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DonViejo

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:20 PM Nov 2012

OFFICIAL: PETRAEUS PARAMOUR EMAILED WOMAN IN FLA [View all]

Source: AP


BY ADAM GOLDMAN AND KIMBERLY DOZIER
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior U.S. military official says the author who had an affair with David Petraeus sent harassing emails to a woman who was the State Department's liaison to the military's Joint Special Operations Command.

The official says 37-year-old Jill Kelley in Tampa, Fla., received the emails from Petraeus biographer Paula Broadwell that triggered an FBI investigation.

The official was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Another person who knows Kelley and Petraeus confirmed their friendship and said she saw him often.



Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PETRAEUS_RESIGNS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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I really don't care who has sex with whom. But state secrets sharings is wrong. uppityperson Nov 2012 #1
State secrets are wrong! pocoloco Nov 2012 #40
True 99.999% of the time :) pam4water Nov 2012 #44
i dont know if men do this, but, why do these other women expect a cheater not to cheat. seabeyond Nov 2012 #2
never thought donnasgirl Nov 2012 #3
Because their cheating is a passionate, "for the ages" romance Alekei_Firebird Nov 2012 #13
i am a pragmatic soul. that gets in the way of this kind of thinking. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #14
Not only that... HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #17
that is the point. yes. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #24
Anyone who'll cheat with you is capable of cheating on you. n/t Qutzupalotl Nov 2012 #43
exactly: cheat with me, cheat on me! Carolina Nov 2012 #63
Is there info about an affair between Petraeus and Jill Kelley? JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2012 #65
today, it is looking more like kelly's were jsut friends and there is much more to the story. seabeyond Nov 2012 #66
Oh man... SoapBox Nov 2012 #4
I can't help feeling a little impressed. TWO?! Both under 40, too. aletier_v Nov 2012 #6
lol that's right support our vets!! kooljerk666 Nov 2012 #8
I'm still chuckling about the title of that book... SoapBox Nov 2012 #9
Your DU name here is fitting, I must say. What a really crass thing to say...ir reflects poorly on CTyankee Nov 2012 #26
I could smell the sarcasm of that post at 500 paces SemperEadem Nov 2012 #33
Not if one can read. Which I can. CTyankee Nov 2012 #35
sorry it reminded me of an old recruiting commericial............ kooljerk666 Nov 2012 #41
I laughed Skittles Nov 2012 #60
I did, too SemperEadem Nov 2012 #67
oh yeah Skittles Nov 2012 #69
This situation appears to be about security breaches and rury Nov 2012 #5
Well, somebody's britches breached. nt Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #7
LOL timber84 Nov 2012 #29
STOP IT ELEANOR Skittles Nov 2012 #61
check out this article aletier_v Nov 2012 #22
I'd consider the source here. dawn frenzy adams Nov 2012 #32
There's a link to the youtube video aletier_v Nov 2012 #42
This Might Get Good colsohlibgal Nov 2012 #10
Does Jerry Springer know about this? jsr Nov 2012 #11
We are so naughty here in FL :P darkangel218 Nov 2012 #12
I guess FL had to be involved in something like that. LisaL Nov 2012 #15
I would be embarrassed if it were my state...but maybe standards are different here... CTyankee Nov 2012 #25
Still mad that i dont like Italy? lol!! nt darkangel218 Nov 2012 #28
well, no, but it reinforces something I do not particularly like. Sorry if it doesn't please you... CTyankee Nov 2012 #31
The woman, Jill Kelley lives in FLA underthematrix Nov 2012 #16
I want details! Evergreen Emerald Nov 2012 #18
Has anyone else noticed, both Petreaus alleged mistresses husbands are named Scott darkangel218 Nov 2012 #19
Oh, and both husbands are DOCTORS!, darkangel218 Nov 2012 #20
and there's a twin sister, almost out of a movie script, really. aletier_v Nov 2012 #21
holy shit thats not good!! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #23
this surprised me more than the affair aletier_v Nov 2012 #27
It definitely sounds like classified information to me. underthematrix Nov 2012 #39
Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #30
It appears paula's about to get her own education... SemperEadem Nov 2012 #34
interesting fox article - apparently ANOTHER party involved aletier_v Nov 2012 #36
That is weird. I don't think this is being reported by anyone else. Glimmer of Hope Nov 2012 #51
Something smells here to me. With our government potentially spying on everyone, why rhett o rick Nov 2012 #37
where's the evidence that Petraeus was not under surveillance? underthematrix Nov 2012 #45
Did Betrayus just have one "extramarital affair"? 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #38
Don't think so now aletier_v Nov 2012 #47
It appears from the evidence underthematrix Nov 2012 #48
I corrected my accusatory OP 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #52
so he couldn't have been banging Kelley since the FBI found no emails to that effect? olddad56 Nov 2012 #57
Probably. Usually, a man doesn't begin a series of 1monster Nov 2012 #49
I'm just now hearing on ABC News, that Jill Kelley was "just a friend" 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #53
I just read a post on DU which said the same and have added a disclaimer to my post. 1monster Nov 2012 #54
I'll repeat my current interpretation of Patraeus Affair aletier_v Nov 2012 #58
the other woman is now outed: amborin Nov 2012 #46
It appears Broadwell was sending harassing and underthematrix Nov 2012 #50
makes one wonder if he was banging them both. olddad56 Nov 2012 #56
I read somewhere that Jill Kelley is a Social Liaison and not employed by the State Department. ciking724 Nov 2012 #68
Effective post-election cilla4progress Nov 2012 #55
What a cluster mess of slime balls. PufPuf23 Nov 2012 #59
Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #62
Forget Gen. Jack Ripper, how about Gen. James Matoon Scott "Seven Days in May" ??? winstars Nov 2012 #64
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