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In reply to the discussion: Three women intertwine in downfall of David Petraeus [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)32. Found it!!!!!
"A military officer who is a former member of Petraeuss staff said
Kelley was a self-appointed go-between for Central Command officers with Lebanese and other Middle Eastern government officials. She was a fixture at social and charity events involving Central Command officials in Tampa."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/tampa-woman-was-hostess-to-the-military-but-had-deep-financial-troubles/2012/11/13/45cea33c-2d19-11e2-9ac2-1c61452669c3_story_1.html
which would explain why Kelly was inter-acting with Petreus (which made Broadwell nervous)
AND
all those emails between her and Allen.
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Looks like they are all Bush people. The Freepers are probably digging hoping to find some dirt on
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#6
Never saw a Freeper who hated Petraius, other than being angry he continued to work for Obama.
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#25
Lol, you are ignoring the stupidity of Freepers. Some of the more stupid of them
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#54
Interesting, I wasn't aware of Kelley's connection to General Allen. And don't forget
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#27
20,000 emails?? In such a short time also, about 12 months I think since he replaced Petraeus.
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#36
And the web becomes more tangled. I doubt she was 'self-appointed'. But is someone can self appoint
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#40
just heard on NPR tonight, Allen sent Kelley 30,000 emails FBI is wading through
wordpix
Nov 2012
#49
And now all of our initial impressions have been blown by reports that these sisters
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#53
His name is Gerry Harrington and it's unclear from the news reports whether she was dating
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#57
No, she said her sister's husband tried to push her sister down the stairs. The judge didn't believe
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#5
no, next episode shows Kelley involved with NATO-USForces commander in Afghanistan!
grasswire
Nov 2012
#8
No. The article says that Kelley testified that her brother-in-law (Wolfe) had
politicaljunkie41910
Nov 2012
#22
Forget 'Real Housewives', this has the potential to develop into 'Soap'
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2012
#11
I can't think of her name - she is on Fox News now and was on a reality show
underpants
Nov 2012
#12
funny, I had the same Kardashian thought today...well, the sisters are middle Eastern...
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#34
Can't wait to see Joe Scar's head explode tomorrow on MJ. He's been trying SO HARD to make
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#35
can't wait to find out who that turns out to be - you know he will be exposed!
sammytko
Nov 2012
#60
Sounding like a way to get Benghazi "info" out to set up the President and/or Holder
mzteaze
Nov 2012
#51