{"id":14486,"date":"2015-01-11T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T08:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14486"},"modified":"2015-01-11T00:01:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T08:01:15","slug":"he-probably-did-betrayus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/11\/he-probably-did-betrayus\/","title":{"rendered":"He Probably Did Betrayus"},"content":{"rendered":"

I trust you remember the controversy that erupted when some on the left nicknamed General Davis Petraeus as General Betrayus<\/em>.  I was one.  I later issued a correction<\/a>.  I\u2019ll get to why I was wrong to admit I was wrong later, but for now, Petraeus probably did end up betraying us after all.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0111Betrayus\"The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against David H. Petraeus, contending that he provided classified information to a lover while he was director of the C.I.A., officials said, and leaving Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to decide whether to seek an indictment that could send the pre-eminent military officer of his generation to prison.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department investigation stems from an affair Mr. Petraeus had with Paula Broadwell, an Army Reserve officer who was writing his biography, and focuses on whether he gave her access to his C.I.A. email account and other highly classified information.<\/p>\n

F.B.I. agents discovered classified documents on her computer after Mr. Petraeus resigned from the C.I.A. in 2012 when the affair became public.<\/p>\n

Mr. Petraeus, a retired four-star general who served as commander of American forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan, has said he never provided classified information to Ms. Broadwell, and has indicated to the Justice Department that he has no interest in a plea deal that would spare him an embarrassing trial. A lawyer for Mr. Petraeus, Robert B. Barnett, said Friday he had no comment\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rachel Maddow has more detail and interviewed Michael Schmidt, the author of the above article.<\/font><\/p>\n