they went back to your college that. full field investigation, results went straight to the white house chief of staff. few if the cia investigated its own new director and did not discover this affair in afghanistan, they ought to all be fired. and if they did discover this who, did they send the report to? did the white house know did they say, okay, he had a problem, he had an affair, don t worry about it, it s over? that greta: katherine says have you to report it immediately to the intel committees on capitol hill with such a high rank in national security. all right. that raises the question, did the cia investigation of petraeus miss this affair? because you have to a general over there, that s all over the place. he an affair it s all over the place. greta: i suspect it was talked about over there. i suspect. i don t think probably, those things are not usually a big
he is a great general, very well respected. this is very problematic, the timing of it and everything. you talked about him being blackmail material. if he was blackmail material, then he became plaque mail material from the day he went into the central intelligence agency greta: as a general. if you are harboring anything like that, through the whole period, it gets more serious after that. but the cia, we learned from katherine, did what the fbi usually does, a full field investigation of someone to make sure they don t have problems like that. how could any full field investigation of general petraeus in afghanistan miss this if it had happend? when did people find this out? what it sounds like is that general petraeus was blackmail material from the day he entered the cia, until the day he left it. the mayor had a good point. why did he suddenly leave now? did he become a security risk now? or was it bk because the scandal
white house. they went to your college and everything else. that full field investigation, results went straight to the white house chief of staff. if the cia investigated its own new director and did not discover this affair in afghanistan, they ought to all be fired. if they did discover this, who did they send the report to? did the white house know? did they say, look, he had a problem over this. he had an affair, don t worry about it, it s over? that s what it sounds like to me. greta: he was supposed to report it immediately to the intel committee with such a high rank in national security. i mean that raises the question did the cia investigation interest petraeus miss this affair? because you have an affair like that, a general in bagram or somewhere that s all over the place. if you had an affair with an eob, it s all over the building. greta: i suspect it was talked about over there. i don t think it was probably, usually, they are not a big secret.
a great general, tremendously respects, but this is very troubling, it is timing of t. you talk about him being blackmail material. if he was blackmail material, he became blackmail material from the day he came into the central greta: as a general, too. you know, if you are hiding anything like that, the whole period it s more serious after that. the cia, we learned from katherine, did what the fbi usually does, a full-field investigation of someone to make sure they don t have problems like that. how could any full field investigation of general petraeus in afghanistan miss this if it had happend? when did people find this out? so it sounds like general petraeus, what was you call blackmail material from the day he entered the cia, until the day he left. the mayor had a good point. why leave now? did he become a security risk now? or it was because the scandal
afghanistan, i m told, just in the same way that bin laden s body was taken to afghanistan after the raid before taken onto the uss carl vincent. those hard drives are being looked at and transferred very quickly back to langley where hundreds of analysts are shifting through the information provided. we understand they are under a great deal of pressure to move kwaoeubg lee on the intelligence, analyze it. see if any of it is actionable. i have a quote from a u.s. official that is quite stunning in terms of how they want to use the information before, quote, the cockroaches scat he shall. you can expect a number of al-qaida types heading back over the border into al-qaida. martha: that is fascinating information especially that there were no guards at that compound. jennifer thank you very much. let s go to jay karen me at the white house as he begins thinkss