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Petraeus mistress Paula Broadwell loses security clearance
WASHINGTON — Paula Broadwell, the woman at the center of the scandal that felled former CIA director David Petraeus, has been stripped of her security clearance amid an FBI investigation, CNN said Wednesday. The military clearance allowed Broadwell, a major in the US army reserve and a graduate of the…
Beck: Obama ‘set up’ Petraeus to ‘discredit the military’
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck is accusing of President Barack Obama’s administration of a manufacturing former CIA Director David Petraeus’ sex scandal as a plot to “discredit the military.” “This is a set up,” Beck said on his Tuesday broadcast. “This is spontaneous, they just found out? Bull crap. They…
Robertson absolves Petraeus: Broadwell was ‘throwing herself at him… he’s a man’
Televangelist Pat Robertson on Monday suggested that former CIA Director David Petraeus, who recently resigned over an affair with his biographer, was the victim in the scandal because there was “a good-looking lady throwing herself at him” and “he’s a man.” “I don’t think he is a devious human being,”…
ABC station botches Petraeus book cover: ‘ALL Up IN My Snatch’
An ABC News affiliate in Denver says that while attempting to report on the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus, the station mistakenly aired a photoshopped version of his mistress’ book with the raunchy title “All Up In My Snatch.” KMGH-TV producer Deb Stanley told Raw Story that the…
Callista Gingrich on Petraeus: Affairs are ‘painful’ for the family
The woman who married former House Speaker Newt Gingrich after cheating with him while he was married to his second wife says that former CIA Director David Petraeus’ extramarital affair is “sad” and “painful” for his family. “I think it’s personally very sad for he and his family,” Callista Gingrich…
Scarborough rips FBI for taking down ‘rising star’ Petraeus with ‘fishing expedition’
Conservative MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Monday blasted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for what he said was a “fishing expedition” to take down former CIA Director David Petraeus. Petraeus, a retired four-star general, resigned on Friday after admitting an extramarital affair that had been uncovered when the FBI…
Is CIA chief Petraeus running for president — of Princeton?
A college newspaper has set off a wave of speculation that David Petraeus, the general-turned-CIA-spy-chief, might want to leave his job to become president — of Princeton University. Petraeus, 59, has long been suspected of harboring political ambitions but he has sometimes fended off questions about a possible White House…
Online troll sentenced to 26 weeks in prison for harassing British official
An online “troll” who sent a threatening email to Conservative MP Louise Mensch received a suspended sentence Monday and was banned from contacting a string of well-known figures from Alan Sugar to CIA chief David Petraeus. Frank Zimmerman, 60, was handed a 26-week prison sentence suspended for two years over…
U.S. demands swift Pakistan action on militants
The United States called on Pakistan on Friday to take action within “days and weeks” on dismantling Afghan militant havens and encouraging the Taliban into peace talks in order to end 10 years of war. Crucially Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared to extract recognition from Pakistan that it could…
CIA opens probe into work with New York police
WASHINGTON — The CIA has opened an internal investigation into whether the agency broke a ban against domestic spying in its work with New York City police, top officials said Tuesday. Newly appointed CIA director David Petraeus, who took over the spy agency this month, said the probe by the…
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