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Title: General John Allen Is Under Investigation for E-Mails to Petraeus Friend
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Bloomberg
URL Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012- ... -mails-to-petraeus-friend.html
Published: Nov 13, 2012
Author: Gopal Ratnam
Post Date: 2012-11-13 09:58:10 by Brian S
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Views: 3106
Comments: 7
The U.S. Marine general in charge of allied forces in Afghanistan is under investigation after the FBI found e-mails showing inappropriate communication with a woman whose harassment complaint triggered the resignation of CIA Director David H. Petraeus, a U.S. defense official said. John Allen, who was nominated last month to become NATO’s new Supreme Allied Commander, is being investigated by the Pentagon’s Inspector General after the Federal Bureau of Investigation found e-mails between him and Jill Kelley, according to the official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity. The FBI has handed over 20,000 to 30,000 pages of documents, most of them e-mails, the official said. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has asked senators to delay action on Allen's nomination to head U.S. forces in Europe. Kelley is the Florida woman whose complaint to the FBI led to a probe that uncovered an affair between Petraeus, a retired general, and his biographer Paula Broadwell, U.S. officials have said. FBI agents last night searched Broadwell’s North Carolina home as U.S. lawmakers questioned the handling of the investigation that led to Petraeus resigning as head of the Central Intelligence Agency on Nov. 9. The Pentagon has informed Senators Carl Levin and John McCain of the Senate Armed Services Committee about the allegations against Allen, asking them to postpone his confirmation hearings, Panetta said in a statement released to reporters en route to Australia. A hearing was scheduled to be held in Washington on Nov. 15. Due Process Allen will remain commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan while the investigation is under way, and is “entitled to due process,” Panetta said in the statement. Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, who was nominated to succeed Allen in his current post, is awaiting approval by the Senate. Allen has denied that he acted inappropriately, the U.S. defense official said. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice adultery is considered a crime. The Pentagon’s general counsel learned of the documents from the FBI and informed Panetta’s chief of staff at about 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Nov. 11 as the defense secretary was heading to Honolulu, the defense official told reporters on board a military aircraft. President Barack Obama was told about the allegations, the official said. Three people -- all intelligence, military or congressional officials -- have identified Broadwell, who wrote “All In: The Education of David Petraeus,” as the woman who had an affair with him. The FBI investigation that unearthed the relationship began with a complaint from Kelley about harassing e-mails she had received, according to two law enforcement officials. Privacy Plea “We and our family have been friends with General Petraeus and his family for over five years,” Kelley and her husband Scott said in a Nov. 10 statement. “We respect his and his family’s privacy and want the same for us and our three children.” Allen has emphasized progress in handing more responsibility to Afghanistan forces in the fight against the Taliban as the U.S. prepares to wind down its combat operations by the end of 2014. A review of options for the size and scope of the American military’s role after then will be completed within weeks, Panetta told reporters yesterday. The U.S. has 68,000 troops in Afghanistan as part of a force of more than 100,000, including members from nations in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Allen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1976, according to his official Marine Corp biography.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
The Zionist(Fundy;) cartel that prints our currency out of thin air can easily print enough money to buy up virtually all major Western media. That’s why most Westerners have unconsciously accepted a pro-Israel world-view. The banksters also have enough money to buy as many politicians as they need. That is why the US Congress and the White House are Israeli-occupied territory. But today, thanks to Netanyahu’s overweening chutzpah, Obama and allied forces in the US military and intelligence communities have a chance to do what no US President since JFK has dared to do: Tell Israel to go to hell. All Obama has to do is go on television and announce: “We have discovered credible evidence of Israeli involvement in 9/11 and the subsequent cover-up. As of this moment, I am declaring a state of national emergency based on undeniable evidence that our nation has been covertly attacked and occupied by a hostile foreign power. I have ordered the FBI to arrest several thousand suspected Israeli agents, and I will be forming a second 9/11 Commission, led by former President Carter, to expose the full, horrible truth about the 9/11 attacks.” Such “scorched earth” payback from Obama would be exactly what Netanyahu deserves. Netanyahu, a close personal friend of confessed 9/11 criminal Larry Silverstein, went on record immediately after 9/11 chortling that the attack on America was “very good.” Then he quickly added that what he really meant was that 9/11 was very good for Israel. It is time for President Obama to make Netanyahu eat those words. It is time for the President to shove those words right back down Netanyahu’s throat. It is time for Barack Obama to demonstrate that he is President of the proudly independent United States of America, not just a puppet of Israel and its bankster mafia. It is time for President Obama to end Israel’s stranglehold on American finance, American media, and American foreign policy. It is time for President Obama to give Netanyahu the payback he has worked so hard to earn. But does President Obama have the courage, integrity and statesmanship to save the world’s biggest power, the USA, from a filthy little country run by certifiable madmen? Does he have the courage to do the one thing that will end the phony “war on terror,” and earn him his thus-far-undeserved Nobel Peace Prize? Does he have the vision to do the one thing that could win him “greatest president ever” status in the history books? Can he get away with it and escape assassination? The next four years will answer these burning questions. www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/1... But, said Putin, Petraeus and His NeoCon buddies are now being rounded up, so the end of the War of Terror is, how did Netanyahu describe it: "Good, Very Good for Russia and the World." "We look forward to a Now Progressive Middle East Policy from the United States." 8D
You need to upgrade your drugs of choice; crack-cocaine is seriously starting to rot your brain. Now, Nazi dwarf, DO try and stay on-topic.
The total # of registered voters (election 2012) was ~197 million voters. Barack Obama: 60,652,238 = 30.8% The U.S. government no longer has the consent of the people. "I am relying on my personal experience with Morons, which have been universally positive." -jwpegler
I don't think it is possible to pull off in todays age of instant information and surveillance but one never knows. It WOULD be the end of the bastard state if they got caught at it, however.
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'... BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA You got nutin'....;} Which one do you disagree with, EC? Market Manipulation? Election Fraud/Class Warfare? Climate Change? Peak Oil? Come on, EC.....let's play.....;}
#2223. To: All (#1) general john allen commander darlak general sinclair admiral Gaoette carter ham james petraeus jack wheeler nuclear You have any idea how hard the USSAMSM is trying not to talk about these People? NavyTimes.com reports that, "Vice Admiral John Miller, commander Naval Forces Central Command, made the decision to reassign the commander of Carrier Strike Group 3, even though it's deployed to the Middle East." NBC News interviewed Neal Zerbe, a retired Navy Captain, who says, "The particular commander being relieved, and you know translating that to just moving him back to a continental U.S. base while the investigation continues, is unlike anything I've ever seen before." The Stennis group deployed from Bremerton in late August and had entered the Navy 5th Fleet's area of operations in the Middle East on October 17. It deployed four months earlier than scheduled. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta visited the Stennis and its sailors in Bremerton shortly before they departed. He thanked them for accelerating their deployment on short notice. And I still can’t help but wonder why Petraeus resigned after knowing that he had been exonerated and that Broadwell had too? Seems that Clapper didn’t buy that s**t and told him to resign. Wonder what Clapper knew that we haven’t been told yet. In the meantime, the Israel-firsters who run Congress are hollering and screaming about how they should have been informed by the FBI long ago about the investigation and they are screaming for heads to roll at the FBI. Let me get this straight: The FBI can harass the s**t out of Muslim-Americans for no reason at all and set some retarded American Muslims up as terrorist scapegoats, but that’s okay. But not telling Peter King about an investigation into Broadwell’s shenanigans when it was still in its early stages is unacceptable? Eric Cantor's sudden appearance is peculiar. I'm not sure what it is yet. And, we are likely never to really know. Easy. When Congress says it should've been told of the Investigation earlier? Read This: Israel says it should've been told of the Investigation earlier......;} Eric Cantor is THE Israeli Firster...watch this google: Glenn Greenwald stands by “Israel-Firsters” smear in column ... legalinsurrection.com/......rael-firsters-sm...Cached You +1'd this publicly. Undo 1 vote Dec 14, 2011 – Greenwald also has applied the concept of Israel-Firster, if not the term itself, to Eric Cantor (R-VA), who he accused of pledging allegiance to ... Congressman Eric Cantor: America is never First | Veterans Today www.veteranstoday.com/......-america-is-neve...Cached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Apr 6, 2011 – For sure Congressman Eric Cantor chose to represent Tel-Aviv not Richmond, Virginia. Putting Israel not America first is an insult to all the ... # Israel First Eric Cantor's Pledge of Allegiance america-hijacked.com/2010...edge-of-allegiance/Cached Nov 15, 2010 – Soon-to-be GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor met on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – and vowed that he ... Eric Cantor's World | Politics beforeitsnews.com/politic...-world-2464896.htmlCached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Oct 24, 2012 – House Majority Leader and Israel-Firster, Eric Cantor (Likud, Va), tells us what is most important to him when it comes to US foreign policy.
Hispanics 71-27 Blacks 92+% Single Educated Women by 15%. White folks....stayed at home and sat on their hands cause there's no difference.....;}
But answer this first....;}BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA You got nutin'....;} Which one do you disagree with, EC? Market Manipulation? Election Fraud/Class Warfare? Climate Change? Peak Oil? Come on, EC.....let's play.....;}
#2. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
The Zionist(Fundy;) cartel that prints our currency out of thin air can easily print enough money to buy up virtually all major Western media.
Mitt Romney: 57,810,407 = 29.4%
NONE OF THE ABOVE: ~77,000,000 = 40%.
#3. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
Can he get away with it and escape assassination?
#4. To: Capitalist Eric (#2)
#5. To: All (#4)
#6. To: Capitalist Eric (#2)
#7. To: Eric Capitalist, All (#4)
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