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Square pegs?

Ms Grant conceded to the London tribunal that if Ms Stillianova felt the faults in the report were fabrications then she had every right to feel aggrieved.

Ms Stillianova, a graduate who speaks several languages, argued that her prospects were blighted by the bad report, despite a good one from a previous department.

Christopher Waud, tribunal chairman, suggested that Alan Howden, general manager of the BBC’s programme acquisition department, may have acted improperly by deciding to dismiss Ms Stillianova in October 1992, merely on documentation.

- BBC sacked secretary who was a ‘square peg’, The Independent, June 29, 1994.

2. Currently, there is so much news about Petraeus’ affair that it's easy to overlook the fact that there were divisions between him and rank and file CIA personnel before the affair was ever revealed.

For example, Benghazi caused a significant amount of strife, because of the way Petraeus handled it, as did his domineering style of okaying and prohibiting drone strikes and other intelligence exercises. His style appears to have been a reflection of the fact that he was a square peg in a round hole at the CIA, where respect and trust do not come easy.

Regarding Benghazi, after the public relations disaster began to emerge in the days after September 11, Petraeus urged CIA personnel to “push back hard” and release their own timeline of the attack on the consulate and the “CIA safehouse.” Petraeus’ goal was to paint the CIA in a more positive light.