Two-star general demoted after affair

[rangerrebew]

Two-star general demoted after affair

By: Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press, December 16, 2016 (Photo Credit: Capt. John Landry/Army)
WASHINGTON — An Army major general has been stripped of his stars and forced out of the military after a 30-year military career because of a long extramarital affair and "swinger" lifestyle.

An Army spokesman says Maj. Gen. David Haight was demoted by three steps to the rank of lieutenant colonel, a steep and rare downgrade for a senior officer.

The demotion will cost him more than $40,000 in annual retirement pay, based on pay scales for a lieutenant colonel and a two-star general with 30 years in the Army. And it slams the door on what was once a promising career.

https://www.armytimes.com/articles/two-star-general-demoted-after-affair

[mountaineer]

Geez, it's not like he didn't know the rules. 

... Haight, the married father of four adult children, was leading an apparent double life, which was exposed publicly by USA Today in August. According to USA Today, he had an 11-year extramarital affair as well as multiple sexual partners, which put him at risk of espionage and blackmail.  ...

CBS News

From the USA Today story:

... If an adversary such as Russia had learned of Haight’s affair and sexual adventures, he would have been a prime target to blackmail, said four senior government officials who were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Russia, one of the officials said, aggressively intercepts telephone calls. An investigative report showed that from June to November 2015 Haight used his government cellphone to make 84 private calls for more than 1,400 minutes of conversation. ...

Very sordid and bizarre. USA Today provides all the details.

[Sanguine]

OK, I know I missing the point, but who would name their little girl "Lolita"?

[mirraflake]

I find it impossible his wife did not know something was going on. You don't have that kind of lifestyle without your spouse figuring it out.

Myself, I would be terrified of catching STD's today

[driftdiver]

He got demoted for getting caught, not for doing it.

[driftdiver]

I find it impossible his wife did not know something was going on. You don't have that kind of lifestyle without your spouse figuring it out.

Myself, I would be terrified of catching STD's today

Of course she knew. 

[rangerrebew]

Of course she knew.

Maybe she was the one who spilled the beans.  The military has a way of "not seeing" certain things as long as virtually no one knows.

[Resp3]

He got demoted for getting caught, not for doing it.

There must be more to the story than is being reported here. My guess is the (former) general stepped on the wrong toes. Was he a conservative in this, the Obama Regime?

I think someone went on a witch hunt and found any easy excuse to crucify this guy.

[driftdiver]

Maybe she was the one who spilled the beans.  The military has a way of "not seeing" certain things as long as virtually no one knows.

@rangerrebew

OR maybe she was the one who led him into it.