It's not about where Petraeus put his peenus

[HipChick]

it's about where he put his email password

[Firebirds01]

1. yep

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Yup.

Power corrupts.........

He had it, and it does.

[MH1]

3. and the potential for blackmail. nt

[patrice]

7. Think about being in that situation; he would very likely have HAD to comply & they would NOT

have wanted money. They would have demanded security information.

[DevonRex]

24. I want you to step back and think about that for a bit.

He's the effing Director of the CIA.

[DevonRex]

22. Srsly? If there is one person who is NOT blackmailable

it is the DCIA. For many many many reasons.

[msongs]

4. shameful him making that announcement in his uniform nt

[alarimer]

23. I thought he was retired from the army

Since when do you still wear the uniform after retiring.

I do find that odd at least.

[pasto76]

31. if you are retired you can wear it anytime anywhere

[TwilightGardener]

5. Sad--he really biffed it.

You have to wonder if he'd had affairs in the military, and didn't think that being the head of the CIA is a different ballgame in terms of conduct.

[patrice]

6. And if foreign intelligence operatives had found out about the affair, he would have been easy prey

to blackmail and whatever payment might have been demanded, it very likely would NOT have been money, more likely he could have been blackmailed with demands for security information.

[rzemanfl]

8. Well said. Eisenhower had an affair with his driver, Kay Summersby.

He got elected President, twice.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. I don't think it was widely known at the time.

[rzemanfl]

12. She wrote a book in 1948 and left the affair out. She didn't

talk about it until a book written when Eisenhower was dead and she was dying. Harry Truman reportedly said Eisenhower wanted to get divorced and marry her. His story was that General Marshall talked Ike out of it by threatening dire consequences.

[Kaleva]

20. Many people didn't know FDR was confined to a wheelchair.

The press and even the Repubs made no mention of it 'cause that would have been considered very bad form.

[DeSwiss]

13. And.......

...FDR got elected four times.

- K&R

[riverwalker]

10. wonder why she was trying to get into his email

was it just jealous snooping? or something more sinister?

[UTUSN]

11. *nobody* evah liked it. n/t

[veganlush]

14. maybe

Peenus WAS his password!

[coalition_unwilling]

16. LOL! Or maybe it was "Priebus"? - n/t

[DevonRex]

27. My guess is, it was hers. Nt

[Evergreen Emerald]

15. What a way to end a distinguished career

What was he thinking?

[coalition_unwilling]

17. "A distinguished career" - in the same way Eichmann had a distinguished

career maybe.

[Evergreen Emerald]

18. I will give you that

But still...I do not understand. Those, like he, John Edwards...etc...do they not see the damage they will cause themselves and their families?




Sorry, I am writing on iPad...so don't make complete sentences...too hard to type.

[Kaleva]

21. The power the head of the penis has over the head atop the shoulders...

has been written about since the beginning of civilization.

[cliffordu]

19. Eichmann? Really??

fuck.

[coalition_unwilling]

26. Petraeus is a war criminal and should be in the dock along with other senior

members of the Bush Junta for war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated on the people of Iraq.

[Coyotl]

25. Precisely. It is about giving too much access to a "writer"

while in a sensitive position with lots of security concerns.

[Care Acutely]

28. Regardless, human genetalia are generally poor

career consultants.

[Evergreen Emerald]

29. Well you just created my new signature line!

Very funny.

[Care Acutely]

30. LOL - Thanks! I'm humbled :-) It's just a little observation

I've made over the years.