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Petraeus Heckled En Route to Class

THE PROFESSOR ARRIVES

By protesters chanting “war criminal!”

New York activists aren’t taking kindly to Gen. David Petraeus's academic turn. A video has emerged showing Petraeus, on his way to the first day of class Monday at the City University of New York, being followed down the street by what appears to be a small group of students shouting things like “war criminal” and “You've got blood all over you.” The former CIA director, who resigned after an affair came to light last fall, is teaching a class called “Are We on the Threshold of the North American Decade?” Petraeus manages to keeps a straight face for the entire walk, but we imagine he’ll be plotting a more clandestine route for the rest of the semester.

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