Where Is CIA Director Petraeus?

Photo: CIA Director David Petraeus

Going Dark: As CIA Boss, Petraeus Is Less Visible--By Design -- US News and World Report

Petraeus Following Long Precedent of 'Working Behind the Scenes'.

Things change when one leaves the often-brash U.S. military to run the Central Intelligence Agency, a secretive organization populated by silent professionals. That includes how often one talks to reporters when charged with keeping the lone global superpower's deepest secrets.

Gen. David Petraeus was one of the U.S. military's most-visible leaders from 2007 until 2011, a span during which he commanded U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also headed the U.S. Central Command. But CIA Director Petraeus has largely gone dark--and, like most things with the decorated war commander, that is very much a calculated change.

"As for Petraeus's curious absence from the spotlight," says Christopher Preble of the CATO Institute, "he has been--especially by David Petraeus standards--notably quiet."

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My Comment: I suspect that he is very very very busy.