The situation gets summed up by this tweet:
Um, guys, there’s no good way to say this, but @cklosterman is involved in a matter of nat’l security. READ 2ND LETTER. tinyurl.com/asn397t
— Jayson Greene (@Jayson_Greene) November 10, 2012
You can see why:
MY WIFE’S LOVER
My wife is having an affair with a government executive. His role is to manage a project whose progress is seen worldwide as a demonstration of American leadership. (This might seem hyperbolic, but it is not an exaggeration.) I have met with him on several occasions, and he has been gracious. (I doubt if he is aware of my knowledge.) I have watched the affair intensify over the last year, and I have also benefited from his generosity. He is engaged in work that I am passionate about and is absolutely the right person for the job. I strongly feel that exposing the affair will create a major distraction that would adversely impact the success of an important effort…
It’s maybe a little unfair to do 20/20 hindsight, but then the guy who wrote the response to this Upper East Side’s version of a Penthouse Letter took the position that the affair didn’t have to be revealed because the target was apparently not a social conservative… so no, it’s not unfair at all to gently point out that it’s reasonable to expect that a real reporter who had been given this kind of hint might have gone out and done a little digging.
Assuming that this article is actually referencing Petraeus, of course.
[UPDATE: They’re saying that it isn’t.]
This @theethicist column nyti.ms/Scgf8j (2nd Q) is NOT about the Petraeus affair, based on our factchecking. Strange, I know
— HugoLindgren (@HugoLindgren) November 10, 2012
[I still say that there’s a story there. Just tossed in the guy’s lap, and everything.]
RT @moelane: Did the scoop on the Petraeus affair get missed by… the NYT Magazine?: http://t.co/86RZJuGc
Wait. They’re saying that there’s another official in the Obama administration managing an important, high-profile project who is having an affair with a married woman … and the New York Times isn’t interested in reporting on this? “All the news that fits our agenda!”
My article would be shorter, which is why my blog would be no fun:
“My wife is having an affair with a government executive. His body will never be found.”
Is it just me, or does this scream out “Wuss”?