Did the Israeli Lobby Stage a 
												Coup Against the Director of the 
												CIA?
											
												
												
												
											
												
												
												New York Times Hints that the 
												Downfall of Petraeus was 
												Politically-Motivated
											
												
												
											
												
												
												By Michael Hoffman
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Motives Questioned in F.B.I. 
												Inquiry of Petraeus E-Mails
											
												
												
												By Scott Shane And Charlie 
												Savage
											
											
												
												
											
												
												
												WASHINGTON — Is a string of 
												angry e-mails really enough, in 
												an age of boisterous online 
												exchanges, to persuade the 
												F.B.I. to open a cyberstalking 
												investigation?
											
												
												
											
												
												
												...e-mails sent anonymously to 
												Jill Kelley...prompted the 
												F.B.I. office in Tampa, Fla., to 
												begin an investigation last 
												June....The inquiry traced the 
												e-mails to Mr. Petraeus’s 
												biographer, Paula Broadwell 
												...Some commentators have 
												questioned whether the bureau 
												would ordinarily investigate a 
												citizen complaint about unwanted 
												e-mails, suggesting that there 
												must have been a hidden motive, 
												possibly political, to take 
												action. 
											
												
												
											
												
												
												...Ms. Kelley, a volunteer with 
												wounded veterans and military 
												families, brought her complaint 
												to a rank-and-file agent she 
												knew from a previous encounter 
												with the F.B.I. office... Ms. 
												Kelly was fairly prominent in 
												Tampa social circles and had 
												previously had dealings with the 
												F.B.I. agent who took her 
												complaint...That agent, who had 
												previously pursued a friendship 
												with Ms. Kelley and had earlier 
												sent her shirtless photographs 
												of himself, was “just a conduit” 
												for the complaint, a law 
												enforcement official said. He 
												had no training in cybercrime, 
												was not part of the cyber squad 
												handling the case and was never 
												assigned to the 
												investigation...But the agent, 
												who was not identified, 
												continued to “nose around” about 
												the case...
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Later, the agent became 
												convinced — incorrectly, 
												officials say — that the case 
												had stalled. Because of his 
												“worldview,” as the official put 
												it, he suspected a politically 
												motivated cover-up to protect 
												President Obama. The agent 
												alerted Eric Cantor, the House 
												majority leader, who called the 
												F.B.I. director, Robert S. 
												Mueller III, on Oct. 31 to tell 
												him of the agent’s concerns. The 
												official said the agent’s 
												self-described “whistle-blowing” 
												was “a little embarrassing” but 
												had no effect on the 
												investigation. (End quote 
												from the New York Times online).
											
												
												
											
												
												
												There’s definitely a hint in the 
												preceding report by the New York 
												Times that Jill Kelley invites 
												erotic responses from male FBI 
												agents, one of whom was an asset 
												of a powerful Israeli lobbyist, 
												Republican Rep. Eric Cantor. On 
												his own initiative this 
												“shirtless” agent reported the 
												case to Cantor. The New York 
												Times does not say if this FBI 
												agent breeched security by doing 
												so.
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Eric Cantor said “an F.B.I. 
												employee whom his staff 
												described as a whistle-blower 
												told him about Mr. Petraeus's 
												affair and a possible security 
												breach in late October... 'I was 
												contacted by an F.B.I. employee 
												concerned that sensitive, 
												classified information may have 
												been compromised and made 
												certain (FBI) Director Mueller 
												was aware of these serious 
												allegations and the potential 
												risk to our national security,' 
												Mr. Cantor said in a statement.” 
												(New York Times online, Nov. 
												11).
											
												
												
											
												
												
												One wonders if Petraeus was set 
												up, like Mordechai Vanunu; only 
												in this case Broadwell may have 
												been a patsy: “On Monday night, 
												F.B.I. agents went to Ms. 
												Broadwell’s home in Charlotte, 
												N.C., and were seen carrying 
												away what several reporters at 
												the scene said were boxes of 
												documents. A law enforcement 
												official said Ms. Broadwell had 
												consented to the search” (NY 
												Times online, Nov. 12).
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Her surrender of documents from 
												her house without a search 
												warrant would appall any 
												competent defense attorney. It 
												is the action of a scapegoat, or 
												a person under some type of 
												duress or mind control.
											
												
												
											
												
												In 
												2010, General Petraeus fingered 
												the Israeli-Palestine conflict 
												as making life difficult for US 
												troops in the Middle East and 
												Afghanistan. His assessment 
												violated the Israeli lobby’s 
												sacred taboo against any such 
												linkage:
											
												
												
											
												
												
												“In March 2010, when Petraeus 
												was still head of the US Central 
												Command, he gave testimony to 
												the Senate Armed Services 
												Committee which included this 
												observation about one of the 
												“challenges to security and 
												stability” faced by the United 
												States:
											
												
												
											
												
												"The 
												enduring hostilities between 
												Israel and some of its neighbors 
												present distinct challenges to 
												our ability to advance our 
												interests in the AOR [Area of 
												Operations]. Israeli-Palestinian 
												tensions often flare into 
												violence and large-scale armed 
												confrontations. The conflict 
												foments anti-American sentiment, 
												due to a perception of U.S. 
												favoritism for Israel. Arab 
												anger over the Palestinian 
												question limits the strength and 
												depth of U.S. partnerships with 
												governments and peoples in the 
												AOR and weakens the legitimacy 
												of moderate regimes in the Arab 
												world...’
											
												
												
											
												
												
												“Abraham Foxman, National 
												Director of the Anti-Defamation 
												League (ADL) was so alarmed he 
												issued a statement condemning 
												Petraeus’ testimony, asserting 
												in part of it: ‘Gen. Petraeus 
												has simply erred in linking the 
												challenges faced by the U.S. and 
												coalition forces in the region 
												to a solution of the 
												Israeli-Arab conflict, and 
												blaming extremist activities on 
												the absence of peace and the 
												perceived U.S. favoritism for 
												Israel. This linkage is 
												dangerous and 
												counterproductive.’
											
												
												
											
												
												
												“....Obama appointed Petraeus as 
												CIA director after he 
												made his Senate statement about 
												Israel.” (Source: “When former 
												CIA chief David Petraeus enraged 
												the Israel lobby” 
												http://electronicintifada.net/)
											
												
												
											
												
												
												In this writer’s opinion, the 
												Petraeus sex scandal may have 
												been intended to break during 
												the presidential election 
												campaign to embarrass Obama and 
												cost him votes. The fact that it 
												became public only after Nov. 6 
												shows that Obama’s forces inside 
												the Cryptocracy successfully 
												kept it under cover, and that’s 
												some feat.
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Nonetheless, there is a 
												thinly-veiled message here for 
												the President of the United 
												States from the wing of the 
												Cryptocracy which opposes him: 
												we can bring you down too, if 
												you don’t get on the Israeli bus 
												and do the bidding of the necon 
												war lobby, at least to the 
												extent that your base will 
												permit.
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Of course, Petraeus should not 
												have committed adultery. It is 
												certainly gravely wrong. A man 
												who will betray his wife will 
												betray his country. But there 
												are hundreds of high-level 
												adulterers, to say nothing of 
												thousands of practicing 
												sodomites, working in La 
												Cesspool Grande (Washington 
												D.C.), who fornicate and 
												sodomize with impunity. When one 
												among this legion is singled out 
												it is prudent to ask why.
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Observe that the Zionist New 
												York Times is subtly hinting at 
												a possible conspiracy against 
												Petraeus. By this means they 
												display to the world the 
												intimidating power of The Lobby. 
												They don’t mind suggesting that 
												Petraeus was deposed by hidden 
												forces, knowing that informed 
												observers are aware that 
												Petraeus bucked the Israelis at 
												one point in his career, and 
												that’s all it takes for the axe 
												to fall.
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Unless serious investigative 
												reporting and Congressional 
												hearings dig up the conspirators 
												behind this honey trap, we see 
												in the Petraeus scandal a case 
												of the Israeli lobby flexing its 
												muscle on the national stage. 
												The warning to Obama and his 
												allies is unmistakable: pay and 
												obey -- or else. It’s the old 
												mobster’s dictum and that’s who 
												Petraeus and company are dealing 
												with -- hoodlum grandees with 
												the power to ruin the director 
												of America’s Central 
												Intelligence Agency.
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Think about the kind of clout 
												this represents and then ask 
												yourself, does anyone in gentile 
												America have the power to depose 
												the director of Mossad? Not 
												bloody likely.
											
												
												
											
												
												
												
												Petraeus was brought down in a 
												coup d’etat. He is 
												fortunate it happened like this, 
												rather than in that other 
												classic gangland sendoff, the 
												arranged “accident” -- the 
												chemically-induced heart attack; 
												the automobile with “defective” 
												brakes that sails off a cliff, 
												or a strategic shove, like the 
												one that led to the 
												defenestration of Secretary of 
												Defense James Forrestal in 1949.
											
												
												
											
												
												
												Hoffman is a former reporter for 
												the New York bureau of the 
												Associated Press, where he 
												investigated the Son of Sam and 
												Double Initial serial murders. 
												His latest book is 
												
												Usury in Christendom: The Mortal 
												Sin that Was and Now is Not, 
												due to be published by 
												Independent History and Research 
												in December. He edits 
												
												Revisionist History Newsletter. 
												As an independent scholar 
												Hoffman’s writing is funded by 
												the sale of his publications and 
												broadcasts, and
												
												donations mainly from the 
												working poor and middle class.