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FlintlockRifle 6 months, 1 week ago

Should have talked to ""SLICK WILLE"" on how to get out of this mess---

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vertigo 6 months, 1 week ago

"Petraeus was not accused of any security breach"

The affair IS a security breach. Knowledge of the affair could be used as leverage by an actor wanting to extract information. Why do you think security clearances require background investigations that delve into personal affairs and the state of your finances? Because skeletons in the closet and large debts can be used against you.

Also it is believed that classified information was found on Broadwell's laptop. I wonder how she got this information?

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treeoflife 6 months, 1 week ago

They are saying Broadwell, as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Military Reserve, had security clearance to review the documents.

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vertigo 6 months, 1 week ago

Review doesn't mean take it home and have it on your personal laptop.

That's what the vault is for.

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oldbaldguy 6 months, 1 week ago

I have mixed emotions about this. He is a good general but is he non-replaceable? The answer is no. Should private life pecadillos impede public service? Yes and no. If he was still on active duty, he could be court-martialed for adultery. This is just stupid.

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merrill 6 months ago

This is the mission of the CIA.

The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) is a neo-conservative think tank with strong ties to the American Enterprise Institute. PNAC's web site says it was “established in the spring of 1997” as “a non-profit, educational organization whose goal is to promote American global leadership.”

PNAC's policy document, “Rebuilding America's Defences,” openly advocates for total global military domination. Many PNAC members held highest-level positions in the George W. Bush administration.

Some PNAC members in prominent government positions.

Dick Cheney Former Vice President

Donald Rumsfeld Former Secretary of Defense

Douglas J. Feith (former) Undersecretary of Defense

I. Lewis Libby Vice President Cheney’s former Chief of Staff and Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs.

Aaron Friedberg Vice President Cheney’s deputy National Security advisor

Robert Zoelick US Deputy Secretary of State

Paula Dobriansky Undersecretary of State

Elliott Abrams Deputy National Security Adviser

Frank Gaffney Pentagon's Defense Policy Board

Fred C. Ikle Pentagon's Defense Policy Board

Eliot A. Cohen Pentagon's Defense Policy Board

Henry S. Rowen Pentagon's Defense Policy Board

William J. Bennett Presidential speech writer

Jeb Bush Former Governor of Florida

Paul Wolfowitz World Bank President

John Bolton Ambassador to the U.N.

Zalmay Khalilzad U.S. ambassador to Iraq

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century

http://oldamericancentury.org/pnac.htm

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jhawkinsf 6 months ago

Simply inserting CIA into the first sentence doesn't make this diatribe any less off topic.

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merrill 6 months ago

Both the generals and the women knew they were messing in risky business. All generals can be replaced. Are the sexy looking women double agents? Are sexy women a male weakness?

Hopefully the next general will focus on stopping the violent war and bring the troops home.

The generals involved will skate... the bottom line. Congress and the military will protect them no matter what. Tough talk is PR stuff.

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