It took a few threatening e-mails to a friend of the family of now-former CIA director David Petraeus from his official biographer, Paula Broadwell, to alert folks that Broadwell knew a lot more about the retired army general that just his life story. It turned out that they'd been having an affair and exchanging sensitive and personal e-mails. The revelation caused Petraeus to resign, most likely because it demonstrated his inability to keep a secret.
All kidding aside, I'm not going to go on and say this wouldn't happen in France, but, quite frankly, I think it would. Petraeus was directing an agency devoted to keeping sensitive, classified information out of the hands of unauthorized individuals. Now, maybe Broadwell learned no important secrets from Petraeus in her relationship with him, but the appearance of impropriety in such a sensitive position leaves the CIA in a position that is, if not vulnerable, certainly embarrassing. President Obama is trying to wind down a war in Afghanistan even as he is likely to remake his foreign policy and national security team He doesn't need (and certainly doesn't deserve) this diversion. Petraeus's inability to clear up his agency's sole in the Benghazi attacks in September just makes things more difficult for him and the administration.
We can only hope that all of these knots will be untangled soon . . ..
(Oh, John Allen? Please, this is getting too complicated . . ..)
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