Disgraced Former CIA Chief Rebuilds Career
BURNETT: Our third story, OUTFRONT, the rehabilitation of David Petraeus. So nine months after a scandalous affair forced the former CIA director to resign as America's top spy. The four-star general is trying to rebuild his career and his reputation. Pentagon correspondent, Chris Lawrence is OUTFRONT with the story.</s>CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): David Petraeus went from wearing four stars to directing CIA spies to disgrace ex-official. Nine months after an affair with Paula Broadwell brought his career crashing down. Petraues is reinventing himself in America's media capital, taking a teaching gig at City University of New York.</s>GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS, RETIRED, FORMER CIA DIRECTOR: Life doesn't stop with such a mistake and can and must go on.</s>LAWRENCE: Petraeus joins a long line of officials who are re-emerging from scandals -- public relations expert, Marina Ein has counseled everyone from Gary Condit of the Chandra Levy scandal to Dominique Strauskahn. (on camera): So how would you grade Petraues?</s>MARINA EIN, PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERT: I think he gets an A plus.</s>LAWRENCE: Ein says Petraeus followed the rehab playbook, take immediate responsibility, apologize to the right people, his wife and the American people, and remove yourself from controversy, meaning don't fight to stay on as CIA director. It didn't hurt that the president granted Petraeus a graceful exit.</s>PRESIDENT OBAMA: He has provided this country an extraordinary service.</s>EIN: What could be a more attractive thing than that kind of send off.</s>LAWRENCE: But Petraeus' past hasn't been perfect. He was set to make $150,000 for teaching 15 to 20 students three hours a week.</s>MARTIN SNYDER, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS: My initial reaction was outrageous.</s>LAWRENCE: Dr. Martin Snyder says most professors would get $3,000 for teaching that seminar, and the school's mission is to provide an affordable education.</s>SNYDER: Its rule is not to make General Petraues look better.</s>LAWRENCE: The former general retreated. Petraues quickly said he'll do it for $1.</s>EIN: Once again, it's how he is quick on his feet. I would say before the ink was dry on that first story there was no story.</s>LAWRENCE: but some becoming professors at colleges is nothing more than a holding tank.</s>SNYDER: That kind of rehab center for people who have failed and they need to regain respectability somehow.</s>LAWRENCE: Well, Petraues is also lecturing at the University of Southern California, and as a private school it doesn't have to reveal its salary. But in one e-mail made public, Petraeus wrote, you won't believe what USC will pay per week.</s>BURNETT: Thanks very much to you, Chris Lawrence. Still to come, one of the women Ariel Castro held captive returned to that house. We're going to tell you why she went and why she wanted to go inside. Plus a death row crisis in Texas. The state is running out of the most important supply required to kill people. And Hawaii, it has a solution for its homeless problem. You're going have to see and hear this to believe it. Does it add up?