Monday, November 12, 2012

Did David Petraeus Violate The Uniform Code Of Military Justice?

A Woman Scorned? It is being claimed that the affair between David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell emerged after she sent threatening emails to Ms Kelley. Daily Mail

Petraeus Affair: Military Can Prosecute Adulterers -- Martha Raddatz, ABC OTUS News

Retired Gen. David Petraeus, who resigned as CIA director last week after admitting an extramarital relationship, could possibly face military prosecution for adultery if officials turn up any evidence to counter his apparent claims that the affair began after he left the military.

The affair between Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, both of whom are married, began several months after his retirement from the Army in August 2011 and ended four months ago, retired U.S. Army Col. Steve Boylan, a former Petraeus spokesman, told ABC News.

Broadwell, 40, had extraordinary access to the 60-year-old general during six trips she took to Afghanistan as his official biographer, a plum assignment for a novice writer.

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My Comment:
I doubt that any military prosecutor will want to conduct such an investigation, but if other women start to show up .... anything is then possible.

Update #1: Paula Broadwell's father predicts that this scandal is going to grow.

Update #2:
FBI Deemed Petraeus Affair Part of Criminal, Not Intel Probe -- ABC News

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