Which Defense Officials, Lawmakers Made New Washington Tell-All Book?

Washington loves a tell-all book. Washington also loves a book that “exposes” all the things about Washington that everyone (allegedly) finds distasteful. One of those distasteful things is the so-called “Washington read,” the practice of allegedly egotistical, self-centered D.C.-types who immediately flip to the index to find out if they’re in the tell-all. Journalist and…

David Petraeus Gets His Mea Culpa On, Kicks Off Comeback Tour

[HTML1] Well, that didn’t take long. David Petraeus, the revered soldier-scholar who became CIA director before stepping down due to an extramarital affair, is embarking on a new path that is quintessentially American: The comeback tour. Speaking to what appears a friendly audience at an annual University of Southern California event honoring members of the military, Petraeus went all…

SecDef Called ‘Serious as Sh*t’ — But Start of Policy Event Was Anything But

The top U.S. general in Afghanistan is under investigation for a possible inappropriate relationship involving a woman who is not his wife. All U.S. generals are subject to an ethics review ordered by the secretary of defense. And the most-heralded American war commander in decades had to leave his CIA director over an extramarital affair. What’s more,…