(The Hill)  The FBI reportedly happened upon former CIA Director David Petraeus’s extramarital affair while investigating a complaint from a woman close to Petraeus who had received harassing emails from the general’s alleged mistress.

The FBI traced those emails back to Paula Broadwell, a former military officer and Petraeus’s biographer, according to news reports. When law enforcement officials delved into her email account, it was apparent Broadwell and Petraeus were engaged in an affair.

The identity of the woman who filed the original complaint has not been disclosed. (more…)

Guess who the news outlet is with this REPORT, published just in time to head off the Sunday talks… Wait for it,….. yep,…..

CAN THEY BE ANY MORE TRANSPARENT – Seriously?

Inside the *cough* REPORT:

The Obama administration first learned of the affair in a phone call from the FBI to Director of National Security James Clapper at 5 p.m. on election night, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official.

HatTip LMG – (CNN) Official: Woman complained of harassing e-mails from Petraeus’ biographer – The affair that brought an end to David Petraeus’ tenure as CIA director came to light during an FBI investigation into a complaint that his biographer Paula Broadwell was sending harassing e-mails to another woman close to him, a U.S. official said Saturday. (more…)

Sorry it’s quiet…..  I’m digging through thousands of pages of prior research, trying to find the most digestible way to pull it all together in advance of the upcoming hearings surrounding The Benghazi Massacre.  Not an easy task.   All the info is there, but the volume is such that sorting the “most important” bits is still a massive pile.

Here is some preliminary, and necessary reading if you want to join the Understanding.   Review these in the order presented here (make sure to watch videos too): (more…)

I’m long on effort – short on sleep, but I want to get this posted asap.  Thanks to Puddy and Rumpole for downloading/finding the vids.

I could go into a long summation of the video narrative in these segments and what it all means.  However, in the interest of time I’m asking you to bear with me til I can connect the dots more clearly.   For the sake of brevity watch these videos with the following in mind:

• CNN has been proven to be willingly compromised by relationships with White House and Administration operatives. (more…)