwell along with him on a government-funded trip to Paris in July 2011.

But, I would think someone could check this out.

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Petraeus took mistress, Paula Broadwell, to Paris on government-funded trip: Report [View all] anobserver2 Nov 2012 OP

I don't know how reliable this news really is... anobserver2 Nov 2012 #1

Pattern of unnamed sources being inaccurate toddmiller Nov 2012 #31

When you're in a high visibility, high security post, and you're married, amandabeech Nov 2012 #2

Isn't July 2011 prior to Sept 2011? anobserver2 Nov 2012 #3

Yes, this could be very bad for him. amandabeech Nov 2012 #8

I was trying to figure out if he was still... Little Star Nov 2012 #24

While pensioners with a $1000 SS check are told "they will have to share the pain..." Kolesar Nov 2012 #33

Speaking of dumb...and hauling around the mistress SoapBox Nov 2012 #10

Not on taxpayer nor campaign funds unc70 Nov 2012 #21

That Denver Speech Looks To Be A Problem DallasNE Nov 2012 #15

"Thanks Viagra, for helping keep us entertained." alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #17

Kelley and Allen affair--has that been confirmed? got a link? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #28

It's True, We Just Have Smoke -- Lots Of It DallasNE Nov 2012 #29

The Plot Thickens -- Broadwell Emailed Allen DallasNE Nov 2012 #30

Also weird what judge concluded about Jilll and her sister in the custody court case anobserver2 Nov 2012 #32

Anyone getting the feeling the Media is blowing this up because they don't want to talk about Obama? Heather MC Nov 2012 #4

Too many pieces do not really fit here anobserver2 Nov 2012 #5

And then there is Paula's father's quotes anobserver2 Nov 2012 #6

From Andrea Mitchell at NBC anobserver2 Nov 2012 #7

As though the whole story is backward. Festivito Nov 2012 #14

The woman in Tampa is now named as having send and received multitudinous amandabeech Nov 2012 #12

On the plus side, it gets hard (ahem) to argue against military cuts in the sequestration alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #19

Good point, and well expressed! n/t amandabeech Nov 2012 #27

They are blowing it up because they are too simple minded Cosmocat Nov 2012 #22

A CIA employee having an affair IS news rocktivity Nov 2012 #26

Another Republican on the front lines fighting for the sanctity of marriage. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #9

LOL SoapBox Nov 2012 #11

I will never understand why high profile people think they can hide dalliances. SunSeeker Nov 2012 #13

I dont agree with him being a dumbass. I do agree He is a republican bonniebgood Nov 2012 #18

It's kinda funny that the shit they say about Obama is actually true of their hero Petraeus alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #16

I expect Fox News to be much more outraged by this than by the Obama family trip to Paris. tanyev Nov 2012 #20

I think its preparing the ground for jebby in 2016 tibbiit Nov 2012 #23

Neocon values Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #25