Burning Koran will endanger troops, warns US Army
Sep 7, 2010
Obama sacks Gen McChrystal, picks Petraeus
Jun 24, 2010
Commentary: The CIA's Angry Birds
Maureen Dowd, The New York Times | Wednesday April 17, 2013
Over the winter, I heard military commanders and White House officials murmur in hushed tones about how they would have to figure out a legal and moral framework for the flying killer robots executing targets around the globe.
FBI interviews David Petraeus at his Virginia home: report
Reuters | Sunday April 7, 2013
FBI agents met with former CIA Director David Petraeus at his northern Virginia home as part of an investigation into whether an ex-lover improperly handled classified documents, USA Today reported.
Former CIA head David Petraeus apologises for conduct, affair
Associated Press | Wednesday March 27, 2013
David Petraeus apologised on Tuesday night to an audience of many veterans for the conduct that led to his resignation as head of the CIA following the disclosure of an extramarital affair.
Behind-scenes blows and triumphs, a hint of Clinton's future
Michael R. Gordon and Mark Landler, The New York Times | Sunday February 3, 2013
Last summer, as the fighting in Syria raged and questions about the United States' inaction grew, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton conferred privately with David H. Petraeus, the director of the CIA. The two officials were joining forces on ...
White House rebuffed Hillary Clinton-David Petraeus plan to arm Syrian rebels: Report
Reuters | Sunday February 3, 2013
A plan developed last summer by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David Petraeus to arm and train Syrian rebels was rebuffed by the White House, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Top US commander cleared in David Petraeus's sex scandal
Associated Press | Wednesday January 23, 2013
A Pentagon investigation has cleared Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, of professional misconduct in exchanging emails with a civilian woman linked to the sex scandal that led retired Gen. David Petraeus to resign as CIA directo...
Counterterror adviser to be named chief of CIA
Scott Shane, The New York Times | Monday January 7, 2013
President Barack Obama will announce Monday that John O. Brennan, his counter-terrorism adviser and a career CIA officer, is his choice to head the agency, two months after David H. Petraeus stepped down after admitting to an extramarital affair, a s...
Agence France Presse | Thursday January 17, 2013
John Brennan, who President Barack Obama is poised to pick to lead the CIA after the fall of David Petraeus, is an agency veteran who spent the last four years devising White House counterterrorism strategy.
David Petraeus's alleged lover won't face cyberstalking charge
Associated Press | Wednesday December 19, 2012
The Justice Department has decided not to charge David Petraeus' mistress, Paula Broadwell, with cyberstalking as part of its investigation into an email scandal that led to the resignation of the CIA director and storied general.
Tampa socialite Jill Kelley fighting back in David Petraeus scandal
Associated Press | Wednesday November 28, 2012
A Tampa socialite embroiled in the scandal that cost CIA Director David Petraeus his job fought back on Tuesday after more than two weeks of silence as her attorneys released emails, telephone recordings and other material that they say show she neve...
South Korea sacks Jill Kelley over David Petraeus scandal
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 27, 2012
South Korea said on Tuesday it was dismissing Jill Kelley, the Florida socialite at the heart of the scandal that brought down CIA chief David Petraeus, from her post as an "honorary consul".
General John Allen resumes command duty in Afghanistan
Associated Press | Wednesday November 21, 2012
General John Allen has returned to Kabul to resume his duties as the top U.S. and NATO commander of the war in Afghanistan, more than a week after the Pentagon announced it is investigating potentially "inappropriate" correspondence between the four-...
Wife of US general says infidelity a toll of wars
Reuters | Tuesday November 20, 2012
The wife of a U.S. Army general facing adultery and sex charges said on Monday military marriages have suffered from the extended U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan and described infidelity as an emotional war wound that gets overlooked.
Lover 'devastated' by fallout from David Petraeus affair
Agence France-Presse | Monday November 19, 2012
Speaking through a friend, the ex-lover of fallen CIA chief David Petraeus has broken her silence on the affair that led to his downfall, saying she is "devastated" at all the harm done.
David Petraeus' biographer regrets damage done by affair
Associated Press | Monday November 19, 2012
Paula Broadwell, whose extramarital affair with CIA chief David Petraeus led to his resignation, is telling friends she is devastated by the fallout.
