Petraeus didn’t approve of final Benghazi talking points: “I’d just as soon not use them…”

May. 10, 2013 8:05 pmMay. 10, 2013 9:57 pm by The Right Scoop

At the end of the crafting of the Benghazi talking points, an aid to Petraeus sent him the final talking points but he didn’t like them:

Petraeus: “These will not respond to what Rupersberger asked for and I’d just as soon not use them. They won’t even let us add the Cairo warning. But it’s their call (national security staff). Thanks for your work.”

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So why did he not object? Fox News reported on Petraeus as well, and notes in the second half of their report that Petraeus may have known at the time that his relationship with Paul Broadwell was being investigated by the FBI:

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