Two reasons ac, one being when an official receives the high security clearance that Petraeus had, they sign away some of their civil liberties to the FBI, The FBI can monitor bank accounts, emails, medical records, and look for red flags such as large unexplainable deposits of money, history of addiction, membership on a marijuana forum, etc, anything that might affect the official and his credibility.
Two, alot of the reports seem to be saying that it is the result of a cyber stalking/threatening investigation between Petraeus' mistress and a socialite friend of Petraeus. Any type of cyber crime particularly the interstate type is a federal offense and falls under the FBI's juridiction.
To me the most concerning aspect of this is that the acting director of the CIA thought that gmail was a secure enough e-mail to use for shit that could cost him his job.I mean, are the fucking analysts using aol or some shit? Are they doing yahoo searches to find terrorists?
What The Fuck.