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Qatar English Daily
| 7 months ago
Ex-CIA chief David Petraeus began his testimony before lawmakers Friday about the September 11 assault on the US mission in Benghazi, his first appearance since resigning suddenly a week ago. Packs of reporters and camera crews were on hand at the...
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The Age
| 7 months ago
General Petraeus, who has not been seen in public since his resignation a week ago, is due to testify on Friday morning to congressmen investigating the September 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The retired four-star general...
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Kansas City Star
| 7 months ago
Top national security officials trudged to Capitol Hill on Thursday to grapple with fallout from the David Petraeus sex scandal as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked service chiefs to review ethics training for military officers. He said he was...
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Arab News
| 7 months ago
Allen, the top US commander in Afghanistan, is currently under investigation over thousands of e-mails exchanged with the woman who inadvertently led the FBI to CIA director David Petraeus's mistress, leading to his resignation...Chairman of the...
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Associated Press
| 7 months ago
Citing a string of ethical lapses by senior military officers, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review ethics training and to brainstorm on ways to steer officers away from trouble. The move is a reflection of the...
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NewKerala
| 7 months ago
Obama said that Petraeus does not appear to have leaked potentially damaging classified intelligence to his mistress. In the President's first public intervention into the crisis gripping America's national security establishment, Obama said that...
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Tulsa World
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question during a news conference Wednesday in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Responding warily to his administration's sudden sex scandal, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he's...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 7 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 3 hours ago Associated Press It started in May with a spiteful email to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan...John Allen that a friend with whom he was meeting in Washington the following week was...
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Arab News
| 7 months ago
A computer used by Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with CIA director General David Petraeus led to his resignation, contained substantial classified information that should have been stored under more secure conditions, law enforcement and...
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BBC
| 7 months ago
The US military has revoked access for two women at the heart of the scandal that led to the resignation of General David Petraeus as CIA director. Security clearance has been suspended for his ex-mistress, Paula Broadwell. And Jill Kelley's pass at...
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The independent
| 7 months ago
As he attempted to draw battle lines yesterday before negotiations start with Congress on taxes and spending cuts, President Barack Obama inevitably found himself dragged into the maelstrom surrounding last week's resignation of David Petraeus from...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
US president Barack Obama has assured Americans that the sex scandal which brought down CIA chief David Petraeus and ensnared another top general has not compromised national security. Mr Obama was asked about the scandal, as well as the economy and...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Responding warily to his administration's sudden sex scandal, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he's seen no evidence that national security was damaged by the revelations that ended his CIA director's career and imperil that of his Afghan war...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 7 months ago
US President Barack Obama has assured Americans the sex scandal that brought down CIA chief David Petraeus and ensnared another top general has not compromised national security. Petraeus, the most celebrated US general of his generation credited...
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The Australian
| 7 months ago
President Obama addressed the issue at his first White House press conference since the election. It came as several sources confirmed General Petraeus will testify before Congress after all about a deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya. The...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
Obama declined to comment on questions about why the FBI did not notify the White House and congressional leaders sooner of the investigation that led to Petraeus' resignation. "I am withholding judgment with respect to how the entire process...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Author Paula Broadwell attends the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on U.S. General David Petraeus' nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, in this June 23, 2011 file photo. Multimedia Jill Kelley from a Jan.
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
Reuters The relationship between the local community and any major military base is important, and local socialites help to that end. One of them, Jill Kelley and her husband hosted a welcome dinner for Petraeus and his wife, Holly. Kelley was known...
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News 24
| 7 months ago
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta warned on Wednesday against jumping to conclusions over the actions of the top US commander in Afghanistan, a day after placing him under investigation in a widening scandal that already cost CIA Director David...
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Virginian-Pilot Online
| 7 months ago
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cautioned Wednesday against reaching early conclusions about the veracity of allegations against the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, who is under investigation for what Pentagon officials have said...
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The Courier-Mail
| 7 months ago
States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has backed the top US commander in Afghanistan, saying he had his "continued confidence"...He certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and continue the fight. "But his nomination has been put on...
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Denver Post
| 7 months ago
Afghanistan, emerged Tuesday after it was disclosed that the general was under investigation for what the Pentagon called "inappropriate communication" with the woman whose complaint to the FBI set off the scandal involving former CIA director David...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 7 months ago
The David Petraeus sex scandal escalated into a national crisis last night (Tuesday) as "flirtatious" correspondence emerged between America's top commander in Afghanistan and one of two women implicated in the row that has already forced the CIA...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
Petraeus to resign and sparked a Pentagon investigation of the U.S. war commander in Afghanistan has thrown the Obama administration's national security team into turmoil. The ripples continued to widen Tuesday as Defense Secretary Leon E...John...
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Newsbusters
| 7 months ago
Suddenly discovering something that anyone with eyes could see before the election, Josh Gerstein at Politico tells us that "Obama's foreign policy team hits turbulence."...For over a week after September 11, the administration was pretending that a...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Author Paula Broadwell attends the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on U.S. General David Petraeus' nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, in this June 23, 2011 file photo. Multimedia A combination photo...
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The Hill
| 7 months ago
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice faces a steep climb to win Senate confirmation to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of State. Several Republican senators on Tuesday said they would oppose Rice's nomination, suggesting her path to 60...
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The Sun UK
| 7 months ago
America last night when a senior army general was linked to the woman who helped to force out CIA chief David Petraeus. Married General John Allen, commander of US and Nato troops in Afghanistan, swapped between 20,000 and 30,000 emails with Jill...
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The independent
| 7 months ago
In 2004, the then Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry, in handing the keynote slot at the party convention to a little-known Senate candidate from Illinois, gave Barack Obama the launchpad for a national career that would lead to the White...
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The Observer
| 7 months ago
Washington White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during a White House briefing on the Petraeus scandal on Tuesday. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images Both Barack Obama and the Pentagon insisted on Tuesday that they were standing by the top US...
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Telegraph India
| 7 months ago
50 AM Sunset : 4:54 PM Today Mainly clear sky...One general and his mistress used a trick, known to terrorists and teenagers alike, to conceal email traffic. An FBI agent who had once sent shirtless photographs of himself started the fire unwittingly.
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
Barely a week after winning re-election, President Barack Obama suddenly confronts a deepening challenge in assembling a new national security team, his task complicated by a scandal that has cost him a CIA chief and raised doubts about his...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 7 months ago
Font Resize National editor's pick of the top news stories in the nation and world at this hour: The sex scandal that ended CIA Director David Petraeus' career has widened to include a second top general who reportedly traded up to 30,000 pages of...
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CNSNews.com
| 7 months ago
FBI protocol determined when the president of the United States would be told that his director of the Central Intelligence Agency was engaged in an adulterous affair, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Tuesday. At the briefing,...
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
The sex scandal that felled CIA Director David Petraeus widened Tuesday to ensnare the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, in a suddenly public drama involving a Tampa socialite, a jealous rival, a twin sister in a messy custody...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
The Petraeus affair has also made other key defence, intelligence and diplomatic appointments more difficult. The White House must now replace General Petraeus as CIA director, but also Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta, and Secretary of State...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
The scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus widened on Tuesday as U.S. defense officials said they were looking into "flirtatious" e-mails between General John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and a woman at the center of...
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BBC
| 7 months ago
US President Barack Obama has backed a senior general, despite reports that he exchanged "flirtatious" emails with Florida socialite Jill Kelley. Spokesman Jay Carney said Mr Obama had "faith" in Gen John Allen, chosen to be the next Nato commander...
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Fox News
| 7 months ago
FoxNews.com The White House insisted Tuesday that it was not aware of the David Petraeus scandal until last Wednesday, blaming FBI "protocols" for not being informed earlier. Press Secretary Jay Carney said President Obama was "surprised" when he...
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The Hill
| 7 months ago
White House press secretary Jay Carney avoided criticism of the FBI, which unearthed Petraeus's affair with his biographer over the summer but only told National Intelligence Director James Clapper a day of the presidential election. Carney...
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Al Jazeera English
| 7 months ago
46 The career of the top US commander in Afghanistan is now in jeopardy because of the investigation into the sex scandal involving David Petraeus , the former top commander in Iraq and Afghanistan who resigned as CIA director last week.
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
An FBI investigation that led to the resignation of Gen David Petraeus also turned up evidence that Gen John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan , was exchanging potentially inappropriate emails with a Florida woman involved in the scandal,...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is under investigation by the Defense Department for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to Jill Kelley, the woman whose complaints about e-mails from another woman led to the discovery of...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Latest first Oldest first Auto update: On Off Updates: Allen emails 'not involving' classified information? A quick update from the Associated Press : A Pentagon official traveling with Panetta to Australia said "inappropriate communications" 20,000...
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Denver Post
| 7 months ago
CIA Director David Petraeus' downfall widened Tuesday with word the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is under investigation for thousands of alleged "inappropriate communications" with another woman involved in the case. Even as the FBI prepared a...
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Star Tribune
| 7 months ago
The sex scandal that led to CIA Director David Petraeus' downfall widened Tuesday with word the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with another woman involved in the case. Even as the...
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Chicago Tribune
| 7 months ago
General David Petraeus was the head of the CIA during the attack on the U.S...CBS News senior correspondent John Miller and retired General Richard Myers discuss how his extramarital affair could impact the investigation. The top U.S. commander in...
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Russia Today
| 7 months ago
After months of keeping the details of a case against a US soldier under wraps, Army prosecutors on Monday presented evidence against Brig...Sinclair, a 50-year-old serviceman being charged with a slew of sex crimes against five women...Afghanistan...
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Qatar English Daily
| 7 months ago
Petraeus resigned from his job on Friday. Asked whether there was concern about the disclosure of classified information, the official said: "We are concerned about inappropriate communications. We are not going to speculate as to what is...
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Virginian-Pilot Online
| 7 months ago
David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from...
