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As Petraeus Meets with Trump, Word of A New Investigation Is Leaked
Posted at 9:00 pm on November 28, 2016 by Patterico



Today David Petraeus met with Donald Trump regarding a possible Secretary of State position. After Trump focused heavily on Hillary Clinton’s irresponsible and (to most onlookers) criminal mishandling of classified information as Secretary of State, it’s more than a little bizarre that Trump would consider placing in the same position someone who was actually convicted of the crime for which Hillary Clinton was only investigated. Even if you think Petraeus is a smart guy who might do a good job — and I do — the comparison to Hillary Clinton is a tough mental hurdle to surmount.

And now, with word of a new investigation related to the Petraeus scandal breaking today, it’s getting tougher still:


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The Defense Department is conducting a leaks investigation related to the sex scandal that led to the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus, The Associated Press confirmed Monday, the same day Petraeus was meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in New York.

Petraeus, who could be in line for a Cabinet nomination, arrived at Trump Tower in early afternoon. He walked in without taking any questions from reporters.

A U.S. official told the AP that investigators are trying to determine who leaked personal information about Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with Petraeus led to criminal charges against him and his resignation. The information concerned the status of her security clearance, said the official, who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Disclosure of the Broadwell information without official permission would have been a violation of federal criminal law.

The latest twist in the case could complicate Petraeus’ prospects of obtaining a Cabinet position in the Trump administration, resurfacing details of the extramarital affair and FBI investigation that ended his career at the CIA and tarnished the reputation of the retired four-star general.

I find it bitterly amusing that the existence of the investigation into a possible leak was . . . leaked. This leak feels very pointed, somehow. It also throws a new monkey wrench into the dramatic narrative arc of The Trump Transition Show, which (as I noted earlier today) is beginning to resemble a TV reality show.

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http://www.redstate.com/patterico/2016/11/28/petraeus-meets-trump-news-new-investigation/


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Re: As Petraeus Meets with Trump, Word of A New Investigation Is Leaked
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2016, 02:42:48 am »
No government in the 12,000 years of modern mankind history has led its people into anything but the history books with a simple lesson, don't let this happen to you.

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No government in the 12,000 years of modern mankind history has led its people into anything but the history books with a simple lesson, don't let this happen to you.

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Re: As Petraeus Meets with Trump, Word of A New Investigation Is Leaked
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2016, 04:06:26 am »
In light of the vast ocean of classified material leaked, sold, stolen, lost, flung into the sky and pissed on by Hillary, such investigations into others behaviors are nothing but a farce.

Earth to Donald - the bitch is NOT a "good person," and NOBODY who voted for you will give you a pass on that.
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Re: As Petraeus Meets with Trump, Word of A New Investigation Is Leaked
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2016, 02:02:53 pm »
In light of the vast ocean of classified material leaked, sold, stolen, lost, flung into the sky and pissed on by Hillary, such investigations into others behaviors are nothing but a farce.

Earth to Donald - the bitch is NOT a "good person," and NOBODY who voted for you will give you a pass on that.

I can think of a few off the top of my head. First on my list is Mark Davis, who spent nearly a minute specifically thanking God that Trump won. Sums up the narrative to what we're sure to see during the next four years: no matter how badly Trump errs, the rejoinder will be "Hillary would have been worse!!!!"

There is some truth to that, but try to display a bit more critical thought in analyzing the situation (not directed at you, Talisker).
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Re: As Petraeus Meets with Trump, Word of A New Investigation Is Leaked
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2016, 05:49:54 am »
I can think of a few off the top of my head. First on my list is Mark Davis, who spent nearly a minute specifically thanking God that Trump won. Sums up the narrative to what we're sure to see during the next four years: no matter how badly Trump errs, the rejoinder will be "Hillary would have been worse!!!!"

There is some truth to that, but try to display a bit more critical thought in analyzing the situation (not directed at you, Talisker).

Well actually that's precisely my thinking, except I'm more intense about it. See, I think Hillary is actually insane. I don't think she just would have been "bad" - I think she would have destroyed the country and killed as many millions of Americans she could in the process. Nuclear war, American gulags, millions of Muslim and Mexican invaders, formally criminalized white Christianity, and on and on and on. I think that's her dream - to be the one who finally murders America.

And Trump? I don't think Donald is insane. I don't think he's a conservative, but I also don't think he's a leftist. I think he's more of what used to be called a "Kennedy Democrat." And compared to what the Democrats are these days, that's very good. He's not going to make conservatives happy though, IMO, because he believes in a certain amount of minimal socialism. His big problem is going to be to keep from being sandbagged by the Communist RINOS while being screamed at for four solid years by #nevertrumpers for his lack of conservative perfection. On the other hand, his strength is that he really is going to radically improve the economy, and that's a tide that will raise all boats and shut a lot of naysayers up.

But also IMHO, we had no choice at all - Hillary was grinning death on a stick, and ALL of the other Republican candidates were running to lose to her.
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