
Subject: By association, Obama, too, is a disgrace Date: 11/12/2012 9:52 PM
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By Ben Stein:





This is a disgrace to him and to his office. It also shows he is a liar and liable to blackmail. I may be wrong here, but is it not a felony to lie to the FBI?

The whole affair came to light because Director Petraeus apparently gave his girlfriend, Paula Broadwell, access to his password for his computer, or allowed her to get it through negligence. On the computer there were classified documents. General Petraeus either did not know this had happened, which would be a disgrace, or knew about it and covered it up -- also a disgrace.

The Director of Central Intelligence is one of the most important jobs in the world. To have the incumbent handle it so carelessly is deeply disturbing. It is, sadly, of a piece with his lethal miscues in Libya. What could he possibly have been thinking? What kind of incompetence is going on here? This is terrifying.

Then there is a further issue. The second woman in this case, a State Department official, reported the threatening e-mails from Paula Broadwell months ago. The FBI apparently found out about the affair months ago, and that the security of the office of DCI had been breached. It is inconceivable that no one at the FBI told the White House or the A.G. about these serious concerns before this week. It just could not have happened that way. That is not how the world works
That means the White House and/or the A.G. knew for some time before the election that a scandal of major proportions was about to hit the CIA. The President knew before the election, in other words, and so did David Petraeus, that this furor was about to break.

How did they keep it secret? What did Attorney General Holder do to keep the lid on his FBI? What kind of possibly corrupt bargain did Mr. Obama make with Gen. Petraeus to go easy on him over Benghazi if Gen. Petraeus would keep quiet about his impending disgrace? What promises, winks, and nods were given and received?


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