High-level officials at the FBI and the Justice Department were notified in the late summer that agents had uncovered what appeared to be an extramarital affair involving CIA director David Petraeus, the New York Times reports.
“But law enforcement officials did not notify anyone outside the F.B.I. or the Justice Department until last week because the investigation was incomplete and initial concerns about possible security breaches, which would demand more immediate action, did not appear to be justified.”
