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Mistress of US spy chief threatened State Department woman
The FBI uncovered the affair that led to the resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus, 60, while investigating threatening emails sent by his 40-year old lover to a second woman, US media reports said yesterday.
Petraeus, credited with turning the tide of the Iraq war, resigned on Friday after admitting an extramarital affair with a younger woman, sending shockwaves around Washington just three days after President Barack Obama's re-election, AFP reports.
It has emerged that his paramour was Paula Broadwell, a 40-year-old former Army major granted unprecedented access to the general as she co-authored a best-selling biography: All In: The Education of General David Petraeus. The book will now be seen in as different light now that emails such one that referred to ‘sex under a desk’ have been exposed. She also referred to the general as ‘peaches’ his nickname in emails.
Newspaper reports revealed that the affair came to light when the FBI was called in as part of a criminal investigation launched when a second woman complained that she had received vicious emails from Broadwell.
“It didn't start with Petraeus, but in the course of the investigation they stumbled across him,'' an unnamed congressional official briefed on the matter told The New York Times.
The threatening and harassing emails from Broadwell, a married mother of two, indicated that she thought the other woman was a potential rival for the 60-year-old general's affections, officials told the US media.
A government official told The New York Post that the emails contained such language as: “I know what you did,’’ “back off’’ and “stay away from my guy.’’
AP, citing a senior US military official, identified the other woman as 37-year-old Jill Kelley, a “social liaison'' to a Florida air force base who apparently had a longstanding friendship with Petraeus but no official status in the military. She was earlier identified as a State Department liaison.
The recipient of the emails was so frightened, according to the Washington Post, that several months ago she went to the FBI for protection and to help track down the sender.
The FBI soon uncovered Broadwell's sexually explicit correspondence with Petraeus, leading to initial fears of a national security breach if someone had broken into the CIA chief's private Gmail account.
Investigators first interviewed Petraeus “about two weeks ago,’’ law enforcement officials told the Post.
The FBI has concluded that there will not be criminal charges, US media reports said, citing law enforcement sources.
Obama's director of national intelligence James Clapper was only informed of the situation on Tuesday evening, providing a dramatic behind-the-scenes backdrop to the president's re-election night.
Clapper discussed things with Petraeus on Wednesday and advised him “the right thing to do would be to resign,’’' an intelligence official told the Times. Obama was not told until Thursday morning, the White House said.
Republicans have pointed to the fact that Petraeus was days away from testifying about the September 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya as evidence of some kind of conspiracy.
A leading Republican questioned why, if there were serious concerns about comprised intelligence, it took several months for the FBI to finally notify the Obama administration.
“It just doesn't add up,'' Peter King, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN. ``I have real questions about this. I think a timeline has to be looked at and analyzed to see what happened.''
Petraeus had been due to testify on Thursday about the Benghazi attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. CIA deputy director Michael Morell, now acting director, will testify in his place.
The chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, told Fox News Sunday she was angry at not being informed earlier and said Petraeus “may well’’ still be called at a later date.
Petraeus took over at the CIA a little more than a year ago.
He explained his resignation to CIA staff in a message released to the media on Friday.
“After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair,'' it said. ``Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours.''
Broadwell lives in North Carolina with her radiologist husband Scott and their two young sons.
She planned to celebrate her 40th birthday with a big party in Washington this weekend, but her husband has now emailed guests to cancel those invitations.
Mistress of US spy chief threatened State Department woman - The Standard
Obama should be thankful to the FBI for not exposing the case before the election. Someone should be promoted.
So Paula Broadwell tells Jill Kelley to back off. Sounds like a triangle here or sixsome if you're counting their poor respective spouses. What a mess!
The FBI uncovered the affair that led to the resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus, 60, while investigating threatening emails sent by his 40-year old lover to a second woman, US media reports said yesterday.
Petraeus, credited with turning the tide of the Iraq war, resigned on Friday after admitting an extramarital affair with a younger woman, sending shockwaves around Washington just three days after President Barack Obama's re-election, AFP reports.
It has emerged that his paramour was Paula Broadwell, a 40-year-old former Army major granted unprecedented access to the general as she co-authored a best-selling biography: All In: The Education of General David Petraeus. The book will now be seen in as different light now that emails such one that referred to ‘sex under a desk’ have been exposed. She also referred to the general as ‘peaches’ his nickname in emails.
Newspaper reports revealed that the affair came to light when the FBI was called in as part of a criminal investigation launched when a second woman complained that she had received vicious emails from Broadwell.
“It didn't start with Petraeus, but in the course of the investigation they stumbled across him,'' an unnamed congressional official briefed on the matter told The New York Times.
The threatening and harassing emails from Broadwell, a married mother of two, indicated that she thought the other woman was a potential rival for the 60-year-old general's affections, officials told the US media.
A government official told The New York Post that the emails contained such language as: “I know what you did,’’ “back off’’ and “stay away from my guy.’’
AP, citing a senior US military official, identified the other woman as 37-year-old Jill Kelley, a “social liaison'' to a Florida air force base who apparently had a longstanding friendship with Petraeus but no official status in the military. She was earlier identified as a State Department liaison.
The recipient of the emails was so frightened, according to the Washington Post, that several months ago she went to the FBI for protection and to help track down the sender.
The FBI soon uncovered Broadwell's sexually explicit correspondence with Petraeus, leading to initial fears of a national security breach if someone had broken into the CIA chief's private Gmail account.
Investigators first interviewed Petraeus “about two weeks ago,’’ law enforcement officials told the Post.
The FBI has concluded that there will not be criminal charges, US media reports said, citing law enforcement sources.
Obama's director of national intelligence James Clapper was only informed of the situation on Tuesday evening, providing a dramatic behind-the-scenes backdrop to the president's re-election night.
Clapper discussed things with Petraeus on Wednesday and advised him “the right thing to do would be to resign,’’' an intelligence official told the Times. Obama was not told until Thursday morning, the White House said.
Republicans have pointed to the fact that Petraeus was days away from testifying about the September 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya as evidence of some kind of conspiracy.
A leading Republican questioned why, if there were serious concerns about comprised intelligence, it took several months for the FBI to finally notify the Obama administration.
“It just doesn't add up,'' Peter King, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN. ``I have real questions about this. I think a timeline has to be looked at and analyzed to see what happened.''
Petraeus had been due to testify on Thursday about the Benghazi attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. CIA deputy director Michael Morell, now acting director, will testify in his place.
The chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, told Fox News Sunday she was angry at not being informed earlier and said Petraeus “may well’’ still be called at a later date.
Petraeus took over at the CIA a little more than a year ago.
He explained his resignation to CIA staff in a message released to the media on Friday.
“After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair,'' it said. ``Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours.''
Broadwell lives in North Carolina with her radiologist husband Scott and their two young sons.
She planned to celebrate her 40th birthday with a big party in Washington this weekend, but her husband has now emailed guests to cancel those invitations.
Mistress of US spy chief threatened State Department woman - The Standard
Obama should be thankful to the FBI for not exposing the case before the election. Someone should be promoted.
So Paula Broadwell tells Jill Kelley to back off. Sounds like a triangle here or sixsome if you're counting their poor respective spouses. What a mess!
I wanna be just like him when im 60! 
saw this chick as a threat because she is a family friend. Sent her a bunch of emails and this chick had a friend at the FBI.
