Washington Surprised By News Of Petraeus Affair

by Tom Gjelten

November 11, 2012 - 10:00pm

Officials in Washington are still trying to make sense of the sudden resignation last week of CIA Director David Petraeus. More details are emerging about the extramarital affair that brought Petraeus down. It came to light following an FBI investigation, which was not focused originally on the CIA director but soon led to him.