if robert muller the FBI chief, knew about this before the election, that opens up a huge can of worms.
Did he pass it on to the WH staff? if not why not? and if he did? oh boy.
Before or after the election is irrelevant. Patraeus is seen as one of Bush's guys by the country. He is associated with Republicans, just like Robert Gates. All the speculation about him running for POTUS was that would run as a Republican.
oh right got it, like Tenet, whos he associated with?

go ahead, twist yourself into a pretzel some more.....
it matters a great deal, if they knew before the election, why did they wait or let him wait to tender his resignation? If Muller didn't tell them, why not? when did he find out?