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CIA Director Resigns

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Fox just broke the news that David Petraeus has turned in his letter of resignation. There's gotta be a big story here somewhere... :shock:
 
CIA director Petraeus resigns over affair

Literally breaking news so no link yet, but it's on CNN. Wow. What an idiot.
 
Re: CIA director Petraeus resigns over affair

Literally breaking news so no link yet, but it's on CNN. Wow. What an idiot.

What I'm hearing is that he's being made the fall guy for Benghazi. Maybe Obama's trying get Hillary back?
 
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Wow, because of an extramartial affair? Not sure what is the scariest about that. That the head of the frickin' CIA couldn't keep an affair secret or that they think we're so stupid as to buy that reason.
 
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Huh. Didn't see that one coming.

Fox is reporting it too.
 
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What I'm hearing is that he's being made the fall guy for Benghazi. Maybe Obama's trying get Hillary back?


From who? The voices in your head?
 
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What I'm hearing is that he's being made the fall guy for Benghazi. Maybe Obama's trying get Hillary back?

No, he admitted to an extramarital affair ... which is obviously a huge problem for the chief of the CIA. Presumably it was going to come out and he decided to head it off.
 
Re: CIA director Petraeus resigns over affair

Wow, because of an extramartial affair? Not sure what is the scariest about that. That the head of the frickin' CIA couldn't keep an affair secret or that they think we're so stupid as to buy that reason.

Let me get a clock on that....

Yep, four minutes for the first conspiracy theory to be hatched. :lol:
 
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Well i guess sucks to be him.
 
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No, he admitted to an extramarital affair ... which is obviously a huge problem for the chief of the CIA. Presumably it was going to come out and he decided to head it off.

Yeah, I just heard that but Fox was making it sound like he was somehow responsible for Libya also. An affair OMG he's like half of all the married people out there.
 
Re: CIA director Petraeus resigns over affair

Wow, because of an extramartial affair? Not sure what is the scariest about that. That the head of the frickin' CIA couldn't keep an affair secret or that they think we're so stupid as to buy that reason.

Yeah. It sure wasn't a problem for Clinton, but maybe there is a different standard for Dem politicians?
 
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How very convenient just after the election; just after they denied intervening in a military rescue attempt in Benghazi. Smells 100% legit.
 
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Yeah, I just heard that but Fox was making it sound like he was somehow responsible for Libya also. An affair OMG he's like half of all the married people out there.

Half the people out there aren't chief of the CIA.
 
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Yeah. It sure wasn't a problem for Clinton, but maybe there is a different standard for Dem politicians?

Yeah, clearly it was no problem for Clinton. :lol:
 
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Half the people out there aren't chief of the CIA.

Pffft.... come on we aren't really gonna play "it's only bad if you get caught"? We get big, goofball phonies for candidates because that's what we think we want. Enough with the goody goodies.
 
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Yeah. It sure wasn't a problem for Clinton, but maybe there is a different standard for Dem politicians?

No, there's a different standard for the head of the CIA. I know you know that, but the opportunity to take a shot at Clinton and the Democrats was just to tempting to pass up, right?
 
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Yeah. It sure wasn't a problem for Clinton, but maybe there is a different standard for Dem politicians?

Good point. How many conservatives have been caught that didnt resign? Compared to liberals? Is it because conservatives typically stand for traditional values?
 
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Yeah. It sure wasn't a problem for Clinton, but maybe there is a different standard for Dem politicians?

Impeachment's no big deal....
 
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How very convenient just after the election; just after they denied intervening in a military rescue attempt in Benghazi. Smells 100% legit.

What? The CIA exactly violated the orders to let the 30+ Americans and others there die and sent in what few guys the CIA could get in there, thus preventing those deaths replacing that with on 4, including the 2 Seals. Saving those lives but losing their own was in direct contradiction of orders. The attack and lack of response can't be blamed on the CIA, but the lack of those that were supposed to die not dying is.

We should take him at his word that it was an extra-marital affair why he resigned, but this is #3 removed who disagreed with or who agency/people contradicted the Presidents "we can't do anything, stand down and don't wake me because I've got a trip to Vegas tomorrow" executive commands - a General, an Admiral and now the head of the CIA.

Coincidentally of course.
 
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Let me get a clock on that....

Yep, four minutes for the first conspiracy theory to be hatched. :lol:

This is the head of the CIA, conspiracy is in his job description. So, you're supposing that the head of one of the world's top spy agencies is A) too stupid to avoid having affairs and B) not good enough at his job to keep it under wraps.
 
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I think the problem was him getting sucked.

Good one.

yet, it wasn't a big issue for President Clinton. :3oops:
 
Re: CIA director Petraeus resigns over affair

Wow, because of an extramartial affair? Not sure what is the scariest about that. That the head of the frickin' CIA couldn't keep an affair secret or that they think we're so stupid as to buy that reason.

It's hard when you're faced with ***** Galore
 
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