Daily Beast: Petraeus Scandal: The Fall of a General “A lot more is going to come out”
This is a long and detailed article from Newsweek
David Petraeus Scandal: The Fall of a General
Nov 17, 2012 10:00 AM EST - http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/11/18/david-petraeus-scandal-the-fall-of-a-general.html
• Paul Kranz, Paula Broadwell’s father ... “A lot more is going to come out,” he says ...
... Petraeus and Broadwell in some respects mirrored each other. Both brilliant overachievers, West Point graduates, and superlative athletes with zero body fat, they had both reached for the stars, though in Broadwell’s case, she had crashed “a man’s world.” In an interview on Claudia Chan’s media blog, she predicted that doing so “uniquely positioned me to ... serve at the highest levels of government in the future.”
Petraeus agreed to cooperate on the book, and Broadwell subsequently made several more trips to Afghanistan. During these trips, she left behind an infant son and a 3-year-old as well as her husband, Scott. ...
... It was Petraeus who floated the idea that he become CIA director. Obama was intrigued, but the White House decided he could only have the job under certain conditions. To lead the civilian agency, he would have to take off his uniform. And perhaps more important, he would have to dramatically lower his profile. There would be no showboating in the media, or fraternizing with White House rivals in Congress. Obama aides called the agreement “the grand bargain.” Petraeus consented.
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