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TEL AVIV — Did Paula Broadwell, the alleged mistress of ex-CIA Director David Petraeus, reveal a secret CIA detention center in Benghazi during a public speech she gave last month?
Broadwell, a former counterterror operative, co-authored a bestselling biography of Petraeus. She discussed the book during a keynote speech on Oct. 26 at a University of Denver alumni symposium. The speech is available in full on YouTube.
During a question and answer session, Broadwell was asked about the September 11 attacks against the U.S. mission in Benghazi.
She stated: “Now I don’t know if a lot of you heard this, but the CIA annex had actually had taken a couple of Libya militia members prisoner.
She served in the United States Army and the United States Army Reserve. She was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Reserves in August 2012.[13]
She was Deputy Director of the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.[3] She also worked with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Paula Broadwell
Originally posted by Meldionne1
reply to post by Starchildren
Actually Paula did the threatening bia emails, to another woman who worked with petraus...and that woman contacted the FBI about Paula broad well. The FBI was afraid Paula broadwell was going to harm someone.
Originally posted by gmonundercover
More biographical information on Paula Broadwell
Maiden name Kranz,"...pursued a sincere and dedicated career in military intelligence"
Was (and is) an intel asset. Once a spook always a spook?
She has planned counter-terrorism initiatives presented to NATO and worked on transnational counter-terrorism issues with foreign and domestic agencies, U.S. Special Forces, and the FBI.
Here are Paula Broadwell (nee Kranz) credentials:
Paula Broadwell - Penguin Speakers Bureau
Paula Broadwell is a research associate at Harvard University’s Center for Public Leadership and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London.
She spent much of the past year in Afghanistan as an embedded author, extending her doctoral dissertation on transformational leadership and organizational innovation based on the career of U.S. Army General David Petraeus. The result is Paula’s highly anticipated portrait of Petraeus as commander and her chronicle of the Afghan war—All In: The Education of General David Petraeus. [she gets to do her dissertation interviewing Petraeus. Nothing suspicious there. ]
Paula’s passion for leadership and security policy stems from her background in the U.S. military and her academic pursuits.
She graduated with academic, fitness, and leadership honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. She has lived, worked, or traveled in more than 60 countries during more than fifteen years of military service and work in geopolitical analysis and counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations. Her extreme physical prowess and athleticism was notable and allowed her to graduate as the top female physical student at West Point.
She has served with the U.S. intelligence community, U.S. Special Operations Command, and FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces. Paula earned an M.A. with honors from the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies and an MPA degree from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
She previously wrote for the Kings of War and Foreign Policy’s Best Defense blogs, and she has published op-eds in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, and The Boston Globe. She has also written chapters in books on counterinsurgency, transformational leadership, and women in defense, and has contributed to national TV networks, BBC radio, and NPR on similar topics.
Drawing upon her experience within the military and study of transformational leadership, Paula explains Petraeus’s thoughts on strategic leadership and provides inspirational anecdotes and insights for anyone—from CEOs to young lieutenants to women in conflict zones—facing leadership challenges in their respective fields.
With her husband and children:
edit on 12-11-2012 by gmonundercover because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by GrantedBail
reply to post by gmonundercover
The more I learn about this chick the more I think she is an operative. See my OP. She is pictured with Karl Rove in June of this year. He tweeted the pic. I think her job was to set Petraus up. I don't know who is behind it but when she made those statements in Denver she was already under investigation and had her computer confiscated by the FBI. The article is also in my post.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
I wondered if Paula Broadwell was Jewish mainly as a result of my previous remarks pointing to Mossad involvement in this sordid affair wherein I stated - without so much as a hint of anti-semitism btw - that I was concerned to know if there really is a valid reason to pursue my 'intuition' with respect to the possibility of Mossad's hand in all this. I also made note of the fact that her book, "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus," was co-authored with Vernon Loeb who is Jewish and a well known Zionist with strong Israeli connections and who has a very unsavory journalistic reputation.
As it turns out her maiden name is Paula Krantz. It is a very popular Jewish name. Behind The Name website KRANTZ Jewish, German, Dutch
If there is anything to this at all then it might be possible to think of Paula Broadwell as a Sayanim = Sayan; Hebrew: helpers, assistants and refers to Diaspora Jews who provide assistance to the Mossad. They are in America by the many thousands - operating in secret. Wiki deleted the entire Sayanim page recently.
Originally posted by Meldionne1
reply to post by gmonundercover
If she's such an accomplished spook and still a spook, then I don't believe petraus hacked her email....but, yes I do believe she threatened another women Ina jealous rage...spooks don't handle relationships well, And most of their personal life ends either In divorce or mayhem....Paula broad well is no exception and is probably having a midlife crisis . She let her jealous emotions get the best of her. Petraus was probably distancing himself from her, as he was now at home more, and Paula freaked because she was losing him. Not that she ever had him because he is married, ....but Paula probably though he was pulling away for another woman and pinged on this other lady. Paula called her out, as women do get catty when their territiry is comprimised..And who knows...maybe there was another affair going on! ...once a cheat always a cheat.
Originally posted by Meldionne1
reply to post by gmonundercover
I'm not denying there are holes in all of this, and that the whole truth is not being said.......but....Paula broadwells emotions from her affair, emotions of her heart got the best of her. Spook or not, women who have been scorn act like idiots. ....and yes, They cat fight...i do believe there was an affair... Even the most powerful people , Kennedy, Clinton, have affairs. Paula had a crush on her idol petraus, and petraus is a man..bad combination! ..she was an easy target,. ..just because she looks good on paper doesn't mean her real life, her personal life was good. And in my past experience, people who are really smart, can be really dumb...you are either book smart or street smart. And if youre gonna be in an affair, you better be street smart. Paula broadwell is not street smart.....
PS - BTW - on reading your posts and those of several other women in this and other threads I started thinking about the importance of the manner in which women are interpreting these events. So I'm considering a thread centering on the female POV in the form of a poll soliciting briefly stated opinions with respect to Paula Broadwell's infidelity vis a vis her 'inferior' position in relation to her boss, and her stature as a military officer etc., etc.
Well, she is still in the reserves so she is likely to get discharged.
Originally posted by GrantedBail
reply to post by gmonundercoverThe more I learn about this chick the more I think she is an operative. See my OP. She is pictured with Karl Rove in June of this year. He tweeted the pic. I think her job was to set Petraus up. I don't know who is behind it but when she made those statements in Denver she was already under investigation and had her computer confiscated by the FBI. The article is also in my post.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Originally posted by xuenchen
I wonder if Paul's military career will be scrutinized ?
And her "expertise" on terrorism. Especially her "work" with the FBI !!!!!
The FBI has been investigating Paula Broadwell, former CIA director David Petraeus' biographer and reported mistress, for months, citing concerns about classified information and a potential national security breach.
Well, it turns out that during the FBI's investigation, the bureau did find classified documents on Broadwell's computer , reports the Wall Street Journal.
In September, the FBI began to do a legal analysis to see if there were any charges that could be brought. They decided to interview Broadwell.
During her first interview, she admitted that she was having an affair with Petraeus and gave up her computer to the investigators.
On it, they found classified documents.
Petraeus was interviewed too, and he admitted to the affair as well. However, he said that he did not provide Broadwell with those classified documents. Broadwell echoed Petraeus' claims in her next interview with investigators in early November.
The source of the classified documents remains unclear.
I hate to ask the obvious, but if it was a secret prison
Wouldnt there have been more security?