Jamie McIntyre is the former Senior Pentagon Correspondent for CNN, and an Adjunct Professor of Journalism at the University of Maryland. He blogs on military and media issues at" Jamie McIntyre's Line of Departure," lineofdeparture.com.

Why is a general so lionized hanging up his uniform for a back-bench position? Jamie McIntyre on why Petraeus is headed for the CIA—and not the Pentagon—and how he can help the agency that helped kill Osama bin Laden. Plus, full coverage of bin Laden.

The whispers that began floating around Washington last month that Afghanistan commander David...]]>