# Why does the CIA director have to resign over something as ordinary as adultery?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 14, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953 "2012-11-14T04:18:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953/1 "2012-11-14T04:18:24Z")

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It makes no sense! Is there, perhaps, something more to this story than the sex?

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**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953/2 "2012-11-14T04:21:18Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> It makes no sense! Is there, perhaps, something more to this story than the sex?

We have a whole 'nother thread about this, Brain.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953/3 "2012-11-14T04:26:42Z")

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Narf!

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953/4 "2012-11-14T04:31:13Z")

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> [@Odesio](#):
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> We have a whole 'nother thread about this, Brain.

Three or four of them, in fact.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953/5 "2012-11-14T13:09:15Z")

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> [@Odesio](#):
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> We have a whole 'nother thread about this, Brain.

Indeed. With a [thread title almost identical to this one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=671835)

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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953/6 "2012-11-14T13:22:36Z")

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Which you have [participated in](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15695821&postcount=111).

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-cia-director-have-to-resign-over-something-as-ordinary-as-adultery/640953/7 "2012-11-14T14:42:49Z")

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And, since the links to the companion thread have been provided, I am closing this one.