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Multiple sources tell NBC News the woman with her back to the camera in the top photo is Paula Broadwell. She is pictured at a reception prior to the annual OSS Society awards dinner in Washington on Oct. 27, speaking to a man who is nearly obscured in the photo. The photographer and a senior U.S. intelligence official tell NBC News that the man is Gen. David Petraeus, also attended the event. The photo below, taken approximately a minute later, shows Petraeus speaking to one of the unidentified guests in the first photo.
Two weeks before his resignation as CIA Director, David Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, met at an event honoring one of Petraeus' predecessors, NBC News has learned. It is the last known meeting between the two before the scandal that cost Petraeus his job went public and occurred after Broadwell had admitted to the FBI the two had an extramarital affair, according to multiple government and law enforcement officials.
One senior U.S. intelligence official who attended the event – the annual Office of Strategic Services Society awards dinner -- tells NBC News that he saw the two speak to each other at the Oct. 27 event. The official did not know details of the conversation.
And photographer James Brantley, who worked the event, said he is certain the two spoke, based on the photos above, which he estimated were taken about a minute apart. The first shows Broadwell speaking to a man who is nearly obscured in the photo, as two unidentified guests look on. The second, taken from a different position, clearly shows Petraeus speaking to one of the other guests from the first photo.
The duo’s presence at the same event was first reported by the conservative weekly Human Events, which said they attended together. But numerous partygoers interviewed by NBC News disputed that.
Still, their public proximity raised eyebrows after the events of last week unfolded.
Said one former senior U.S. intelligence official who attended, “It’s mind-boggling that she could be so reckless as to show up at high-profile events like this, shortly after learning the FBI was investigating their affair.”
Charles T. Plinck, director of the OSS Society, did not return phone calls seeking comment from NBC News.
Email to Gen. Allen among those Kelley gave to FBI
The event came more than a month after Broadwell was first interviewed by the FBI following discovery of compromising emails that ultimately led to Petraeus' resignation on Nov. 9. Days after the event, the FBI would interview Petraeus for the first time and Broadwell for a second time. The event also occurred about four months after the two reportedly broke off their 10-month affair.
ISAF via Reuters file
Meet the people who have been pulled into the scandal that caused Gen. David Petraeus to resign.
The dinner is the annual award ceremony of the OSS Society, a group dedicated to honoring veterans of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency. Petraeus, who sources described as being in a "great mood" that night, gave one of the speeches honoring former CIA director and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the recipient of this year's William Donovan Award, named for the director of the OSS.
The dinner is one of the intelligence community's most high-profile events. It attracts top U.S. and international intelligence officials, former directors of the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies. In addition to Petraeus and Gates, others who attended included John Bennett, director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service; William Webster, former head of both the CIA and FBI; Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ambassador Hugh Montgomery, former director of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
Robert Windrem is a senior investigative producer with NBC News.
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Passion or lust is a very overpowering emotion.
IF these two had a sensational sex relationship it must have been difficult for each of them to 'return' to their respective spouses ?
The only question to be asked is why ???
Money, and stability.
It happens in affairs all the time.
"I love you baby, but I can't leave my wife/husband for financial reasons"
The next step is an insurance policy and a hit man.
This woman needs to be at home with her children. I feel so bad for her kids.
Instead she is too busy wearing revealing clothes as if she is starring in the next "The Real Housewives of the Pentagon". I mean really, couldn't she have worn something more appropriate.
There is no more honor & respect. What a laughing stock America has become.
These women had one thing in common. The need for attention and the knowledge what the thing between their legs can do. It's called working it and they seem to be fighting over who works it the best. If this seems to be a problem for anyone to the point they can't do their job or they think wasting tax payer money by wiping a dead horse is something that needs to happen needs to be fired. Now is not the time to be wasting my money or your time! Eric Cantor and John McCain need to find a job on Days of Our Lives.
@ Jo Ann-666954,
It's not saying much about her husband either. He must be a real winner to have found such a loser. I'm curious why anyone would buy her book even if it is a book about General Petraeus.
He has a biographer while any other guy has a bimbo. Here - meet my cashier.
This can't go away fast enough. If something important happens, wake me up. Otherwise, It is a grand snoozer.
A hard place to be........ (mine) cost me a hell of a lot of money. And at the end NO ONE wins!
The title of her next book, "Blood and Sperm and Samurai Swords."
@ Confussed
John McCain is doing the right thing. The terrorist attack at Benghazi and the fiasco between Petreaus and Broadwell are two different things.
At Benghazi four people were murdered and so far the administration and the separate branches have given different versions on what happened. This should make every American nervous.
It's like investigating a family murder. The father and the mother give different versions. The investigators have to find out the truth. In the States every murder needs to be solved and keep trying if it can't be solved.
Why should the Benghazi attack be any different? The government wants to make this go away. The American people should not allow this to go away. The government needs to explain what happened.
You think things are so simple. Something happens in the world and the president should have an explanation and answer immediately. Have you ever considered in the real world people give accounts, hopefully, based on their knowledge. Different people have different known facts. You are for sure the last one to get those facts, but that doesn't stop you from giving your "facts" based on your knowledge.
The problem is we want to know everything immediately and people try to explain the best they can, immediately. They should wait for all the facts to come in but we won't.
Look at the Bush II administration's answer for 9-11! Some people still think Sadam Huessien bombed the US.
" Think before hitting send:"or,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,Don't hang out with self serving sluts.
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Stupid to the highest degree...
@ Dick,
The Bush administration's answer for 9/11 was the Afghanistan war and rightfully so. Sadly Al Qaeda are like cockroaches. They are all in one place and once you spray them they spread everywhere.
Obama blamed the murders on a youtube video. Sorry, but "spontaneous protesters" don't show up with AK-47's and carrying enough ammunition to last over 5 hours.
If this attack was a 15 minute deal then I could understand but this took over 5 hours. What in the hell was the American government doing? Eating cookies & milk?
Guess where the maker of the youtube video is? He is in a US prison on a probation charge. Where are the terrorists who killed our US Ambassador and three Navy Seals?
Obama insinuated that McCain is avoiding him. And he does it when all the cameras are on him acting tough. The truth is Obama has been avoiding McCain.
It's been over two months and the WH, the State Dept., the Justice Dept., the Defense dept. are all saying different stories.
I don't understand how some Americans can just sit back and allow this cover-up to happen.
Can't wait to see Broadwell and Kelly naked in Playboy! We all know that day is coming! Along with their books, memoirs, made for TV movies.
I agree, just stay together and leave your spouses. It would probably be harder for Broadwell since she has little ones.
Bottom line, this is nobody's business. Sure everyone is entitled to an opinion but the FBI determined that no confidential material was exposed, so lets move on! I think people are more shocked that Petraeous was able to grab the attention of an attractive woman (even if he is 60ish...mofo has moves like Jagger LOL)
It would have made sense if that were true, but actually, Bush's answer for 9/11 was the Iraq war.
The one person that I REALLY feel sorry for is Mrs. Petraeous. The above picture of the two is all over th media all day and night. The woman thought this slut was her friend and also the Jill Kelley. She had these sluts in her home for the holidays. These were power seeking attention needing narcisissts.
My question is why did Broadwell want the secret/classified documents in her home? What was she going to do with them?
The BIG IMPORTANT questiion in all of this is who knew what and when on 9/11? Where was the president and who called the shots? Who was in the Situation Room? Were the president, Biden, and Hiliary really monitoring this whole even from the Oval Office and what did THEY really do to save the 4 men from being murdered by terrorists?
WHO started the video story and why? Did Rice know the truth when she told the story of the video on 5 programs 5 days later? The president said yesterday that she was SENT BY THE WHITE HOUSE to the TV programs with informatiion GIVEN TO HER BY THE WHITE HOUSE. Why did the white house lie to her?
“It’s mind-boggling that she could be so reckless as to show up at high-profile events like this, shortly after learning the FBI was investigating their affair.”
Only a man would say that. Women are canny enough to know precisely what move Broadwell was making in the game she was playing.
As for being home with her children, wrong. Those children need to be kept away from this harpy. They are far better off in the care of a competent, caring nanny. The real question is, why did she have children?
@Jo-Ann: McCain is proving to be as irrelevant in the Senate as he was in the last 2 presidential elections. His comments are ridiculous and unfounded. It's pretty sad to watch his petty vendetta against Obama play out as a capstone to his political career. I'm sure that's not the way he wanted to be remembered, but unfortunately, he seems unable or unwilling to stop himself and act responsibly.
Frumpy old women are the biggest complainers, which is why they get cheated on the most....
Asking our troops to pledge celibacy is not an option. Ask the Catholic Church where celibacy got them.
Pledging celibacy in order to keep ones country's secrets from pillow talk is one thing; pledging celibacy to Santa Claus, the Toothfairy or an unproven deity is another.
When your wife is hobnobbing with the power elite in a dress like that, take that as your first clue. I think I read her husband is a Radiologist, maybe he only sees inward clues. All these type A personalities see a woman like her and their first thought is to conquer. They don't give the husband a second thought. He is just some working slob too busy to pleasure his wife.
Ah, Debi, that's the way to seize an opportunity to interject your snarky, hateful, and pathetic atheist crap into any discussion, no matter what the topic. I'll bet Bill Maher would be proud of you!
lapdog: Every spouse who has been supportive and faithful for more than 35 years deserves to be punished with mistreatment, unfaithfulness, betrayal and public humiliation.
This psycho bitch (Broadwell) had a public affair with the head of the CIA, had personal possession of classified information, created anonymous email accounts to harass family friends and colleagues, used information that should NOT have been common knowledge in the harassing emails. And then some are surprised that she would be so reckless as to attend a certain social function?
@Jo Ann-666954..
McCain & Lindsey Grahamare lying, hypocritical SORE LOOOOOOSERS!!!
Where was McCain's outrage (and yours) when Condoleezza Rice was Secretary of State to George Bush when 9/11 & the BIG WMD LIE happened in Iraq?
On Wednesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) promised to filibuster Rice's nomination and "do whatever to block the nomination that is within our power." "She's not qualified," McCain explained, arguing that she misled the public by initially attributing the September 11 Benghazi attack to protests over an anti-Islam video. He claimed that at a minimum, Rice is guilty of "not being very bright, because it was obvious that this was not a 'flash mob' and there was additional information by the time she went on every news show…in America."
But interestingly, McCain took a far different approach to another Rice in 2005. When President George W. Bush nominated National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to the post, McCain defended the nomination, despite Rice's central role in spreading the false intelligence that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction. The Democrats held hours of hearing and ultimately confirmed Rice, but not before McCain accused the opposition of using politics to delay her confirmation and challenging her "integrity":
McCAIN: Condoleezza Rice is a great American success story. This is what America is all about. A young woman who grew up in a segregated part of America where Americans were not treated equally, to rise to the position of secretary of state. We should have been celebrating, I believe, this remarkable American success story.
Also, I thought that some of the remarks — and I'm not going to mention my colleagues' names — some of the remarks aimed at her during the hearings challenged her integrity. We can disagree on policy and we disagree on a lot of things, but I think it is very clear that Condoleezza Rice is a person of integrity. And yes, I see this, some lingering bitterness over a very tough campaign. I hope it dissipates soon.
"I can only conclude we're doing this for no other reason than because of lingering bitterness at the outcome of the elections," McCain told CBS Morning News on January 27, 2005..
BuzzFeed's Zeke Miller notes that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-NC), who is also opposing Susan Rice, backed Condoleezza. "Every intelligence agency in the world was misled. And to connect those two to say that she's a liar is very unfair, over the line."
@Debi
Debi, not sure about your sexual experiences, but if a guy was boinking you, do you think he's really going to be reciting the details of future anti terrorist operations, or the daily meeting schedule of the Joint Chiefs? If so, you must be a lousy lay....
You really need to understand more before you make comments. It's not fair to humanity for you to spout off from the vast caverns of your mind unless it is fiction, then I would say you are very entertaining.
http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/issues/9-11-commission
A.C.e, now that I have proven with a simple link that you are a partisan non-thinker do you promise the American public you will learn and grow? Checkmate buddy, you can start gnashing your teeth now
Where was the outrage of John McCain and Lindsay Graham when Herman Cain got caught? Didn't both of these bozos vote to confirm our pubic hair harasser Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court?
If you want squeaky clean, then we'd have to re-elect a new Congress, from the 3% of the population over age 35 that hasn't ever had sex with more than one partner. I don't think you want those people....
let he without sin cast the first stone. it doesn't matter how high up in society you are the skin is very sensitive and the general is no exception. He probably like them nice and tight with a work out body.
Patrick President Bush was a novice as president. He was 9 month on to his term when the 911 tragedy occur because bill Clinton didn't Finnish the Job with Osama binladen when he try to bring down the towers back in 1991. If Clinton would have done his Job none of these would have happen. Ye ye ye Ignore Clinton and Blame Bush I remember clear that day. on the other hand Obama had a full four year term when he lie and mrs. Rice also lie about Benghazi.
And some idiots think President Bush and Dick Chaney flew the planes with remote controls while they hid behind the statue of liberty. I don't think President Bush ever ever ever said hussien bombed the U.S. But 9/11/01 was investigated forever and so should benghazi. Look, you have nothing to fear. The MSM will cover-up for the poor incompetent till his last days. They'll spoon feed you all the lies you need to keep you swooning and to keep me puking!
Our enemies are thankful for the pics taken at America's who's who in the spy biz and posted on the Internet, hell the only thing they missed out on was the pat down at the door and the whore dorv's. I guess this is how Russia obtained the blueprints for the atomic bomb.
Ah spider, just the kind of things a good, holier than thou christian is expected to say.
formerGOPlapdog:
Sounds like you don't have much pillow talk experience yourself to think so naively.
Men are such jerks. And women who knowingly mess with married men aren't far behind.
It's not mind boggling, it's advertisement.
This wench could care less about Petraeus, his wife, OR the United States.
All she wants is to write her new book.
"Petraeus, Inside Me"
Petraeus was betrayed by his infatuation and now we all have to pay.
I won't be buying the book OR seeing the movie.
Really? What, exactly will you have to pay? And for the record, it is "couldn't care less" , NOT "could care less"
McCain and his cronies are going afterr this dalliance and the appointment Rice like these are a national crisis...trying to take the spotlight off the fact that they have wasted 4 years fighting and billions of dollars that could have been spent on America.
Allen: McCain 'and his cronies' couldn't care less who Petraeus is banging. They want to know what Benghazi is all about, and why it was only the day after the election that it supposedly all went nuclear. They are calling BS on the entire thing.
First of all, it is a rare man who will decline the offerings of a woman 20 years younger, esp. one who portrays herself in the manner this one does. The best indicator of her character is the way she behaved in regard to a perceived rival. Perfect example of junior high competitive behavior. Totally disgusting!
It's not idiomatic speech. It's not a figurative meaning. It's just wrong.
I'm totally disinclined to care.
Said one former senior U.S. intelligence official who attended, “It’s mind-boggling that she could be so reckless as to show up at high-profile events like this, shortly after learning the FBI was investigating their affair.”
Comment: Add the communications to Kelley, the Jon Stewart Show outfit and statements. Etc. Etc.
Amateur Diagnosis: Arrogant, narcissistic, omnipotent, grandiose, delusional. Poor security risk. High damage to country. Lousy mistress, atrocious wife, not acting in best interests of her children. Disgrace coefficient: 10/10.
SIG,
My exact impression. I don't believe anyone should have a case of "mind-boggling" of her actions.
Just look at the crazy eyes and all the weird interviews before all this became public. "All In"
"embedded with Petrausin Iraq" give me a break.
This real life dinner photo reminds me of that old Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman,Sean Young movie,
No Way Out.
Gene Hackman played a married Defense Secretary Brice and Sean Young was his mistress. Brice had her come separately to all the Washington fancy dinners and parties because he liked to see her all dressed up, even if he couldn't talk to her.
Plot revolves around the secret love triangle between the three leads. Costner was Lt. Commander Tom Farrell assigned to investigate the suspected KGB mole in the Pentagon. No spoilers about who the mole is. Go rent and find out. Good 80's cold war era movie.
Patraeus-Broadwelll-Kelley sequel:
No Way Out 2 - All In
Here's the No Way Out trailer on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6cnDgwQPhA
Sig...you had one word that really stood out...delusional
Thanks you guys.
Thanks CoCo. I thought of "loss of sense of reality", but "delusional" seemed more reality-based.
Folks could say "whack-o, "koo-koo" and "woo-woo", but they are too clinical.
"Goofy" is too optimistic, and lends a drop of humor to a situation too grim and un-funny to articulate.
Take it from here, Dr. Freud.
I'm growing bored by the whole business.
D: Agreed. I was bored 10 minutes ago.
But with all the salacious developments in the making, what's a conscientious citizen to do?
Boredom is the main reason for cheating in a relationship....
formerGOPlapdog
How the Fukoon could this guy Petraeus be bored ?
To put it in simple terms. Her Ego is writing Checks her lifestyle can't cash. Paula has been soaring with eagles so long she hasn't realized her Chickadee wings have been clipped.
I heard she voted for Obama, Obama is going to cash her checks after his clears.
All the people involved in this nutty soap opera are republicans.
Quite apart from the issue whether their joint attendance would arouse suspicion, what in the world was this woman doing at an event like this in the first place? If she can go, can I?
just taking a guess, but I recall reading when she was active duty military, she was an intelligence officer. (Not going to touch THAT one) So this event was thrown by a Society, and she could have well been on a mailing list that went out months ago.
But Im with you, I want to go as well.
Hello Comrade, I am agent of former KGB, I would love to also attend such function, please count me in, also comrade can I bring my Polaroid camera and hidden microphone ? I swear not to blackmail your spooks excuse me comrade I meant friends, I am just so interested in how america develops weapons and spys on the rest of the world, excuse me comrade my english is not so good, I meant I am just interested in the recipe for pastries.
Jill and her sister look like sleazy street walkers. What the hell do these high ranking officers see in them???? If you guys are that horny, go buy a hooker that doesn't know you and wouldn't say anything anyway. These two sisters both look like a couple of goldiggers. Why why why...
They have big boobs. And these idiot GOP Tea Baggers fall head over heels. This has been going on in the military for years. Just wait, youi will see where thesae bim bos have ripp[ed over many innocent military members with their charity scam. I'm surprised these Generals aren't involved with little boys. Stay tuned.
You want us all to believe that the "GOP Tea Baggers" are the ONLY ones who "fall head over heels?"
Incredibly stupid. He isn't the first, and he won't be the last. He commanded wars, yet can't has no self-control.
dmill,
Where did the reference to "tea Baggers" come from. As far as I know, Petraeus is a Democrat. Regardless, politics had nothing to do with his affair.
Petraeus is a republican.
Charlie, how do you know who Petraeus voted for, did he tell you?
We don't know who he voted for, but he has always been a republican. Not a surprise that all involved in this are republican - military or rich or both = republican (generally).
The girls will come out of this with money and celebrity; the men with damaged marriages and dishonor.
Stupid corporate career soldiers.
When do all these guys find time for all these liaisons, parties and 20,000 pages of text messages? Aren't they supposed to be WORKING? Working on our country's security or, um, managing the war in Afghanistan or something?
And when does Mrs. Broadwell, who has been galavanting the world over for her book and who knows what else, have time to be with her children?
actually, maybe not at all. Could be the guys will be fine but the women will be the ones looking bad. The one in Florida seems an open case for fraud and tax evasion, not to mention bribes. The other in DC, will likely end up a single mom fighting for the right to see her boys. Just guessing. Military pension ? she has to keep denying anything happened between she and Petreus while they were in the military. Whatever...and good luck ! maybe the book will fly off the shelves....I doubt.
I will say it again men have 2 heads and it is the one between their legs that thinks and controls their main controls in their actions when it comes down to women. These 2 women are nothing but married whores, and I feel sorry for Broadwell's children who will have to go through life with everyone knowing that their mother is a slut in the most extreme manner. The little boys' father should divorce her and so the little ones can find some normal life later on down the road but as long as the mother is in the picture this sure will not happen.
To be determined how much “Dr.” Broadwell knew about or condoned these shenanigans? But “if he can” remove the children and himself from this situation ASAP the better off the children will be!
@Acosmet,
Interesting letter to some ethicist at the NYT this past summer, about a husband knowing his wife was having an affair with a high-ranking government official, but considering willing to go along with it because of the "greater" good of the work being done. Really kind of pathetic. Speculation is that the writer is Dr. Broadwell.
That's too funny!
Nothing but a Home wrecker.
This clown has about as much integrity as John Mccain, Chaney, Mitt , and Boonener. If he can't be faithful to his wife after 38 years of marriage where he took an oath, how in the world he canbe faithful to the American Public believe anything he has to say about Bengazei. He will be under oath. This is a witch hunt by the raciest Grand Ugly Party and Tea Baggers in and effort thinking they will come up with something to implicate the President. During the election, they were so concerned about jobs (which was a lie) thinking that would help mormon Mitt get elected. These are some raciest good old prejudice boys who can't take seeing a black family in the White House. Get over it you idiots, you may have a chance to retain the House in 2014 but for sure you will give it up and the White House in 2016 to no other than Hillary. It's time for Bill to return to the White House and be the first "First Man"
Oh and Bill was soooooo faithful to Hillary - get off the Demonic party platform - men are men no matter what the political affiliation!
Don't forget about John Edwards, either, what a peach that Democrat is.
McCain & Lindsey Grahamare lying, hypocritical SORE LOOOOOOSERS!!!
Where was McCain's outrage (and yours) when Condoleezza Rice was Secretary of State to George Bush when 9/11 & the BIG WMD LIE happened in Iraq?
On Wednesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) promised to filibuster Rice's nomination and "do whatever to block the nomination that is within our power." "She's not qualified," McCain explained, arguing that she misled the public by initially attributing the September 11 Benghazi attack to protests over an anti-Islam video. He claimed that at a minimum, Rice is guilty of "not being very bright, because it was obvious that this was not a 'flash mob' and there was additional information by the time she went on every news show…in America."
But interestingly, McCain took a far different approach to another Rice in 2005. When President George W. Bush nominated National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to the post, McCain defended the nomination, despite Rice's central role in spreading the false intelligence that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction. The Democrats held hours of hearing and ultimately confirmed Rice, but not before McCain accused the opposition of using politics to delay her confirmation and challenging her "integrity":
McCAIN: Condoleezza Rice is a great American success story. This is what America is all about. A young woman who grew up in a segregated part of America where Americans were not treated equally, to rise to the position of secretary of state. We should have been celebrating, I believe, this remarkable American success story.
Also, I thought that some of the remarks — and I'm not going to mention my colleagues' names — some of the remarks aimed at her during the hearings challenged her integrity. We can disagree on policy and we disagree on a lot of things, but I think it is very clear that Condoleezza Rice is a person of integrity. And yes, I see this, some lingering bitterness over a very tough campaign. I hope it dissipates soon.
"I can only conclude we're doing this for no other reason than because of lingering bitterness at the outcome of the elections," McCain told CBS Morning News on January 27, 2005..
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-NC), who is also opposing Susan Rice, backed Condoleezza. "[E]very intelligence agency in the world was misled. And to connect those two to say that she's a liar is very unfair, over the line."
I never thought I could ever agree with anything that right-wing, lying ex-marine Oliver North said, but he's right about Washington, D.C. - it's Sodom and Gomorrah. It's a literal den of iniquity. These politically connected people are worse than La Cosa Nostra.
said the devil himself....
Next time you hear them complain that gay marriages will ruin the "sanctity of marriage" have yourself a little chuckle...
The big disappointment for the GOP and Tea Baggers is that they were hoping Petraus would be their next canfdidate for Republician Nominee for President. He can't keep his pecker in his pants. Wise up dude, use a cigar. Can't you see Bill survived. These whores just want power.
Where did you get that Petraeus is Republican?
What a trip the ladies are. Jill Kelly's twin is a lyer, etc. Jill imagines herself as an ambassador and wants diplomatic protection. That is a joke when a real ambassador died for lack of protection. And the Broadwell broad needs to exit the military, Washington. and change her name. She could be her own ghost writer. And no matter how the 2 generals appear to be as intelligent military genius. Whenever a man uses his privates to think, it is trouble with a capital "T". If you think it, you are guilty, and that comes from the Bible folks!!!!
Petraeus was originally appoined by Bush. That probably makes him a Republican. Republicans don't cheat with other women....they tap their toes under the stalls in the men's rooms until they get a taker....LOL
How nice. Party on. All on the American tax dollar too.
Talk about transparency well, HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW? Big wheels keep on turnin.
BeTrayUs quits all responsibility yet he continues his life style of the Rich and Famaous.
He's got teflon nothing is going to stick to him.
I bet Congress is happy this came to light NOW they can stay in the news over this email crap and affair and PUT ASIDE the critical issue of JOBS, Taxes, AND the AMERICAN economy. Prositution the oldest profession in the world and these pimps and prositutes who call themselves leaders of our free world are the worst. All on the American DIME. Must be nice.
This administration and it's controlled media has ramped up its non stop coverage of every detail in the Petraeus affair. Their paparazzi type tabloid coverage is amazingly follywood styled while very little was covered and almost no attention questions the Benghazi Failure had raised.
Obamas adminsitration's strategy of attack, distract and discredit using Petraeus and Allen to no end reveals their uneasiness of Petraeus's volunteering to testify in todays Senate Hearing. Here's hoping Petraeus drops the hammer and uncovers this nasty cover up of a national security disaster that has been going on for too long.
Seems ridiculous how people swallow the media story whole, and jump to the attack. Patraeus and Broadwell have a lifetime of service to their country and what they did in their private lives should be nobodies business, certainly not the FBI. They both are part of the inner circle of people fighting terrorists and intelligence professionals, and hardly any sort of security risks.
With the affair that ended months ago revealed, maybe he is now free to tell all to congress.
I certainly hope you're not, nor get, connected to our military, CIA or FBI with that perspective! You don't have the insight on how interpersonal relations complicate human behavior. But if you think you can change all of human behavior to your perspective, well, good luck!
Actually Broadwell is a security risk having volumes of classified papers in her home.
Too much stuff is classified anyway...The REALLY important classified stuff gets leaked by members of Congress right away...
Dear John and Mitch,
Just eliminate the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and give me my middle class tax cut and screw whomever else you want....
Huh? You clearly know nothing about the CIA or the Army. Broadwell has shown herself to be unstable and loopy. The fact that she had classified documents in her possession was dangerous. As she was already sending threatening letters to another woman, who knows how far she could have gone had this affair not come to light?
Please spare us your lecture about this affair not being our business. It is our business. The CIA is a spy agency. You clearly need to educate yourself about the CIA.
What are all those men in the photo looking at? Could it be the tall woman wearing next to nothing? Look, the men are wearing underwear, undershirt, shirt, pants, sock, shoes, and over coat, with ties. She is almost naked. To wear something as scanty as that to a dignified affair is evidence of a need to be seen and admired. I got that impression when I saw her on the Daily Show. She is dressed more for an outdoor pool party. It seems to speak volumes about her. Add to that the fact that she engaged in some sort of a hen fight with another woman of questionable taste, and it just gets so tabloidesque.
I just don't know how his wife could forgive him for what he has done to himself, his honor,his family, and her. Most men are rat finks when it comes to fidelity. But, most don't have so much to lose, for themselves and for others. Apparently, having this type of relationship is against some military code of honor. What a shame, after his long career!
This seems a good argument for having more women in positions of real power. Women are rarely subject to this type of indiscretion. Men are always vulnerable---just look at those guys in the photo.
I confident that it won’t matter which of the genders is in what situation. Sexual behavior is part of our DNA. I’m not going to post an in depth analyses. It’s just that sex is basic animal behavior to promote the longevity of species. Alpha individuals (male or female) are “most likely” to obtain positions of power, and attraction and conquest of the opposite sex is a validation of that.
Hanne, I agree that men are probably more prone to be involved in something like this, but it's not like all women are innocent either. This could have happened to a woman just as easily. The difference might be that women tend to be attracted to the position (the power) whereas men might just be attracted to the physical beauty of the woman.
There is physical power, and there is intellectual power, (positions of power) they are both attractive to the opposite sex.
Probably a little truth to that. But just think, you see some good looking women with some ugly dudes, but you don't see too many good looking guys with ugly women. I think women are more likely to be attracted to things other than the physical.
I forgot "financial power", it's all about "feeling" more potent and/or secure.
Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is potency and security.
If anyone is still following this thread, my perception is; as a society/culture we have a problem with those values! I’m putting my "hopes" in genetic engineering for our evolution.
It was Henry Kissinger, then the Secretary of State, who said power is the greatest aphrodisiac. And Petraeus looks like Adonis when compared to Kissinger,
Oh well, part of the me me, me generation I guess, who knows, who cares. Just more of the elite believing that the laws or morals of the land doesn't apply to them I guess. Oh, well, yawn.
If not for Benghazi and 4 American deaths, this would be a non story...
I just hope for the sake of the familes of these four dead Americans, we don't lose track of the real issues and allow the media to change it to nothing but a sex scandal...
If the majority in the House was Democrat Fast and Furious and Benghazi would have NEVER seen the light of day. it would have been covered up and not covered by the lame media.
Rational thinking would say that human beings should put in check those animal drives and moderate their behavior in those matters of bodily pleasure as these appeal at most to the base instincts of humans! That was Aristotle´s thinking thousands of years ago, then, the gentleman saw what stops us from living a virtuous life! It was the Ego and the animal instinct in us then and it is now! It is about human nature!
Not to mention that lower class types of individuals are attracted to the military in the first place...it's historical and genetic...
It's a power trip for the powerless..like being a cop. You get to have a gun and play army. Sometimes, you get to even kill people legally. If you have no respect for human life, why would you respect a marriage?
Wow,, she has some big balls to show up,, and he has none,,
I am sick of reading about these married hos social climbers. The only one that I feel sorry is the woman that was married to this man for 38 years. These are jealous vindictive social climbers, that the husbands apparently have no b*** or maybe they enjoy watching. You have over 10,000 emails between General Allen and Jill (other ho) in Tampa, and how many e-mails from the Head of the CIA P. I am concerned about the tax dollars and benefits to these jerks, that they have time to stay on a computer and produce e-mails and are more concerned with social climbing hoes.
High-ranking military wives are generally known as hell on wheels. I've only met one, and she certainly reinforced the stereotype: condescending, entitled, and unreasonable-cubed. Without ever having met either of the betrayed parties, my sympathies are with Dr Broadwell and the two young sons. I'm betting Holly will not only roll with the punches, but land a few herself..
Dr. Broadwell will be just fine. There are plenty of gold-digging women in the Charlotte area that will be all over that. Guess you should have appreciated what you had, huh Paula?
Still hate it for the boys, but I bet they had their momma pegged. Most young uns see things as they really are. No sugar coating it.
m knight...I would like to know who was running the war. Would all those Allied troops murdered by the Afghanistan troops they were training have happened if General Allen had been running the war instead of emailing a woman in Florida? Do you know how much time it takes to write/read/email 20,000+ emails? ?When did the man do the job he was PAID TO DO BY YOU AND ME/
Poor, poor, Mrs. Petraeus....if only she hadn't let herself go and put on 75 lbs over the years...
She's lucky he didn't dump her fat butt sooner by divorcing her. At least now she can get a bigger settlement. Let this serve as a lesson to all you other women(and men too) out there, if you don't care about yourself and what you look like, how can you expect anyone else to?
The only reason this is news is that Gen. Petraeus is so widely respected, and so highly placed within one of America's most secretive organizations. His actions while totally human, are clearly a security risk given his high profile, so clearly the best decision was done in the interests of all parties, that Gen. Petraeus resigns from his post.
My heart goes out to Mrs. Petraeus, and the agony and humiliation she must be feeling now.
My heart also goes out to the husband and children of Mrs. Broadwell, who have now become the victims of Paula's selfish passion.
That said, as long as there has been no national security breach from their relationship, if Petraeus and Mrs. Broadwell decide to continue their relationship, it is absolutely none of the publics business, and we should stay out of their lives.
Afterall, this is still America, and people should be free to be with whom they wish, even if we dont agree.
Gen. David Petraeus is our hero.....and we all make mistakes,.....he took an oath before God and man to Mrs Holly Petraeus in sickness and in health till death do us part,.....who, by the way, is livid but not leaving............we should S.T.O.P. all speculations, S.T.O.P. tarnishing the reputation of this great American hero until the F.B.I. complete their investigation plus the joint Senate & House inquiry.
GBA - weren't you one of the liberals that were shouting General Betrayus back in 2006? Typical Hypocrite
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Kirk---Personally, I will offer a special prayer for you this morning........ now, if you don't mind.... please go and take your meds........thanks.
This is just the typical soap opera scenario of a woman that wants as much attention as she can get no matter how she gets it, even at the expense of her husband, her children, and Holly Petraeus and family. I find this sickening that a man would even do this without giving any thought to the consequences. I hope this is a rude awakening for her and a hard slap in the face. Probably will not be the case tho.
She goes to these parties dressed to kill with clothes that are not appropriate for the kind of events she attended. What does that tell you? If you have the desire to have lots of male attention dress sexy and they will oogle all over you (some men). Her husband must be so humiliated as is Holly.
Oh ...now all of a sudden NBC and CBS and MSNBC are interested in this entire mess huh? Not a peep for weeks prior to the election and even still some of you are "bored to tears" over this very clearly related Benghazi matter and this slimy administration that you just re-elected......myself and many many many others are going to sit back and watch NBC and it's ilk try to decry, spin, slough off and every other stunt that you think we are going to fall for with respect to your coverage of this entire thing. You can try to make this another Clinton "this is not sex" or "this is just a private matter" thing.....you can try to delude the majority of the dullards and denizens of this country...but it is not going to work....soon....very soon....while you shake your heads in bewildered amazement....you will suffer the regret you so richly deserve for contributing to the continuation of this presidency. This is not a Fox News fake story and never has been.....so blather away for the next few days and weeks....because there is very rough sailing ahead for pompous lying politicians and their appointed miscreants.
I think its important for DC cum dumpsters to have access to top secret military information, who's with me?