Is he someplace in the chain of command? Is this his responsibility - I mean is he the guy who was authorized to get a report like this?? (More like a tip, not a real report...).

by the FBI so, he went to Cantor. I'm guessing the agent will soon be transferred to an FBI office on a remote island off of Alaska.

That agent has no authorization to inform Cantor is is likely in big trouble for doing so.

wait for it

that that freadoid ugly soul gets in deep trouble over this.

not likely to happen because those piles of poop teabraggers protect each other, but we can always hope.

I thought the woman who got the e-mails went to Cantor, and one of his representatives went to the FBI.

What I want to know is, why didn't Cantor didn't also go to the congressional security committee or even the White House?


rocktivity

as per MSNBC about 10 minutes ago.

but could be wrong. stuff is flying fast.

The FBI agent that went to Cantor do so "unofficially". Cantor's office labeled the FBI agent as a "whistleblower". Tell Cantor was, apparently, politically motivated. If that is NOT the case, someone please correct.

unless it will somehow hurt Republicans, too.

Drudged it before the election.

He's a sleazy, little punk and his involvement should be scrutinized.
I believe he would do ANYTHING if he thought it would harm Democrats or the President.
Party before Country for all these Rethugs and he's one of the worst.

This looks like a rogue agent shopping potential political dirt to republican lawmakers. He may face internal discipline, although repukes would probably howl.

One FBI agent who was on a mission went to a Congressman who then went to Cantor. The renegade agent didn't know that the investigation was conducted (completed) and there was no national security issue. The agent was apparently full of himself and I understand he has now been removed or disciplined or fired or something.

If that one agent had not gone to a member of congress, thus widening the number of people who knew about Director Petraeus and Paula, I don't believe the WH would have ever been told about the matter and Petraeus would not have been forced to resign.

I believe that single agent actually did us a favor but that was not his intent.

....I get the sense another shoe will drop and it'll be a big one.

Time to hide the goods. So to speak.

So, why did the rogue FBI employee go to Reichert?

Reichert probably has more connections with the FBI than anybody in Congress. Reichert was the lead detective on the Green River Killer case, and worked with the FBI for 20 years on that. He was later Sheriff of King County.

So, an FBI employee who almost certainly knew and associated with Dave Reichert told Reichert about this investigation. Reichert, rather than immediately reporting a leak about an ongoing FBI investigation with national security implication back to the FBI, instead brought his friend to Eric Cantor.

Cantor, for his part, did the right thing: he reported the leak back to the FBI.

Reichert, on the other hand, may have some criminal liability in this matter. He surely knew the protocol.

He just got reelected in my new district, and because he is local hero for green river thing. Hard to go up against him.

Best explanation I've seen. I know about Reichert but hadn't realized he was the same guy who caught the Green River Killer.

I live in the PNW so he was a hero around here for some time.

IIRC he is very partisan - embraced Bush's policies.....

Jill Kelley informed friend who worked at FBI about getting the emails (from Paula Broadwell)
FBI agent thinks the investigation is taking too long, goes to WA state Rep. Reichert (who previously had worked for FBI on Green River Killer case)
Rep. Reichert told agent to talk to Eric Cantor
Agent talks to Cantor 2 weeks before election
Cantor talks to FBI Director Mueller, apparently speaks to no one else, like Dianne Feinstein
Agent apparently reprimanded in some way for leaking details of case (not a whistleblower in any form of the word no matter how Republics are trying to spin it)
Patraeus is informed his affair is going to be made public, he resigns
Speculation from media, interwebs ensues.

Think of how many in the FBI, who their friends are outside of work, etc and so on.

proceeding; it was proceeding slowly, b/c the fbi wanted to be sure it had the facts before impugning anyone

to Obama that was eagerly anticipated before the election, IMO. The FBI had mostly determined it was not a security issue, just a sordid personal mess. Why leak it to the GOP, then--unless someone or some people were in a hurry to see something happen before Nov. 6?

incredible that the agent would go to Cantor first

Petraeus is the GOP's golden boy. We extended his stay so as to not give the right an issue.

person went to him. Not official.

if I weren't a doddering fool.

THANKS!!

Really, read a bit and you will see why your question needs to be erased

I put this one up before all the rest of that info came in.

I'll not delete it now just for your attitude!!

Thanks for your concern and advice!!

But it's not working. They threw the General under the bus (and he's a republican) in the hopes that the whole situation would somehow, someway, make President Obama look bad.