Umfazi owayejolise ekuxhatshazweni kwee-imeyile ezivela kumthandi wangaphambili weCIA umlawuli uDavid Petraeus ubizwe ngokuba nguJill Kelley..
I-FBI yaqalisa uphando emva kokuba uNksz Kelley ethe wafumana ii-imeyile ezikhohlakeleyo ezivela kuMnu Petraeus umbhali wezinto eziphilayo uPaula Broadwell.
Ukuhlolwa kwatyhila lo mcimbi kwaza kwakhokelela ekubeni uMnumzana Petraeus arhoxe.
Abezopolitiko ngoku bafuna ukwazi ukuba kutheni bengakhange baxelelwe ngalo mcimbi kwamsinya, omnye ude acebise ukuba kufihlwe.
Umnumzana Petraeus, ijenereli eneenkwenkwezi ezine, oneminyaka engama-60 ubudala, uchaze ukuziphatha kwakhe “njengengamkelekanga” kwinkokeli yeCIA.
I-BBC ye-BBC uJane Little eWashington ithi ukuwa okumangalisayo kwiveki ephelileyo kubabalo lwalowo wayesakuba ngumhloli kuyaqhubeka ukuthumela umothuko kwikomkhulu.
'Ilitye lokulanyaza'
NgeCawa, amagosa ase-US abiza umfazi wesibini njengoJill Kelley, ohlala eFlorida.
Bachaza umntu oneminyaka engama-37 ubudala waseFlorida njengomhlobo wosapho lukaMnu Petraeus kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uHolly.
Akukho ngcebiso yokuba uNksk Kelley, osebenza njengonxibelelwano loluntu olungahlawulwanga kwisiseko somkhosi eTampa, uye wathandana nomphathi wangaphambili weCIA.
Kwisiteyitimenti, uNksk. Kelley kunye nomyeni wakhe bavuma ubuhlobo babo noMnu Petraeus kwaye bacela ubumfihlo.
UMnu Petraeus waphoqeleka ukuba arhoxe kwiveki ephelileyo, nangona amagosa ase-US athi i-FBI iqalise uphando kuNksk Broadwell, 40, kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.
Oku kubangele ukusabela komsindo kubo bobabini abezopolitiko beDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi, ababuza ukuba ukhuseleko lwelizwe lunokuthi lubekwe esichengeni.
UDavid Petraeus: Amagqabantshintshi omsebenzi
“Asizange sifumane isaziso ngaphambili. Ibingathi sisibane sokukhanyisa, ”utshilo uSenator weDemocratic Alliance uDianne Feinstein, okhokela iKomiti yezobuntlola yeSenate.
IRiphabhlikhi yaseRiphabhlikhi uPeter King, usihlalo weNdlu yeKomiti yoKhuseleko lweKhaya, uthe ufuna ukwazi ukuba kutheni i-FBI ikhuphe i-White House kuphela ngosuku lonyulo.
“Ayidibanisi,” watsho.
I-FBI ithi ilandele iprotocol, kwaye ayizange ifumane nto icebisa nasiphi na isoyikiso kukhuseleko lwelizwe.
Umnumzana Petraeus waba ngumphathi weCIA ngo-2011 emva kokukhokela imikhosi yamazwe ngamazwe e-Iraq kwaye kamva e-Afghanistan.
Wayelelona gosa lasemkhosini likwinqanaba eliphezulu kwiminyaka eyi-9/11, ephumelele indumiso ngendima yakhe eqhuba “utyando” e-Iraq kunye nokuphumeza isicwangciso sokulwa novukelo e-Afghanistan.
Wayishiya indima yakhe yokuyalela e-Afghanistan phakathi ku-2011, erhoxa kuMkhosi wase-US ukuba abe yintloko yeCIA emva kokuba uLeon Panetta abe ngunobhala wezokhuselo.
(Iindaba zeBBC)
