David Petraeus
publication date: Friday, November 30, 2012 (part of Fall 2012)
category: Military
clue: The high-flying career of a CIA director has been brought down to Earth by Gmail.
explanation: Petraeus's career-ending affair with his biographer came to light due to emails stored and sent on Gmail. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, and Aaron Shurtleff
trivia: This goo could have been part of the "Pride Goeth Before a Fall" theme if the scandal had happened in time, but Petraeus had already been a goo once before.

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