"Petraeus’ wife not mystery woman sent threatening emails from Paula Broadwell."
Wow. Talk about a headline.
The one above from the sleazy Examiner caught my attention. At first glance, I read it as saying that Holly Petreaus had sent the threatening emails to Jill Kelley, the "third woman."
Wrong. Clickbaited!
Then I found this on Faux:
"Kelley alerted the FBI about the emails that appeared to be an attempt to blackmail Petraeus, which started the investigation, said the sources.
In addition, the threatening emails might not have come from biographer Paula Broadwell, as widely reported."
Guessing Faux was clickbaited by the Examiner.
Now maybe we shouldn't complain about the Examiner. It was the source of Mitt's big whopper about Jeep closing its American factories and moving "all production" to Ohio.
Anyway, let's keep these facts in mind, and build a timeline:
1. Petraeus is a Repub.
2. Petraeus was widely expected to try for the Presidency in 2016.
3. Petraeus was on his way out of the CIA before this scandal broke.
4. The FBI "whistleblower" took the "story" to a Republican House Member, who called it in to House Republican Leader Eric (the Red) Cantor, who notified Speaker Boehner.
5. So important Repubs knew all this BEFORE the White House, and apparently before the Attorney General, and before the Intelligence Committees.
This is a frickin' Republican scandal. Let's get the Senate to hold open hearings on what the "Red Army" was up to. What did they know? When did they know it?
Remember Watergate and John Mitchell? "Guilty, guilty, guilty!"
Links below--
http://www.examiner.com/...
http://www.foxnews.com/...
http://www.rollcall.com/...