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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Email, not war, prompted retired general's downfall from CIA

Email is a handy communication tool, but it can also be a dangerous one for someone in a position of power who has a lot of eyes watching him ? as former CIA Director David Petraeus found out the hard way.

mashable.com
Former CIA Director David Petraeus

The retired four-star general abruptly resigned Friday, admitting to an extramarital affair discovered by the FBI, which was monitoring his email account.

The lesson: If you don?t want to get busted for something, you shouldn?t email someone about it, regardless of whether you?re a regular person, a company or one of the most decorated and revered generals in the country.

You'd think Petraeus would have been extra careful considering how keen the government is on tracking people, not to mention that looking through emails is pretty low-tech compared to some of the things the FBI can do.

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