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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I found most interesting about the latest news to trickle out is that (1) Petraeus apparently knew for at least several weeks that the FBI was investigating him and was aware of the affair; (2) that the DNI, James Clapper, basically told him to resign earlier this week when they met. There goes all the gooey press stories about the honorable general, who fell on his sword to avoid embarassing his family or his agency. What seems quite strange is that the White House staff was apparently briefed about the Clapper-Petraeus convo on Wednesday and opted to wait until Thursday AM to tell the President. I've never worked in the White House obviously but that seems like an odd decision. If I were president, and one of my senior intel officials who was a nationally revered military hero was enmeshed in a scandal and considering resignation, I think I'd want to be the first to know.[/quote]Really?  Is there some action he would need to take between 5 pm and 7 am?  I'm sure there are hundreds of things a President would like to be first to know but this is a resignation over an affair and what is to be done except read the brief on the investigation and ask for a briefing paper on replacement candidates?[/quote]

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