i haven t been anywhere at all. i gained about 60 pounds. i just don t do nothing anymore. i don t want to go anywhere. i second guess everything that i do. it affects my life in a major way. and every way. all because of lies. ron? yeah. it s really clear, i think, poppy, that this effort to overturn the election had a legal arm, had it in the courts and otherwise, a political arm, trying to pressure republican state officials and had a paramilitary arm in terms of trying to use physical threats, physical violence to intimidate those who were standing in the way of this plot against america. that s not something that is over, and it really underscores
side. take a listen. he is very much an intellectual, as you know. the scholar, you know atypical military scholar. i think that is another reason why the agency fits him well it s much more analytic. organization, they have the paramilitary arm as well. but he appreciates the intellectual stimulation there. the brains versus brawn, although they have it all and the military does, too. what do we know about paula broadwell? she was graduated from west point herself. she spent some time in the army. as an army reserve major as a matter of fact. this book about the biography of general petraeus, was as i understand it, an outgrowth of a doctoral dissertation and there s plenty of evidence to indicate that she got an unusual amount of attention for somebody who is just taking interviews to write a doctoral dissertation. was there no one in the general s inner circle who could have said, or would have said, general, this doesn t seem right
organization. they have the paramilitary arm as well. he appreciates the intellectual stimulation there, the brains versus brawn, although they have it all, and the military does, too. he s very happy where he s at now. that was paula broadwell on morning joe back in january, the woman at the center of the alleged extramarital affair. and we use the word alleged very loosely there with cia director david petraeus which led to the resignation from his post on friday. good morning. with us on set, msnbc political analyst, john heilemann. the president on the council on foreign relations, richard haass and author of foreign policy begins at home: the case for putting america s house in order. and from washington, we ve got nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. the great john heilemann also here. we also have willie geist. the great willie geist also here. we did your show.