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    James Bond had tons of women, and yet Petraeus has one little affair

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    by robo_dev ·

    “There’s a double standard here. The head of the CIA gets caught having *** and has to resign. Meanwhile, a British special agent, James Bond, has *** with tons of women and makes $90 million at the box office. Where’s the justice?”
    -Craig Ferguson

    “David Petraeus was reportedly not well liked at the CIA where he worked. A tip to you fellows out there – don’t cheat on your wife if you work with professional spies who don’t like you.” -Conan O’Brien

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    • #2433899

      Most of bonds women died afterwards

      by slayer_ ·

      In reply to James Bond had tons of women, and yet Petraeus has one little affair

      So it worked out ok.

    • #2433897

      Bond was not married (well ok, briefly)

      by jamesrl ·

      In reply to James Bond had tons of women, and yet Petraeus has one little affair

      And he didn’t have affairs while married.

    • #2433892

      James Bond was a fictitious character

      by john.a.wills ·

      In reply to James Bond had tons of women, and yet Petraeus has one little affair

      In the real world we need people with both loyalty and self-respect in intelligence agencies. Someone without self-respect is liable to do anything, and someone who will not be true to his wife, a real live person, is unlikely to be true to the Republic, a legal abstraction.

      • #2433887

        Doesn’t follow

        by nicknielsen ·

        In reply to James Bond was a fictitious character

        …[i]someone who will not be true to his wife, a real live person, is unlikely to be true to the Republic, a legal abstraction. [/i]

        It all depends on your moral code. I’ve known dozens of [formerly] married men who considered betrayal of the country to be beyond the pale, while betraying their wives was a male prerogative. In short, they were “true to the Republic”, but not to their wives.

        • #2433885

          These would include

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to Doesn’t follow

          More than a few former politicians, religious leaders, military leaders…..

        • #2433881

          The problem with betraying your wife

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Doesn’t follow

          Philanderers in security positions leave themselves vulnerable to blackmail, the payment of which is likely to be in terms of secrets compromised. That’s why marital affairs invariably lead to a prompt revocation of security clearances, regardless of the level in the chain. Even if the ‘cheater’ doesn’t care who knows about his marital infidelity, he may still pay off in order to keep his job.

        • #2433873

          Absolutely

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to The problem with betraying your wife

          In the cases I personally knew about where higher-level access was involved, the blackmail was by commanders who became aware of the affair(s), then gave the men involved the choice of telling their wives to file for divorce on grounds of infidelity or losing the clearance.

          Every one of them chose to tell the wife…

        • #2433855

          And, of course, in terms of James Bond

          by robo_dev ·

          In reply to The problem with betraying your wife

          The biggest risk to him was always that the female spy typically worked for the enemy.

          Overall not good judgement, trying to keep something secret in a spy organization.

      • #2433882

        Fiction vs. reality.

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to James Bond was a fictitious character

        The quotations in the original post are jokes made by late-night comedians. No one is likely to seriously confuse Bond with real intelligence professionals of any country.

      • #2433861

        Spies are inherently dodgy…

        by ansugisalas ·

        In reply to James Bond was a fictitious character

        Honest folk don’t make good spies.
        The trick is to find people who are dodgy in the right amount, and in the right ways :p

    • #2433878

      That was in HIS job description, but not in the General’s one -nt

      by deadly ernest ·

      In reply to James Bond had tons of women, and yet Petraeus has one little affair

      nt

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