US CIA Director Resigns

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"After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours,"

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Jeff Head said:

Sad day. He was a very good general, and had the makings of a great CIA Director.

I applaud his willingness to stand up direct, state the reason, and then resign on principle. He knows such breaks in fidelity are the types of things enemies take advantage of.

He also knows, if he is to retain and repair his marriage of 37 years, that he is going to have to put all his effots into that. I wish him the best, but am saddened that even one as well respected as he would fall to such an insideous act of betrayal and immorality. God grant he and his wife and kids and grandkids peace and healing.

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cn_habs said:

He unfortunately took the fall for Stevens' death IMHO... or else half of the Congress would have been forced to resign for personal reasons.

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Jeff Head said:

That's part of the point, IMHO. He is at least honroable enough to stand up, take responsibility, and remove himself from a position of trust. These others, and particularly Bill Clinton comes to mind, were not, and by not doing so leave us all at terrible risk.

I believe the truth regarding Beghazi will be gottenat. Too many high ranking military people involved...and too many demands for it. The House will not let it rest, just like they have not and will not let Fast and Furious rest.

As it is, in Petraeus we lost a very good hand. Very qualified and very good at what he did.

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kei3000 said:

Want to know some background of that.
does it appears the more as you stand upright the more possibility you become a scapegoat for others?

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Jeff Head said:

Well, I would hope not, but it could well be.

We will see how it is "spun" and handled by the press and admin.

My guess is that the President will have nothing but praise for Petraeus. Whether he is forthcoming about Benghazi is another matter entirely. Time will tell, but my guess is that it will take hearings, and ultimately (liek with watergate) someone will to do real journalistic research to get to the bottom of it.

As it is, it will be interesting to see who becomes the next Director of the CIA...and who will be the next Secretary of STate as well. There is alos a rumor that Holder may resign as AG too, so we may have a real shuffle of the cabinet.

That's not too uncommon though when a President starts his second term.

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Why Did CIA Chief David Petraeus Suddenly Resign?

CIA boss David Petraeus suddenly resigned, admitting to an affair. This could be the real explanation, given that affairs of high-level intelligence chiefs could compromise national security.

But the timing of Petraeus’ resignation becomes more interesting once one learns that that he was scheduled to testify under oath next week before power House and Senate committees regarding the Benghazi consulate.

Many speculate that it wasn’t an affair – but the desire to avoid testifying on Benghazi – which was the real reason for Petraeus’ sudden resignation.



The Big Picture

Whatever the scope of the CIA’s operation in Benghazi – and whatever the real reason for the resignation of the CIA chief – the key is our historical and ongoing foreign policy.

For decades, the U.S. has backed terrorists for geopolitical ends.

The U.S. government has been consistently planning regime change in Syria and Libya for 20 years, and dreamed of regime change – using false flag terror – for 50 years.

Obama has simply re-packaged Bush and the Neocons’ “war on terror” as a series of humanitarian wars.

And the U.S. and its allies will do anything to topple Iran … and is systematically attempting to pull the legs out from Iran’s allies as a way to isolate and weaken that country.

Americans should ask ourselves if that’s what we want …

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lostsoul said:

Very murky CIA MO

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China better be on guard for similar ops in Xinjiang & Tibet

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Jeff Head said:

Well, I would hope not, but it could well be.

We will see how it is "spun" and handled by the press and admin.

My guess is that the President will have nothing but praise for Petraeus. Whether he is forthcoming about Benghazi is another matter entirely. Time will tell, but my guess is that it will take hearings, and ultimately (liek with watergate) someone will to do real journalistic research to get to the bottom of it.

As it is, it will be interesting to see who becomes the next Director of the CIA...and who will be the next Secretary of STate as well. There is alos a rumor that Holder may resign as AG too, so we may have a real shuffle of the cabinet.

That's not too uncommon though when a President starts his second term.

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