David Petraeus was right to resign as director of the CIA over an affair because the position requires “personal integrity,” Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Monday.
Panetta, who led the Central Intelligence Agency for two years before moving to the Defense Department, said Petraeus’s resignation was “a very sad situation to have a very distinguished career like that end in this manner.”
“My heart obviously goes out to him and his family. But I think he took the right step,” said Panetta, speaking to reporters aboard a US military jet bound for Australia.
“I think it’s important when you’re director of the CIA, with all of the challenges that face you in that position, that personal integrity comes first and foremost.”
Asked if Petraeus had begun his affair while he was still the US general commanding international troops in Afghanistan, Panetta said he did not know.
Accounts from other officials and media reports say the retired four-star general began his relationship with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, after he left his post in Kabul.
Asked about complaints from lawmakers that President Barack Obama’s White House had failed to inform Congress the FBI was investigating emails between Petraeus and his lover, Panetta admitted those concerns needed to be examined.
“That’s another issue I think we ought to look at,” said Panetta, who served as a member of the House of Representatives for years.
“As a former director of the CIA, and having worked very closely with the intelligence committees, I believe that there is a responsibility to make sure the intelligence committees are informed of issues that could affect the security of those intelligence operations.”
Paneta is trying false to hide the secret crimes of U.S.A army.The army is not supposed to commit these affairs within their tenure of services as these bad happenings lead to create bad name not only for American Army,but also for U.S.A.Most of the amry deputed in Iraq,Afghanistan and U>A.e are of no good character and conduct.They did whatever they wished,but due to fear no country raised these voices on interational forum.Now these things happen within America and are publically revealed and create not good name for them.Afterall U.S.A Army are humanbeings and whole the times they are compelled to do the elilgal jobs without families and consequently the result is before the whole world.Now is the best time to reveiw these policies and American Armies must stationed within america.
NO PAKISTANI BOSS EVER RESIGNED DUE TO SEX SCANDALS !!!! NAAMARDS !!!
Panetta Sir…pls give lecture to pakistanis on moralities etc; we do not have such words like " resignation " , moral values ", " integrity " etc; in our dictionary, culture……
BIMBO POWER MORE THAN NATO COMMANDERS POWER !!! YAYAKHAN PLAYED WITH WIFE OF A POLICE SUBINSPECTOR WHILE PAKISTAN SURRENDERD TO INDIAN ARMY 16 DEC 1971 .. AYUBKHAN PLAYED WITH CHRISTINEKEELER IN LONDON AND PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED IN LONDON PRESS .. MAKE BIMBOS ..MAKELOVE NOT WARS ..
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