Was the general's affair a security risk?

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Reports are that his biographer/lover had access to Patraeus's email account.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/10/david-petraeus-resigns_n_2108966.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing6%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D232972

A New York Times story alleges that the woman was also involved in sending harassing emails to another female.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/us/fbi-said-to-have-stumbled-into-news-of-david-petraeus-affair.html

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