TEL AVIV – Did Paula Broadwell, the alleged mistress of ex-CIA Director David Petraeus, reveal a secret CIA detention center in Benghazi during a public speech she gave last month?

Broadwell, a former counterterror operative, co-authored a bestselling biography of Petraeus, titled "All In." She discussed the book during a keynote speech on Oct. 26 at a University of Denver alumni symposium. The speech is available in full on YouTube.

During a question-and-answer session, Broadwell was asked about this year's Sept. 11 attacks against the U.S. mission in Benghazi.

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She stated: "Now I don't know if a lot of you heard this, but the CIA annex had actually had taken a couple of Libya militia members prisoner. And they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to try to get these prisoners back. So that's still being vetted."

The existence of a U.S. prison or CIA detention center in Benghazi would be a new development in the debate surrounding the attacks there. The information does not appear to be publicly known.

An extensive WND search of news media coverage of the Benghazi attacks could find no mention of prisoners being held at the CIA annex.

Yesterday, the New York Times reported that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor spoke to an FBI whistleblower two weeks ago who accused Petraeus of not only having an extramarital affair, but potentially jeopardizing the security of classified information.

During the same university speech, Broadwell may have also divulged information that Petraeus knew "within 24 hours" of CIA annex's request for reinforcements, reported Israel National News.

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"The challenging thing for Gen. Petraeus," she stated, "is that in his new position, he's not allowed to communicate with the press. So he's known all of this – they had correspondence with the CIA station chief in Libya, within 24 hours they kind of knew what was happening."

Earlier she had said the military could have sent reinforcements.

"They were requesting the – it's called the C-in-C's In Extremis Force – a group of Delta Force operators, our very, most talented guys we have in the military. They could have come and reinforced the consulate and the CIA annex."

With additional research by Joshua Klein

In light of the Petraeus scandal, should a public servant resign over infidelity? No, the "scandal" of infidelity is just leftovers from an outdated American Puritanism

No, Democrats do this all the time, and they rarely ever resign. Why should good people go?

No, a person shouldn't have to quit for a single judgment error in his or her personal life

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In most cases no, but Petraeus' situation left a key intelligence officer open to blackmail, so ...

If it could put him in a compromising position, he really doesn't have much choice

While it's not necessary to resign, it should at least be considered

Yes, a failure of character reflects badly upon his or her organization

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