Cheat Sheet - Seven Tips for a Clandestine Affair

Today: Seven Tips for a Clandestine Affair , General Caught in Petraeus Scandal , FBI Agents Search Broadwell's Home November 13, 2012 ROOKIE MISTAKES 1. Seven Tips for a Clandestine Affair David Petraeus hoped to keep his infidelity from going public, but the spy chief made some rookie mistakes. From staying offline to leaving colleagues alone, The Daily Beast's Lizzie Crocker gives seven tips to keeping a lover under wraps. Plus, Michael Daly on the "cat fight" revealed in the Broadwell emails, Bruce Riedel on who will take charge at the CIA, and more on the Petraeus scandal. Read it at The Daily Beast DEVELOPING 2. General Caught in Petraeus Scandal It just gets worse—the sex scandal that brought down Gen. David Petraeus has widened to include Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon. The FBI is investigating between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of "potentially inappropriate" communications since 2010 between Allen and Jill Kelley, the Tampa woman whose initial call to the FBI uncovered Petraeus's affair with biographer Paula Broadwell. In a statement, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Allen would remain in his post while the investigation proceeds but asked the Senate to move up the confirmation of Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, his likely successor. It is unclear whether Allen will be subject to criminal prosecution—adultery is classified as a crime in the U.S. military. Read it at The Washington Post SCANDAL 3. FBI Agents Search Broadwell's Home FBI agents on Monday searched the North Carolina home of Paula Broadwell, the woman at the center of former CIA director David Petraeus's resignation. Agents left carrying boxes and bags of material, and they appeared to be taking photographs inside the house. They were reportedly looking for any classified or sensitive documents that may have been in Broadwell's possession. Meanwhile, two longtime military aides to Petraeus said on Monday that the retired four-star general had not intended to resign over the extramarital affair with Broadwell, and did so only after the affair became public. Read it at The Washington Post BACK TO WORK 4. Obama's Second-Term To-Do List Go for a grand bargain in Iran. Contain Syria. And forge better relations with China. P.J. Crowley on the administration's second-term foreign-policy agenda. Read it at The Daily Beast ON THE HILL 5. Congress Returns to Work Hope Congress enjoyed that weekend after the election. U.S. lawmakers will return to Washington on Tuesday to tackle the so-called fiscal cliff. They have imposed a seven-week deadline to reach an agreement to avoid having scheduled tax hikes and automatic budget cuts from going into effect at the end of the year. While both Republicans and Democrats generally agree that they need to avoid the $600 billion of draconian budget cuts and that they should be working on creating long-term deficit reduction and revising the tax code, the sides disagree on how to get over the immediate cuts. President Obama is scheduled to meet with top business, civil, and labor leaders on Friday—a meeting that a senior Republican said is expected to help "get the ball rolling" on negotiations. Read it at Reuters 'DANGEROUS PERSON' Britain to Free Jailed Muslim Cleric Avoids deportation to Jordan. SHUFFLE Report: Kerry Could Replace Panetta Susan Rice may be next secretary of state. SHAKEUP Windows Head Quits Microsoft Steven Sinofsky exits after 23 years. OH ELMO Elmo Actor's Emails Revealed Kevin Clash accused of having sex with teen. GET READY Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Released One in four gamers say they will call in sick to play. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Obama: Put a Ring on It As a couple of Obama For America staffers shared their engagement story with the president, the commander in chief gives them his best Beyonce impression. More Videos Five Unsolved Petraeus Mysteries by The Daily Beast What Liberals Want Now by Michelle Cottle Kristen Stewart's Style Evolution by Jeesoo Park

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