Peter King

The intelligence community said that al Qaeda was involved. That was taken out by someone in the White House.

To me, that was abuse and also, whoever the FBI agent was who came and told Congressman Rankin, who told Congressman Cantor, I mean he was breaching the investigation to the ethics of the investigation.

I'm not talking about guilt or innocence. I'm saying he's under a cloud. And I have great admiration for David Petraeus. I urged him to run for president. I've worked with him. He's a tremendous patriot.

Well, first of all, so what Fran said, the fact that this became an FBI investigation to begin with, then to me, once Director Petraeus came within the scope of the investigation, it's almost unprecedented for the FBI to be investigating…

If that's the case then it was a real dereliction of duty because the president's main job above all is to be commander-in-chief.

It seemed because there was a personal friendship between Jill Kelley and the FBI agent, that's what brought this along.

If he knew that he was being investigated, for instance, if David Petraeus was aware of that, he may have again tried to either tailor the testimony or modify it.

If that's the case, then it was a real dereliction of duty because the president's main job above all is to be commander in chief.

But once he came under this scope of the investigation, they had to have -- they should have notified the president because David Petraeus was involved in some of the most sensitive negotiations around the world.

If we are going to waste our time on something like this, which again, maybe there was something threatening there, but it really seems unusual in view of the cast of characters involved.

They should have gone to the president, told him what they had and let the president decide.

I have great admiration for David Petraeus. I urged him to run for president. I have worked with him. He's a tremendous patriot.

First of all, start with what Fran said, the fact this became an FBI investigation to begin with.

The FBI I don't think has handled itself very well in this at all.

I believe he had the absolute obligation to tell the president in fairness to the president what was happening.

If the president did find out about it and didn't act on it until after the election, that's equally wrong.

At that stage, the attorney general should have immediately gone to the president. It's the president that runs foreign policy, not the attorney general.

If they were going to do that, they should have immediately gone to the attorney general and also to the president of the United States because David Petraeus was a key part of the president's foreign policy team.

This is going to be a long haul. There are a million customers out of power on Long Island. Over 90 percent of the customers are out. There's never been anything like this before.

There is nothing like this has ever hit Long Island before, certainly not in the last 70 years. I was at Lindenhurst today, Long Beach, Freeport, they have been absolutely devastated. That's the only way I can describe it.

If we get a clear unequivocal statement, not somebody saying it's garbage or anything else. We get the attorney general, secretary of state, to say emphatically that he will never, ever be released from an American prison and he will die…

All they have to do is that the blind sheikh is going to die in an American jail. Don't say there's no plan, because that means there could be a plan tomorrow.

The release of he Abdel Rahman or any terrorist who plots to kill innocent Americans would be seen for what it is, a sign of weakness and a lack of resolve by the United States and its president.

That does not say it's not going to happen. That was not unequivocal.

All they have to say is that the blind sheik is going to die in an American jail.