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Petraeus Just Another Mystery Victim in the Benghazi Triangle

downtherabbithole Wrote: Nov 12, 2012 4:45 PM

The General should not be permitted to use this personal affair as a cover to evade professional responsibility. He must testify to Congress about everything he knows about Libya - and all other matters of national security under his charge as head of the CIA. I think his reason for resigning is illegitimate in any case. Did President Clinton resign? Did Mayor Guliani? Did FDR? Did Churchill? Private life - however messy - is irrelevant to job performance. Not a reason to fire someone - or to let them skate by without questions as a resignation.

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Drifter33 Wrote: Nov 12, 2012 5:20 PM

I believe he will be receive a subpoena compelling him to testify, whether or not he or the president like it.

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downtherabbithole Wrote: Nov 12, 2012 6:03 PM

Not sure about accuracy but another poster on a different thread said that when questioned by investigating committee, all he has to say is "that's classified" now that he is officially a citizen.

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Petraeus Just Another Mystery Victim in the Benghazi Triangle

Watch out! There is a cosmic force at work. One by one, people caught up in the Benghazi Triangle are disappearing.

First it was AFRICOM commander General Carter F. Ham who was given early retirement. Ham’s sphere of military authority extended to Benghazi.

Then Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette, who commanded the aircraft carrier attack task group in the Mediterranean near Benghazi, was recalled to Bremerton pending a Navy Inspector General investigation.

And now another coincidental “resignation” in the chain of command working the Benghazi overwatch is either pointing to a cosmic force at work, or gasp! a...

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