Interesting stuff here..........
This is from a friend of mine at the Hoover Institute. The last sentence summarizes it all.
This explains where she is coming from and possibly why General Petreaus might have become involved with her.
Of special interest. At
Century High School in Bismarck, ND, Paula Broadwell excelled in and
out of the classroom earning all state basketball honors, orchestra
concert mistress, student council president, homecoming queen, and
valedictorian.
At West Point, she had a dual major in systems engineering and political geography, ran cross-country and track, and competed in the high jump. She earned 12 varsity letters. Graduating number one in physical fitness in West Point’s Class of 1995, a class whose size numbers 1015 with 87% men, she selected Military Intelligence Corps and an initial posting to Korea to serve as a platoon leader on the DMZ.
Assignments followed in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. They included the command of an International Defense Intelligence Agency Document Exploitation Unit in Bosnia and as a senior intelligence and security officer for the largest Military Police Battalion in the Army based in Mannheim, Germany, sparking an interest in covert military operations.
As a senior Army Captain, Broadwell entered into the world of black operations but traded her active duty commission for one in the Army reserves when she become engaged to Scott Broadwell.
Recalled to active duty shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, Broadwell was assigned as a special operations command intelligence planner in Europe. Her role included planning of strikes on counter-terrorist targets in Africa, the Caucuses region and Afghanistan. She expanded her physical skill by engaging in several self-defense and combative courses, and earning Airborne qualifications from four countries.
She returned to graduate school earning dual masters degrees in International Security and Conflict Resolution from the University of Denver and a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She also studied Arabic and Middle Eastern culture at the University of Jordan in Amman.
She was the Deputy Director of the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies at Tufts University in 2006. The Center’s mission was to increase the understanding and competency of counter-terrorism professionals at various levels. When General David Petraeus assumed command of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq, the Jebsen Center provided his command group with robust research and analysis of counter-terrorism alternatives.
Paula’s research to support Gen. Petraeus led her to develop expertise in counter-terror financing, political risk analysis, social network modeling and the strategic leadership of national security organizations. It also inspired her to pursue a doctoral degree in organizational management. But as she got to know Petraeus, her interest in transformational leadership grew.
Successfully petitioning her doctoral advisors at Kings College War Studies Department at the University of London for a change, Paula’s dissertation became focused on adaptive leadership and the military leadership trajectory of Gen. David Petraeus.
She was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves in summer 2012. And, most important of all, she has huge tits.
At West Point, she had a dual major in systems engineering and political geography, ran cross-country and track, and competed in the high jump. She earned 12 varsity letters. Graduating number one in physical fitness in West Point’s Class of 1995, a class whose size numbers 1015 with 87% men, she selected Military Intelligence Corps and an initial posting to Korea to serve as a platoon leader on the DMZ.
Assignments followed in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. They included the command of an International Defense Intelligence Agency Document Exploitation Unit in Bosnia and as a senior intelligence and security officer for the largest Military Police Battalion in the Army based in Mannheim, Germany, sparking an interest in covert military operations.
As a senior Army Captain, Broadwell entered into the world of black operations but traded her active duty commission for one in the Army reserves when she become engaged to Scott Broadwell.
Recalled to active duty shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, Broadwell was assigned as a special operations command intelligence planner in Europe. Her role included planning of strikes on counter-terrorist targets in Africa, the Caucuses region and Afghanistan. She expanded her physical skill by engaging in several self-defense and combative courses, and earning Airborne qualifications from four countries.
She returned to graduate school earning dual masters degrees in International Security and Conflict Resolution from the University of Denver and a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She also studied Arabic and Middle Eastern culture at the University of Jordan in Amman.
She was the Deputy Director of the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies at Tufts University in 2006. The Center’s mission was to increase the understanding and competency of counter-terrorism professionals at various levels. When General David Petraeus assumed command of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq, the Jebsen Center provided his command group with robust research and analysis of counter-terrorism alternatives.
Paula’s research to support Gen. Petraeus led her to develop expertise in counter-terror financing, political risk analysis, social network modeling and the strategic leadership of national security organizations. It also inspired her to pursue a doctoral degree in organizational management. But as she got to know Petraeus, her interest in transformational leadership grew.
Successfully petitioning her doctoral advisors at Kings College War Studies Department at the University of London for a change, Paula’s dissertation became focused on adaptive leadership and the military leadership trajectory of Gen. David Petraeus.
She was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves in summer 2012. And, most important of all, she has huge tits.
Wired Thinks Paula Broadwell Is One of the Most Dangerous People In The World, Which Is Sad
Katie J.M. Baker
"There used to be an established order to the world," writes Noah Shachtman in the intro to Wired's "15 Most Dangerous People in the World" feature. "A structure to things. You couldn't print a gun like a term paper. It was impossible to wreck a nuclear production plant with a few lines of code. Flying robots didn't descend on you in the dead of night and kill you in your home."He's so right! The world is a terrifying place, run by evil geniuses pulling the puppet strings. Who are they, pray tell?
Well, #15 — the only woman on the list — is Paula Broadwell:
One day you're pitching a biography of a top general. The next you've brought down a CIA director, stalled the career of another top general and ensnared numerous federal agencies - and yourself - in a sprawling investigation-cum-media circus. Paula Broadwell didn't mean to wreck any careers, but she accomplished something that no U.S. adversary could: remove David Petraeus from the U.S. government.Uh, no, Petraeus removed himself from office, and he also chose to sleep with Broadwell. Spencer Ackerman, who wrote the piece, does mention that "Petraeus, and not Broadwell, is ultimately responsible for his own poor decision-making" (you think?) but only with the caveat that "the next time a cabinet official sleeps around, he'd better make sure his mistress keeps the affair offline." Or he could not sleep around. Or he could sleep around, and take responsibility for his actions! Or he could sleep around, take responsibility for his actions, and Wired could portray him as a bit of a martyr who was ruined by a vindictive whore.
As of this week, Broadwell isn't even facing cyberstalking charges any longer. So why is she on this list instead of Petraeus? Because she's hot.
Seriously, Wired: we know end-of-the-year slideshows make for killer page views, but Paula Broadwell doesn't belong on a list with terrorists and drug traffickers. Lame.
[Wired]
