Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus has resigned, citing ”extremely poor judgment” for having an extramarital affair.
Petraeus told President Barack Obama of the affair on Thursday and offered to resign, a senior official told NBC News. Obama accepted his resignation in a phone call Friday afternoon.
“Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position,” Petraeus said in a letter to CIA colleagues. “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.”
“This afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation,” Petraeus said in the letter.
Mike Morrell, the deputy CIA director and a long time CIA officer, will likely be offered the job as acting director, multiple sources told NBC News. Morrell is a longtime CIA analyst, who was traveling with President George W. Bush as his briefer when terrorists struck on Sept. 11, 2001, and was later in the Situation Room with President Obama during the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, NBC News reported.
Read more at NBC New York. By Daniel Macht and Emily Feldman.
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The Gen is the latest vcitim of a PURGE of high ranking military men by Chairman “O” over the Benghazi
cover-up…..Gen Carter Ham, AFRICOM…..Gen Joseph Dunford, MARINES…..Adm Charles Gaouette,..
USS Stennis…………….to be replaced by ?????
Stalin used bullets; Barry Soetoro uses a really big stick!
but was the affair with a man or a woman?
Considering who his boss was, it’s hard to guess.
These people are as guilty as sin of the murders in Benghazi. Now, they are all stepping down? Why? Obozo and his Soras-controlled diabolical media should be dismantled and shut down. Obozo and the media should be tarred and feathered. Why hasn’t anyone done anything about the LIARS in our lamestream media? They are at fault for this more than anyone.
u had your chance on election day; time to move on
allahisgreatg, what’s with adding the g, no matter, you obviously do not know how to spell, the truth is that the “FIX” was in so we really did not have a chance, none whatsoever.
I personally believe that a man of Petraeu’s 37 year military record would not allow him to continue representing such a criminal and corrupt organization, which is why he ultimately chose to resign. The Benghazi incident probably broke the camels back and he had to get out of Obama’s Administration.
The CIA being what it is, an extremely secret and covert entity of our intelligence department; and taking into account the time that has lapsed since the Benghazi massacre, one has to wonder if these two haven’t hatched this story to protect their commander and chief.
This whole thing is transparent enough for me to see it as just being a play to remove someone from a situation where he wouldn’t have to cover up the assignation planned by someone in our government.
I would hope that the families of the murdered victims would hire legal consul and pursue a wrongful death suit against all those evolved.
This was probably known for sometime in their arena – that’s why he was given the position (they had him).
Here’s the mentality of those that have been being formed and manipulated for years – the Dr. Smith Mentality: http://youtu.be/Gyo0i8y-Pro
What has died in America is honor, integrity, honesty, and character, it has been replaced by selfishness, lying, stealing, cheating, and an abject poverty of moral character and “tolerance” for the most debased of values. Truly is “Mourning in America” for those very few that still revere the America that used to be.
IN A SENSE, THIS IS TOTAL TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE OBAMA IS NOW DEMONSTRATING HIS FULL BLOWN LEVEL OF CORRUPTION, MURDER AND LIES. HE JUST JUST HAS A WAY OF SPINNING THE TRUTH TO HIS ADVANTAGE. ITS TIME FOR SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOVE. THE HAMMER WILL BE COMING DOWN ON HIM HARD SHORTLY. I THINK HE IS JUST ABOUT DONE ! THERE IS ONLY ONE OPTION AT THIS POINT AND THAT IS THE REMOVAL OF HIM AS WELL AS HILLARY AND HOLDER. THE UNITED STATES MILITARY CAN REFUSE TO OBEY A PRESIDENT IF HE IS UNABLE TO PRESENT PRESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AS WELL AS ARRESTING HIM IF HE IS DEEMED A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. IN BARACK OBAMAS CASE……………………..HE FITS ALL OF THE ABOVE !
Is it possible that Petraeus has resigned to allow him to Tell All without betraying anyone, either the Country or Barack Obama? I think his character is Spotless and I would not be surprised to learn that the Affair with “That Woman” did not even happen. But, it does not matter either way, he is free to Blow Up the Cover-up. Let us pray that this is Obozo’s Watergate and Impeachment and Removal and Trial for High Crimes and Misdemeanors and found guilty of complicit to Murder and Treason and the Appropriate punishment on the Washington Monument at Noon with Full Media Coverage for Effect.
Don’t lose sight of the big picture:
The election was a fraud
the Benghazi massacre needs a better ending.
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He watched them DIE . . . . . then he LIED!
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Don’t lose sight of the big picture:
The election was a fraud
the Benghazi massacre needs a better ending.
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He watched them DIE . . . . . then he LIED!
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The affair was just a smoke screen to hide the fact that these guys were selling arms to our enemies. Wait and you will see the story manifest. In the mean while, help me get an investigation into the 2012 election and the felonious/traitorous activities of Barack Obama. Just click this link and give your email address:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-investigate-voter-fraud-andor-tampering-2012-presidential-election/DNNjpBlK
Thanks to all. We are in big trouble, with 35 of our States wanting to secede from the Union and doing a great job of getting the petitions signed to do so. Imagine America with no States. If you get an investigation going that I have petitioned the Senate for then we can bring our country back together again. Please read the petition and sign, for all Americans; even Americans who are too blind to see the truth.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-investigate-voter-fraud-andor-tampering-2012-presidential-election/DNNjpBlK
Click this link to reverse the election.