Analyst's note: Absolutely must read. The Idea That the FBI Was investigating Petraeus for Months and Didn’t Tell Justice Department or White House “defies belief.” the FBI would have reported it as soon as the Petraeus connection was uncovered because of the significant national security risk. Thus Eric Holder and Mr. Obama had to have known for months prior to the presidential election about the Petraeus situation.
We just discovered and are now reporting yet another New Shock: Top U.S. General Investigated for Thousands of ‘Inappropriate’ Emails to Petraeus Friend. It appears that the counterinsurgency (COIN) advocates take yet another hit.
In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged “inappropriate communications” with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom Petraeus had an extramarital affair.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a written statement issued to reporters aboard his aircraft, en route from Honolulu to Perth, Australia, that the FBI referred the matter to the Pentagon on Sunday.
Panetta said that he ordered a Pentagon investigation of Allen on Monday.
[....] Allen, a four-star Marine general, succeeded Petraeus as the top American commander in Afghanistan in July 2011. [....]
"[....] Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano joined Studio B to discuss Gen. David Petraeus’ resignation as CIA Director and pointedly asked, “What were FBI agents doing monitoring the secret emails of the director of the CIA? And, how is it the CIA didn’t know about it?”
According to Napolitano, in order for the FBI to be reading Petraeus’ emails, they would either need a search warrant from a federal judge or they’d have to write their own search warrant under the Patriot Act providing sufficient reason to believe the general was involved in terrorist activities. The only other way that they could have been monitoring his emails is by hacking into his computer, which would be a crime.
Napolitano argued, “General Petraeus just because he’s an adulterer doesn’t lose his constitutional rights. And he has the right to be protected from an unwarranted, unjustified investigation by the FBI or anyone. [....]”