***UPDATED WITH STATEMENT FROM PETRAEUS***

Woah. Totally didn’t see this coming:

DAILY MAIL – David Petraeus today resigned as director of the CIA after admitting an extra-marital affair.

The former general had been one of the most respected figures in the military and intelligence establishment, but has stepped down to deal with the ‘personal and professional issues’ surrounding his relationship with a woman who is not his wife.

He had been sworn in as head of the CIA in September 2011.

UPDATE: Here’s a quote from Petraeus via Fox News:

“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,” Petraeus said. “This afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation.”




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266 comments
aZjimbo
aZjimbo

If you saw what she looked like you would do what he did. Hey just another barry scandal. We have only 4 more years of them.

onetwopunch
onetwopunch

Hardening of the peter, softening of the brain. Way to go moron.

K-Bob
K-Bob

Spot on. Let me quote Ann Coulter (yeah, I know, but she's an excellent researcher...):

Let's take a romp down memory lane and review the typical Obama campaign strategy. Obama became a U.S. senator only by virtue of David Axelrod's former employer, the Chicago Tribune, ripping open the sealed divorce records of Obama's two principal opponents.

One month before the 2004 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, Obama was down in the polls, about to lose to Blair Hull, a multimillionaire securities trader. But then the Chicago Tribune leaked the claim that Hull's second ex-wife, Brenda Sexton, had sought an order of protection against him during their 1998 divorce proceedings.

Those records were under seal, but as The New York Times noted: "The Tribune reporter who wrote the original piece later acknowledged in print that the Obama camp had 'worked aggressively behind the scenes' to push the story." Many people said Axelrod had "an even more significant role -- that he leaked the initial story."

Both Hull and his ex-wife opposed releasing their sealed divorce records, but they finally relented in response to the media's hysteria -- 18 days before the primary. Hull was forced to spend four minutes of a debate detailing the abuse allegation in his divorce papers, explaining that his ex-wife "kicked me in the leg and I hit her shin to try to get her to not continue to kick me."

After having held a substantial lead just a month before the primary, Hull's campaign collapsed with the chatter about his divorce. Obama sailed to the front of the pack and won the primary. Hull finished third with 10 percent of the vote.

As luck would have it, Obama's opponent in the general election had also been divorced! Jack Ryan was tall, handsome, Catholic -- and shared a name with one of Harrison Ford's most popular onscreen characters! He went to Dartmouth, Harvard Law and Harvard Business School, made hundreds of millions of dollars as a partner at Goldman Sachs, and then, in his early 40s, left investment banking to teach at an inner city school on the South Side of Chicago.

Ryan would have walloped Obama in the Senate race. But at the request of -- again -- the Chicago Tribune, California Judge Robert Schnider unsealed the custody papers in Ryan's divorce five years earlier from Hollywood starlet Jeri Lynn Ryan, the bombshell Borg on "Star Trek: Voyager."

Jack Ryan had released his tax records. He had released his divorce records. But both he and his ex-wife sought to keep the custody records under seal to protect their son.

Amid the 400 pages of filings from the custody case, Jack Ryan claimed that his wife had had an affair, and she counterclaimed with the allegation that he had taken her to "sex clubs" in Paris, New York and New Orleans, which drove her to fall in love with another man.

(Republicans: If you plan a career in public office, please avoid marrying a wacko.)

Ryan had vehemently denied her allegations at the time, but it didn't matter. The sex club allegations aired on "Entertainment Tonight," "NBC Nightly News," ABC's "Good Morning America," "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," and NBC's "Today" show. CNN covered the story like it was the first moon landing.

(Interestingly, international papers also were ablaze with the story -- the same newspapers that were supposed to be so bored with American sexual mores during Bill Clinton's sex scandal.)

Four days after Judge Schnider unsealed the custody records, Ryan dropped out of the race for the horror of (allegedly) propositioning his own wife and then taking "no" for an answer.

Alan Keyes stepped in as a last-minute Republican candidate.

And that's how Obama became a U.S. senator. He destroyed both his Democratic primary opponent and his Republican general election opponent with salacious allegations about their personal lives taken from "sealed" court records.

Obama's team delved into Sarah Palin's marriage and spread rumors of John McCain's alleged affair in 2008 and they smeared Herman Cain in 2011 with hazy sexual harassment allegations all emanating from David Axelrod's pals in Chicago.

Cheryl Fallon
Cheryl Fallon

Once again this shows Obama has nothing to offer except this low life behavior!

K-Bob
K-Bob

Good, old Chicago. It's like having a bit of modern Russia running things in the midwest.

DuraMater
DuraMater

Thank you kbob. You struck every nail perfectly.

K-Bob
K-Bob

It's easy when you have good material. Ann Coulter is never someone I want to hear from again on who should be the nominee, but she knows her stuff when it comes to identifying the left.

(EDIT: hooo boy, I wrote that so badly I simply have to leave it alone as a warning to everyone on how terrible writing makes a person look bad. So no edit, really.)

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

Well now that the General isn't working for Barry anymore, the libs can revert to calling him 'Gen. Betray-Us' like they did when he worked for Bush.

:-) ;-)

MominNV
MominNV

BULL CHIT! He resigned because of Bengahzi!

K-Bob
K-Bob

I'm guessing the discovery of his affair by the Obamanoids is why he kept his mouth shut over Benghazi.

Now that he's put it in the open and resigned, maybe we'll see a different tune.

Orangeone
Orangeone

From your lips to God's ears please.

MominNV
MominNV

Let's hope you're correct.

Ashlyn
Ashlyn

so obvious!!! This keeps getting worse and worse. We have some bad people in the White House that are going out of their way to cover things up. Now the CIA Director does'nt have to testify. How Convenient for Obama! All i can say is to the people who voted Obama in You will get what you asked for and you deserve. Dont be fooled it wont be the Rich that suffers. They always find a way to cut back to make money. It will be the people who voted him in...

TJinNJ
TJinNJ

Betrayus betrayed-her

Was it with Huma Abedin?

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

The big question is, will the Senate eventually force him to testify about Benghazi? Just because he is no longer in government does not mean Congress can't force him to testify. But will they? I think they will, especially if they think Obama engineered a coverup. This is worse than Watergate. We have four dead Americans here, one of them a US ambassador, and very few answers. I think he'll testify.

Orangeone
Orangeone

The Senate is controlled by Dems so no. We need to count on Issa's Committee to issue a subpoena. Betrayus will lawyer up and claim the 5th.

jleinf
jleinf

America is now a nation of cowards,crybabies and elite liars. Shameful

Larchmonter
Larchmonter

Most of that is at the top. Remember Ty Woods and the men out in Benghazi. They were heroic, saved 32 lives, died with honor, fought with honor. And all our men and women are volunteers to defend in military or Intel service. We need to pick great leaders. People who have love of our nation, not love of an ideology.

All I can think of is Romney's behavior, singing patriot songs, professing his conviction in our heritage and institutions. We failed him. He and his family stood tall under fanatic attacks. We all need to get real and get tougher.

Orangeone
Orangeone

We did not fail him. We on Scoop and 57 m others supported him even if he wasn't our first choice. Romney failed to rally by constantly praising Barky Boy and wasn't sufficiently prepared to nail him during the last 2 debates. He left the mittens on. Never did I hear about Barky Boy's relationship with Bill Ayers, GDTUS Wright, etc. Same mistake as 2008 with the same result.

Orangeone
Orangeone

First, I didn't want a perfect candidate.  I wanted a businessman and that was Herman Cain.  I supported Romney when he became the candidate and even wen to the Paul Ryan rally.

Second, I didn't want Romney to attack other than in the debates, I wanted the Super Pacs to and Romney told them to stand down.

Larchmonter
Larchmonter

None of that stuck in 2008. Romney would never attack like that. He attacked on the substance issues. And he did real damage.

No one is perfect. The press ran interference. They interrupted continually, teamed up with Obama, like it was a Primary debate not one on one.

You and others who wanted a perfect candidate with a perfect campaign need to tell me who today anywhere on the planet earth could fill the bill.

jleinf
jleinf

Every fricken day it just gets worse. When will the people turn?

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

When we can't afford 'the goodies' anymore, just like in Greece.

Orangeone
Orangeone

From the article link:

"The emails include sexually explicit references to such items as sXX under a desk. "

I wonder if he learned that from Billy Boy Clinton....

Larchmonter
Larchmonter

Her biography title on Petraeus says it all.

All In (that's nice) The Education of David Petraeus. (Sex Ed, we can presume).

Orangeone
Orangeone

OMGosh, now it will be a best seller.  I wonder how much she was paid....

Orangeone
Orangeone

I thought that was a joke.  That was really the title?

froggy19510
froggy19510

Colen Powell new director of CIA? Maybe pay off for an endorsment.

We'll see.

Orangeone
Orangeone

We could have fun with that liar, couldn't we.

Rocco11
Rocco11

Apparently he's not married to Hillary, she has no problem with her man cheating on her...

Samwise Gamgee the 3rd
Samwise Gamgee the 3rd

The resignation didn't surprise me. The reason for the resignation ...

Well, I guess it doesn't surprise me that anyone has an affair, but I didn't exactly predict it either.

Larchmonter
Larchmonter

The Reason Petraeus was appointed CIA directed was he was already blackmailable. The FBI knew months earlier he was in an affair while on duty as General in charge of our war in Afghanistan.

They are still not identifying the journalist woman. Was she American? Was she a swallow from some other nation?

It all gave Obama a puppet to use in the Agency. Why did the FBI let him take control of the Agency? Who is being blackmailed over there?

And the FBI has been in charge of the clusterf**k investigation of Benghazi. The FBi clearly is compromised somewhere near the top.

This will make a great book or two. If the nation survives the subversion of our Defenses.

Samwise Gamgee the 3rd
Samwise Gamgee the 3rd

>>> It all gave Obama a puppet to use in the Agency. Why did the FBI let him take control of the Agency?

Why did the FBI "let" him take control of the CIA?

Maybe they should have sent in Hostage Rescue Team and prevented it.

Rich Wojcik
Rich Wojcik

Klinton sleeps around/rapes women - IT IS OK!!! No problem!; it is his personal life - MSM say.

A republican touches a woman - outrageous!! Must resign!

911Infidel
911Infidel

COIN is a failure. Benghazi was incompitence times two. Lets now hear the truth on Benghazi.

Elizabeth
Elizabeth

You need to UPDATE this already. He's NOT going to testify on Benghazi. How convenient.

DizzyMissL
DizzyMissL

NBC reporting that the FBI is investigating Paula Broadwell, Petraeus' biographer, for improper access to classified info.

anyonebutbarry2012
anyonebutbarry2012

maybe they should start investigating, hillarys girl huma... after all we are talking about leaks

DizzyMissL
DizzyMissL

The name of the book she wrote about him is called "All In"

hahaha

DizzyMissL
DizzyMissL

This is what I hope.

Obama was holding this over his head.

He said screw that, told his wife and resigned.

He said he will not testify knowing that he will be subpoenaed.

Then he can screw the prez.

Vorlath
Vorlath

Knew there was SOMETHING going against Petraeus. Didn't know what. So this is expected except the unexpected details.