More details on the Petraeus resignation

More details on the Petraeus resignation

"At some point after Petraeus was sworn in as CIA director on Sept. 6, 2011, the woman broke up with him. However, Petraeus continued to pursue her, sending her thousands of emails over the last several months, raising even more questions about his judgment."

"Thousands," plural, means "2,000 or more." They broke up no more than 14 months ago, so he has sent Paula Broadwell at least five e-mails per day. At the very least. If you twist those numbers around a bit - raise the numerator to 4,000 e-mails and lower the denominator to 200 days, for example - he may have sent 20 per day. God knows, it could be even far more than that, depending on what the numbers really are. Sending your ex dozens of e-mails per day? That's kinda girly for a four-star general and all-around badass hero, don'cha think?

Next you're gonna tell me that Sully Sullenberger made someone a mix tape.

In an interview on The Daily Show, the general's fit and statuesque mistress, being interviewed then solely in the role of his biographer, ironically said he had "no dirty secrets." She also said, "He goes all in, whatever he does," and that apparently includes both e-mail and her body cavities.

On the other hand, she also mentioned that his nickname is "Peaches," and that particular factoid may be the ultimate explanation for that girly e-mail romance thingy.

The linked article has a more serious point, which I am skirting. Apparently the FBI presented the case to the President some time ago, and has been expecting the resignation, but the President decided to hold off until after the election. This, as you might expect, is the latest subject of Republican rage. Congressional Republicans are also upset that the Petraeus resignation caused him to cancel his testimony before Congress about matters related to the Libya attacks.

On Friday night, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said Congress would subpoena the general if necessary. “The fact that he’s resigned and had an affair has nothing to do with whether or not he’s going be subpoenaed to Congress. I hope we don’t have to subpoena a four-star general and the former CIA director. I hope he would come voluntarily. But if he won’t, he will be subpoenaed and none of what has happened today is a defense to a subpoena.”

An article in the Christian Science Monitor suggests even juicier aspects of the scandal. According to them, and also Tweeted by Martha Raddatz of ABC news, the FBI thought Petraeus's personal e-mail account had been compromised. "So investigation started. Emails then traced to Broadwell."

I'm not sure how Broadwell's marriage will hold up under the public exposure of her affair, but at least she'll gain a nice little nest egg out of the humiliation. According to one source, her Petraeus book had been ranked around #76000 on Amazon.com last week and has now jumped to #111 with a bullet as of Saturday afternoon.