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thenewgreen  ·  4460 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Siren and the Spook

If Petraeus is as capable as he's been made out to be, I find it shameful that he is being displaced because he had an extramarital affair. Now, if he partook in some wrongdoing beyond that, be it sharing classified documents or blackmailing someone it is a different story. But as far as I'm concerned his affair is between himself, his mistress and his wife, I could care less.





cgod  ·  4460 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Except when you have access to classified information and you can be shamed and manipulated by outside forces in order to keep your affair quiet, then this kind of stuff becomes a civic matter.

thenewgreen  ·  4460 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As I mentioned, unless he partook in some wrongdoing. Everyone has their demons and if we start terminating those that have access to classified information based on whether or not they can be "shamed" and hence manipulated based on a transgression, my guess is our talent pool will shrink pretty quickly.

cgod  ·  4460 days ago  ·  link  ·  

pretty standard to fire people who have left themselves open to extortion in the intelligence industry.