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The siren and the spook

Frank Bruni

Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 | 2 a.m.

There were remarks galore about her unusually toned arms and the way she dressed to show them off. I even spotted a comment about how much of her armpits one of her outfits revealed, as if underarm exhibitionism were some sort of sexual sorcery, some aphrodisiac, the key to it all. The temptress must have been devious. The temptation must have been epic. That was the tired tone of some of the initial coverage of, and reaction to, the affair between David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, which had many people claiming surprise where there wasn’t cause for any, reverting to ...

Frank Bruni is a columnist for The New York Times.

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By CarmineD (Carmine DiFazio)

Nov. 14, 2012

4:30 a.m.

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Looks like a sex scandal MAY, MAY, actually get the liberal lamestream media to investigate the murders of 4 American heroes. Sad. Sex wins, and murders lose.

CarmineD