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Tim Weiner: Shadows of J. Edgar Hoover in the Petraeus Affair

Unwarranted

Tim Weiner asks: Didn’t we all decide that it’s none of the FBI’s business what any American does in bed?

Tim Weiner
Tim Weiner
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Everybody loves a Washington sex scandal. But let’s not talk about sex for a second. A truly serious crime may have been committed in the Petraeus case.

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Tim Weiner

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