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The Real Petraeus Scandal
• http://www.independent.org, By Ivan ElandHowever, the thin national security implications of this scandal have put the American media out on a limb. In the Petraeus case, the compromise of secrets does not seem to have been an issue, and no laws seem to have been broken (although in the case of Gen. John Allen, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, adultery can be a crime in the tradition-oriented military, even in this day and age). So the sensationalist American media risks looking as if it’s just digging for, well … details of top U.S. officials’ sexual relationships—the ultimate in gotcha political journalism.