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Showing Original Post only (View all)More trouble for Petraeus, it looks like....Petraeus staff investigated over Broadwell access [View all]
A federal investigation of how David Petraeus' biographer obtained numerous classified records is focusing on whether the retired general's staff gave her sensitive documents at his instruction, according to federal officials familiar with the inquiry.
Petraeus aides and other high-ranking military officials were often tasked by Petraeus and other top commanders to provide military records and other documents to Paula Broadwell for her work as Petraeus' biographer, former staff members and other officials told The Washington Post.
Broadwell, a married Army reservist, frequently visited Petraeus in Afghanistan when he was chief of U.S. Central Command and in charge of the war there. She repeatedly sought records that she said Petraeus wanted her to have, according to the former staff members and officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the inquiry is ongoing.
The focus on the role of military staff members adds a new chapter to the complicated ethics scandal that led Petraeus to abruptly resign as CIA director on Nov. 9. His affair with Broadwell also has put the personal communication of Marine Gen. John Allen, Petraeus' successor as commander of the Afghan war, under scrutiny by the Pentagon.
Petraeus aides and other high-ranking military officials were often tasked by Petraeus and other top commanders to provide military records and other documents to Paula Broadwell for her work as Petraeus' biographer, former staff members and other officials told The Washington Post.
Broadwell, a married Army reservist, frequently visited Petraeus in Afghanistan when he was chief of U.S. Central Command and in charge of the war there. She repeatedly sought records that she said Petraeus wanted her to have, according to the former staff members and officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the inquiry is ongoing.
The focus on the role of military staff members adds a new chapter to the complicated ethics scandal that led Petraeus to abruptly resign as CIA director on Nov. 9. His affair with Broadwell also has put the personal communication of Marine Gen. John Allen, Petraeus' successor as commander of the Afghan war, under scrutiny by the Pentagon.
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More trouble for Petraeus, it looks like....Petraeus staff investigated over Broadwell access [View all]
MADem
Nov 2012
OP
Irony has long since been dead, cremated and its ashes placed in a subduction zone
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#3
If Margaretha Geertruida Zelle had been alive and wanted to be a Petraeus' biographer,
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2012
#9
Of that, I don't think there's any doubt! Petraeus has always been VERY overrated, IMO. nt
MADem
Nov 2012
#33
Xtian nutz in US Armed Forces is one of the most dangerous things on the planet.............
kooljerk666
Nov 2012
#13
He didn't give anything to Wikileaks. He just gave it to his girlfriend, who had a clearance.
MADem
Nov 2012
#21
I read that he directed his subordinates to give her access--that, IMO, is the same
MADem
Nov 2012
#27
That could be. Then again, his attitude (the General's, that is) could have contributed to
MADem
Nov 2012
#35
How asinine--so if I write "a high word count" about Jack the Ripper, I'm "favoring" him?
MADem
Nov 2012
#41
You don't "know my words" though, unless you've read every post I have ever written about this guy.
MADem
Nov 2012
#45
No, that is NOT what clearance means. Just because you are cleared to "TS"--which she was--does not
MADem
Nov 2012
#38
No, you are still not understanding. You continue to confuse clearance and access.
MADem
Nov 2012
#51
And if they find some, shouldn't he be treated the same as Bradley Manning? n/t
RoccoR5955
Nov 2012
#26