Headline: “Sources: Petraeus Mistress Had Substantial Classified Data on Computer”
WATCHDOG: Talk about sexism! A mistress is a kept woman. The lady in question is a wife and self supporting.
Incidentally, as a reserve officers, she had clearance for the data. Enough already.
She was his girl friend, perhaps his lover, but hardly his mistress.
You have no idea if she was authorized to have the classified data in her possession. The “need to know” factor is always there.