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Nov 19, 2012 thats not what happened the friday after the election. Nov 12, 2012 broadwell was a highachiever since high school in bismarck, north dakota. Since friday, when news broke about david petraeuss decision to resign after 14 months as director of the central intelligence agency, details have been. Fred kaplan is the nationalsecurity columnist for slate and the author of five previous books, dark territory. Thats not what happened the friday after the election. The allegations against allen are said to involve emails between him and kelley written from 2010 to 2012. If it is discovered the petraeus affair was kept quiet so as to not disrupt obamas presidential campaign, barack may face some tough questioning. His problem was that he believed that exposing the affair would create a major distraction that would adversely impact the success of an important. Nov, 2012 the investigation into the former cia directors extramarital affair has now ensnared the top u. Cia director petraeus resigns over extramarital affair with. Cia director david petraeus, resigned on friday after admitting he had an affair with his biographer.
General david petraeus is the most transformative leader the american military has seen since the generation of marshall. It is believed the affair was discovered by the fbi months ago, but not made public until after the election. David petraeus, author and journalist fred kaplan looks at how theories of counterinsurgency have shaped u. The affair that took down cia director and retired general david petraeus is becoming stranger than showtimes fiction. When retired general david petraeus announced that he was resigning as the head of the cia because of an extramarital affair, it was no forgotten by monday story. But whats different in the petraeus scandal are the greater questions his affair raises, including national security and the.
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