From the military to the CIA

[Alcibiades]

From what I've read it started while he was still in the military and he's covering his ass.  Which is why the military may court martial him.

[garbon]

They did pay attention. If the affair started while he was still in the military, he could face punishment from them.

I thought it was clear it started while he was at the CIA.

Nope as after all she first was chatting with him before then.  He's said that it started then but words are cheap.

[viper37]

We know since Clinton that a blowjob isn't a sexual relation, so I'd say chatting isn't a relation

[Legbiter]

So what's the story with Chick 2, was he boning her as well?

The story?

Petraeus's wife looks like she's his mother. She hasn't passed a boner test since the Johnson administration by the looks of it. As a high-status male he fucked more feminine women and got caught. The end.

[Eddie Teach]

As a high-status male he fucked more feminine women and got caught.

Younger and better looking. Not more feminine from the sounds of it.

[Drakken]

Petraeus's wife looks like she's his mother. She hasn't passed a boner test since the Johnson administration by the looks of it. As a high-status male he fucked more feminine women and got caught. The end.

More like he was a dumbass. He should have known that fucking more women, being that high-status, never stay a secret in this tabloid celebrity-era unless the OW has significantly more to lose from revealing it than keeping it shut.

[Legbiter]

More like he was a dumbass. He should have known that fucking more women, being that high-status, never stay a secret in this tabloid celebrity-era unless the OW has significantly more to lose from revealing it than keeping it shut.

Bah, if Israel had cashiered Moshe Dayan out of the IDF because of extra-marital affairs the State of Israel wouldn't exist on the map today. Mormon eunuch androids make poor generals.

[Drakken]

Bah, if Israel had cashiered Moshe Dayan out of the IDF because of extra-marital affairs the State of Israel wouldn't exist on the map today. Mormon eunuch androids make poor generals.

That was then, when there was a lot of social stigma to being publicly known as a cheater and a homewrecker. It was still the 60s and 70s', when being a man in a position of power validated having goomahs, and OWs had reasons to shut up because publicly revealing being the other woman (plus being a cheating wife herself if she was married) weighted heavier on her personal reputation than the benefits.

The mores now are different. Nowadays, these kinds of affair partners can flout it publicly with next to no consequences when the boat starts to sink. Even casual flings with groupies are now a risk for celebrities as they often brag and can use their iPhones for evidence gathering to send at TMZ. When a scandal emerges they get handsomely paid (by the tabloids and newscasters) for their "exclusive" interviews, and in addition they become instant nightlife celebrities because opening their legs for a "high-status males" is now good enough reason to be in the news.

And before I get accused of being sexist, it goes both ways : no one gave a fuck about Rick Salomon before he slept with Paris Hilton and leaked the sex tapes, and Tommy Lee was only the has-been drummer of a group of hair metal on the down low before he became a household name with his "relationship" with Pamela Anderson (the difference being in the latter case that she was 100% into leaking it). While these aren't affairs per se, they still demonstrate how much sex with the right "high-status" people sells and can make you a star on your own.

[The Brain]

social stigmata

Are those like stigmata but "down there"?

[Syt]

Definitely catch tonight's Colbert Report;  it was a classic.

[Drakken]

social stigmata

Are those like stigmata but "down there"?

Should have been stigma. 

[dps]

According to Yahoo News, DoJ prosecutors are recommending that criminal charges be filed against Petreaus.

[CountDeMoney]

Wow.  Good for the DoJ.

[Eddie Teach]

Is this still about his mistress? 

[CountDeMoney]

It's about his handling of confidential and classified material, that just so happened to involve his mistress.