CIA Director David Petraeus resigns, cites extramarital affair

Story by NBC News
Written by Andrea Mitchell and Robert Windrem
File photo by Getty

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned today, citing an extramarital affair and "extremely poor judgement."

In a letter released to the CIA work force on Friday afternoon, Petraeus disclosed the affair, and wrote: "Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."

President Obama "graciously accepted my resignation," he wrote.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/09/15054517-cia-director-david-petraeus-resigns-cites-extramarital-affair?lite