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It's a security breach in that it opens him up to blackmail.

by pyre 14y ago

daliusd 14y ago
OK. I agree. Still why should it be public? Private meeting between him and security service would be more than enough IMHO.
- mjwalshe 14y ago
  Yes thats is what is so strange remember Anne and Smily's relasionship in Tinker Sailor Spy is based on real life its even mentioned the Official MI5 history. the FBI officer "looking somthing up for a friend" and then leaking to civilians is probaly the one who is guilty of some very serios offences probaly more serious ones than Bradly Manning.
- ceejayoz 14y ago
  The FBI agent who initiated the investigation leaked it to Congressional Republicans, which probably led to it making its way to the press. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/house-majority-leader-cantor-heard-of-petraeus-affair-oct-27-from-fbi-source-he-didnt-know/2012/11/12/a3d9d884-2d46-11e2-b631-2aad9d9c73ac_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/ho... > That agent’s role in the case consisted simply of passing along information from Kelley to the FBI agents who conducted the investigation, but that agent was subsequently told by his superiors to steer clear of the case because they grew concerned that the agent had become obsessed with the investigation, the official said. The agent was a friend of Kelley and long before the case involving Petraeus got under way, the agent had sent Kelley shirtless photos of himself, according to this official.
ketralnis 14y ago
But by the very nature of making it public it's no longer vulnerable to blackmail. The problem as such lasts for a very brief time, and now it's gone. There's no more problem, and no more need to shame him (beyond the people actually involved, that is), and no longer any security threat.
- uptown 14y ago
  ...but it could have been used, and he created the situation which made that possible - exhibiting a lack of judgement - not an ideal attribute for the head of the CIA.
- isleyaardvark 14y ago
  I don't think it's punishment, it's a deterrent. The point isn't whether the government knows it. The wife didn't know it. The blackmail wouldn't be "we'll tell the government you're having an affair", it's "we'll tell your wife". It's only "no longer any security threat" because he got caught. The punishment is to dissuade anyone else from having an affair, which a foreign government could use to make their lives difficult by telling their spouse.
- illuminate 14y ago
  "But by the very nature of making it public it's no longer vulnerable to blackmail" Too little, too late.

It's a security breach in that it opens him up to blackmail.

by pyre 14y ago

It's a security breach in that it opens him up to blackmail.

OK. I agree. Still why should it be public? Private meeting between him and security service would be more than enough IMHO.

mjwalshe 14y ago
Yes thats is what is so strange remember Anne and Smily's relasionship in Tinker Sailor Spy is based on real life its even mentioned the Official MI5 history. the FBI officer "looking somthing up for a friend" and then leaking to civilians is probaly the one who is guilty of some very serios offences probaly more serious ones than Bradly Manning.
ceejayoz 14y ago
The FBI agent who initiated the investigation leaked it to Congressional Republicans, which probably led to it making its way to the press. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/house-majority-leader-cantor-heard-of-petraeus-affair-oct-27-from-fbi-source-he-didnt-know/2012/11/12/a3d9d884-2d46-11e2-b631-2aad9d9c73ac_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/ho... > That agent’s role in the case consisted simply of passing along information from Kelley to the FBI agents who conducted the investigation, but that agent was subsequently told by his superiors to steer clear of the case because they grew concerned that the agent had become obsessed with the investigation, the official said. The agent was a friend of Kelley and long before the case involving Petraeus got under way, the agent had sent Kelley shirtless photos of himself, according to this official.

ketralnis 14y ago

But by the very nature of making it public it's no longer vulnerable to blackmail. The problem as such lasts for a very brief time, and now it's gone. There's no more problem, and no more need to shame him (beyond the people actually involved, that is), and no longer any security threat.

uptown 14y ago
...but it could have been used, and he created the situation which made that possible - exhibiting a lack of judgement - not an ideal attribute for the head of the CIA.
isleyaardvark 14y ago
I don't think it's punishment, it's a deterrent. The point isn't whether the government knows it. The wife didn't know it. The blackmail wouldn't be "we'll tell the government you're having an affair", it's "we'll tell your wife". It's only "no longer any security threat" because he got caught. The punishment is to dissuade anyone else from having an affair, which a foreign government could use to make their lives difficult by telling their spouse.
illuminate 14y ago
"But by the very nature of making it public it's no longer vulnerable to blackmail" Too little, too late.