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McAfee, Still in Hiding, Predicts
‘They Will Track Me Down’

Wired, by Joshua Davis Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/14/2012 4:49:57 AM Post Reply

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is still on the run, hiding in the bottoms of boats and cars, sleeping on a mattress infested with lice, and finally taking refuge in homes at undisclosed locations in Belize. “Obviously, given enough time, they will track me down,” he said in an exclusive interview this morning. “It’s just a matter of time.” McAfee phoned me again at 6:13 a.m. Belize time and described his last 48 hours on the lam. With his permission I recorded our interview, which you can hear above. McAfee, 67, is wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Gregory Faull,

David Petraeus’s Secret Trip
to Libya After the Benghazi Attack

Daily Beast, by Eli Lake Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/14/2012 4:46:18 AM Post Reply

Last month, as the FBI was closing in on his affair with Paula Broadwell and the political fight over Benghazi was heating up, David Petraeus made an undisclosed trip to Tripoli, Libya. The purpose of the trip, according to congressional and U.S. officials, was to examine what remained of the CIA’s presence in the country after the United States abandoned the agency’s base and nearby U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi after the Sept. 11 assassination of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. More than two months after the Benghazi attack, congressional committees are asking for more information

The Real Housewives of Centcom
or Who Should Solve Benghazi?

PJ Media, by Roger L. Simon Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/14/2012 4:37:53 AM Post Reply

Now we know why the Pentagon was built with five sides — its architect figured out what our military really wanted for its headquarters was not a conventional office building but a theater-in-the-round set for a French bedroom farce with all the doors ready to slam. I know — not funny. While history and personal observation provide enough instances of extramarital hanky-panky to keep the average adult, not to mention myriad novelists, filmmakers, and playwrights, busy for several lifetimes, we don’t want to think those tasked with being in charge of our national defense

What the heck, FBI?

The Week, by Marc Ambinder Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/14/2012 4:29:10 AM Post Reply

If there is any upside to the scandal that brought down the CIA director, it is probably that Americans have an extremely memorable reason to be careful about what they put in an email. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has exposed the techniques its cyber forensics unit uses to track down the sources of emails, and even, indirectly, has given the public a glimpse of the assumptions or thresholds they use to widen the scope of any particular investigation. Some of the details are technical, but everyone should avail themselves of the opportunity to learn about them.

That Tangled Web

American Thinker, by Robert Morrison Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 11/14/2012 4:28:10 AM Post Reply

January 21, 1998: The Washington Post headline shouted at me. I could read it in the pre-dawn light on our front porch. Standing there in my underwear, I let out a whoop. I ran up the stairs to my wife, still in bed. I had snow on my bare feet, but I was yelling to wake the whole house: They got him! This time, they got him. Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinski. He´s going down. Nobody can survive this. My wife, a Navy captain, thought I´d lost my mind. Alarmed, she shushed me. "Be quiet.

Petraeus Sex Scandal Could Have
Sunk Obama

Accuracy in Media, by Cliff Kincaid Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 11/14/2012 1:11:53 AM Post Reply

More than a week before the election, an FBI whistleblower went to a Republican member of Congress with explosive details about a national security scandal that could have stopped President Obama’s re-election campaign dead in its tracks. But the potentially devastating “October Surprise” was hushed up by Republicans. (snip) Because of Cantor’s failure to go public, the scandal exploded only after the election, as Petraeus submitted his resignation as CIA director and Obama accepted it. “I would like to congratulate President Obama on his re-election,” Cantor had actually said on his blog, knowing that Obama’s administration was engaged in

Petraeus Affair Wasn´t Driven
By Sex, But Narcissism

Investor´s Business Daily, by Amity Shiaes Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/13/2012 11:55:43 PM Post Reply

It was her six-minute mile that did it. Or her youth. That´s the assumption about the choice by David Petraeus, America´s most-revered military statesman, to pursue an extramarital affair with Paula Broadwell, who co-wrote a biography of him. (Snip) Age or looks matter, yet only secondarily. The force driving all these gents is probably something stronger than sex. What drives them is narcissism. To label someone as noble as Petraeus with psycho-jargon would be tacky if this particular psycho-jargon didn´t capture so much.

Keeping a lid on
the Petraeus affair

Chicago Tribune, by Clarence Page Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/13/2012 11:30:11 PM Post Reply

Past CIA officers have been known to withhold information about questionable activities so presidents could have "plausible deniability." In the matter of retired Gen. David Petraeus´ career-killing extramarital affair, President Barack Obama is stuck with a deniable plausibility. It is plausible that the FBI kept the president in the dark about the agency´s investigation that turned up his then-CIA director´s extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell. (Snip) Yet, it also is suspiciously coincidental that the sad scandal, for which Petraeus resigned, came to public light a mere two days after Obama´s re-election — a campaign in which the CIA´s

Tampa Is Seen as Social
Link for Unfolding Scandal

New York Times, by Michael S. Schmidt and Sheryl Gay Stolberg Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/13/2012 11:21:47 PM Post Reply

TAMPA, Fla. — Jill and Scott Kelley moved here about a decade ago, taking up residence in a huge redbrick home with a spectacular view of the water on Bayshore Boulevard, the city’s most fashionable street. They quickly established themselves as social hosts to the powerful four-star officers who run two of the nation’s most important military commands. (Snip) The couple appeared to be well regarded at MacDill, home to Central Command, which runs the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and hosts officers from more than 50 foreign countries, and Special Operations Command, which trains commandos for missions like the

GOP pushes back at White
House for easing layoff alerts

Washington Times, by David Sherfinski Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 11:15:54 PM Post Reply

Republican lawmakers are pushing back on guidance from the White House saying that the federal government will reimburse defense companies’ liability or litigation costs for not issuing legally mandated layoff warnings to employees this year as deep spending cuts loom, with the companies maintaining postelection they are comfortable with the advice and have no plans to issue the notices this year. “They’re intimidated by the White House,” Sen. John McCain said Tuesday of the companies. “No more, no less.”

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman
Dianne Feinstein wants Petraeus to testify on
Capitol Hill about the terror attack on the U.S.
consulate in Benghazi, and is ´sure´ it will happen

New York Daily News, by Joseph Straw Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/13/2012 11:14:56 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee wants disgraced former CIA director David Petraeus to testify about the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11. And Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she expects he’ll show up for the grilling by her committee, as a matter of honor. “I believe he will,” Feinstein told CNN. “I think he’s a responsible person and I believe he will come.” All that remains, she said, is the timing: “If not this week, then another week. That’s for sure.”

Holder, Mueller were mum
on Petraeus for weeks

Washington Times, by Shaun Waterman and Kristina Wong Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 11:11:35 PM Post Reply

Congressional leaders are calling on Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to explain why their agencies kept information about former CIA Director David H. Petraeus‘ extramarital affair from the White House, Congress and the U.S. intelligence community as the scandal expanded and ensnared the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Lawmakers also said they intend to call on Mr. Petraeus to testify about the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya as soon as this week. The Pentagon inspector general Tuesday opened

Sheriff Joe to Obama:
Let´s Meet ´Man to Man´ to
Discuss Immigration

Breitbart Big Government, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/13/2012 11:11:29 PM Post Reply

Defiant and reflective, 80-year-old Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio told Breitbart News after winning re-election that he has a message for President Barack Obama: granting amnesty to illegal immigrants is unfair to legal immigrants. And Arpaio would like to discuss amnesty -- along with border security issues -- with Obama “man to man” directly at the White House. He would also like to reach out to Hispanic groups he said have misunderstood his intentions and bought into the negative “propaganda” about him. “I wish the president would invite me to the White House,” Arpaio told Breitbart News.

Susan Rice Secretary Of State,
John Kerry At Defense?

Investor´s Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 11/13/2012 11:08:01 PM Post Reply

Leadership: Two of the most important national security positions may be soon held by a diplomat who helped perpetrate a Benghazi-gate lie and a senator who has voted against every major defense system in the last 25 years. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Australia on Tuesday before a summit about deepening defense links between Australia and the U.S. as our dwindling forces pivot to the Pacific Rim. Of course, Wednesday hearings on Benghazi have nothing to do with her getting as far from Washington, D.C., as possible

Should utility electric
lines go underground?
A look at the costs

Bloomberg News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 11/13/2012 11:01:15 PM Post Reply

Hurricane Sandy’s record blackouts and prolonged recovery laid bare the U.S. electrical grid’s vulnerability to wind and flood, renewing calls for utilities to invest billions to toughen their defenses against extreme weather that may become more common. European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom routinely bury cables that connect homes to power networks, protecting them from wind and ice. U.S. utilities have balked at moving more infrastructure below ground, saying consumers would object to spending as much as $2.1 million a mile, according to one industry estimate, to bury wires for a system that’s not fail-safe.

Charting a post-Petraeus era

Washington Post, by David Ignatius Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 10:58:30 PM Post Reply

So it turns out that the top brass at the CIA had an inbox of secrets of the all-too-human, sexual variety. Titillating, unquestionably. But what about the other secrets — the intelligence secrets that are the agency’s reason for existence? How are they doing on this score? When the uproar passes over the personal misjudgments of David Petraeus, the country will be left with this question of intelligence goals and missions. And here’s where an overlooked problem of the Petraeus era should be fixed. Petraeus was picked for the job, and eager to take it, partly because the White House

Obama untouched by
Petraeus scandal

Washington Post, by Scott Wilson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 10:50:16 PM Post Reply

For President Obama, a politician of famous good fortune, even scandals within his administration seem well-timed. The president has been untouched by the unfolding investigation involving former CIA director David H. Petraeus and Marine Gen. John R. Allen, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Obama just won a not-so-close reelection battle and will never face another, leaving him less encumbered by the politics of the moment. The scandal hinges on a personal relationship beyond the White House and has not implicated the president or his closest advisers. And the person at the center of it — Petraeus

Obama to open fiscal talks
with $1.6 trillion plan to raise
taxes on wealthy

Washington Post, by Zachary A. Goldfarb and Lori Montgomery Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 10:47:14 PM Post Reply

President Obama is taking a hard line with congressional Republicans heading into negotiations over the year-end fiscal cliff, making no opening concessions and calling for far more in new taxes than Republicans have so far been willing to consider. Obama plans to open talks using his most recent budget proposal, which sought to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy by $1.6 trillion over the next decade, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday. That’s double the sum that House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) offered Obama during secret debt negotiations in 2011.

Krauthammer: White House
´Held Affair Over Petraeus´s
Head´ For Favorable Testimony
On Benghazi

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 10:36:40 PM Post Reply

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Tuesday said the White House used David Petraeus’s affair to get the CIA director to give testimony about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that was in line with the administration’s position on the matter. Appearing on Fox News´s Special Report, Krauthammer said, "The sword was lowered on Election Day" (video follows with transcript and commentary): CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I think the really shocking news today was that General Petraeus thought and hoped he could keep his job. He thought that it might

Tragedy or Tragicomedy?

National Review Online, by Victor Davis Hanson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 10:24:27 PM Post Reply

One symptom of this entire tragedy (or is it dark comedy now?) is the shocking degree of casual sorta/kinda rules and protocols — strange (or rather predictable) in this era of vast bureaucratic rules. How exactly did national-security and military affairs come to resemble Keeping Up with the Kardashians? How can some individual just call up an FBI friend (?) and thereby instigate an FBI investigation? And how did that lead to an FBI agent photographing himself bare-chested and apparently infatuated with a married mother of three? How can a Ph.D. candidate, without any journalistic or historical credentials

From Kelley to Petraeus,
It Doesn´t Add Up

US News & World Report, by Paul D. Shinkman Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 10:18:12 PM Post Reply

The evidence of an affair that forced CIA Director David Petraeus to resign from his position still leaves many unknowns, experts say, including some fundamental questions about the investigation itself. It remains uncertain why the FBI began investigating the E-mails sent to Jill Kelley, a social liaison volunteer at a Tampa base where Petraeus was stationed as an Army general, and whose connections with Petraeus´ alleged mistress and family is not yet clear, according to a Reuters report. "I´m a little surprised that they would have opened a case on this,"

Who’s In Charge?

National Review Online, by Peter Kirsanow Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 9:58:07 PM Post Reply

That’s one of the questions that needs to be asked at the president’s press conference tomorrow. During the Eighties, the press and bien-pensants derided Reagan as an amiable dunce detached from the day-to-day administration of his presidency. Years later, that caricature was shown to be profoundly inaccurate. But if one takes even a charitable view of the events of the last few days, they suggest the current president is disturbingly disengaged from some of the most significant facets of his job. If the administration’s spokesmen are to be believed, the president was completely in the dark

States Should Absolutely
Refuse to Set Up
Obamacare Exchanges

National Review Online, by Mario Loyola Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/13/2012 9:55:25 PM Post Reply

Proponents of Obamacare are making one argument that some conservatives may find appealing — namely that it is much better, from a states’ rights point of view, to set up state-based exchanges than to let the feds come in and do it themselves. This argument is absolutely wrong. Allowing your states to be deputized as instruments of federal policy is just as bad as bowing to federal commandeering of state agencies, which is unconstitutional. Let’s begin with the principle that the federal government is not allowed to command states or their officials to do anything. That was settled in

Boss of NY Utility Panned
for Sandy Response Quits

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/13/2012 9:48:57 PM Post Reply

UNIONDALE, N.Y.- The chief operating officer of a utility company heavily criticized for its response to Superstorm Sandy is stepping down. The Long Island Power Authority announced Tuesday that Michael Hervey had tendered his resignation, effective at the end of the year. Hervey has been with LIPA for 12 years. LIPA has come under withering criticism since Sandy knocked out power to more than a million of its customers on Oct. 29, both for how long it was taking to get power restored and for poor communication with customers.

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