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I was thinking he could have just resigned without mentioning the affair. But I am guessing he knew it was going to come out anyway. If the FBI knew about it then it is likely someone informed on him. Best to get ahead of the story to minimize the damage to your reputation.
And I do think he should have stepped down just out of fairness. The underlings who work a the CIA have to undergo lifestyle polygraphs and adultery can get them booted from the agency so why should the Director get special treatment?
If he resigned with no reason, it would be assumed that it was over Benghazi.
We know that his resignation was postponed so as not to influence the election...that's scandalous enough, if you ask me.
If I had to guess, Patreaus is pissed about Benghazi and wanted to get out of the administration and cut a deal with the Obama administration. If I had to guess...