4. The Petraeus affair
The fall of the legend came quickly and suddenly after Election Day,
when nobody was looking. Sure, Gen. David Petraeus's brazen public rise to
celebrity power had detractors (not everyone drank the Kool-Aid), but few
outside his inner circle predicted the good general's day would come via an
extramarital affair with his own biographer. CIA directors are supposed to be
able to keep secrets. Instead, that post and several major military command
leadership postings have been undermined as Gen. John Allen's emails remain
under investigation by the Pentagon inspector general. And the book on Petraeus
will be a whole different read.
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