The affair happened AFTER General Petraeus reited from the military....so the UCMJ has no legal bearing in this matter. If they started putting people in jail who ever had an affair 50% of the men and 50% of the women would ,at one time in their lifes, be locked up....and yes that applies to people living here in TV also.
I, for one, would be very hesistant to allow one (known) indescretion to erode or tear down a brillant decorated career of more than 37 years and for the Government to possibly lose one of the most brilliant/intellectual minds of today. We all know retirement from ones carrer of many years can change people in many ways. One can say this is a personal matter and should remain within the families involved. There is alot of hurt to go around including spouse, children and close friends and familiy.. However, given his posiiton as CIA Director and the judgement used (or lack thereof) in such things as allowing access to his personal computer, I think Petreaus crossed the line from this being simply a family matter to potentially impacting the nation. From what I read (material avialable to the general public) with no speculation on what did or did not happen, makes this case somewhat different from others in the past. General Petraeus did the right thing by steping down.
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