What's the role of General John Allen in this Broadwell/Petraeus/Kelley mess?

[malaise]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-13/general-allen-under-investigation-for-e-mails-to-petraeus-friend.html
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The U.S. general in charge of allied forces in Afghanistan is under investigation after the FBI found e-mails showing inappropriate communication with a woman whose harassment complaint triggered the resignation of CIA Director David H. Petraeus, a U.S. defense official said.

John Allen, who was nominated last month to become NATO’s new Supreme Allied Commander, is under investigation by the Pentagon’s Inspector General after the Federal Bureau of Investigation found e-mails between him and Jill Kelley, according to the official who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity.
Enlarge image General Allen Under Investigation for E-Mails to Petraeus Friend

Army General David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, left, and Lt. Gen. John R. Allen, deputy commander of the U.S. Central Command, listen as U.S. President Barack Obama announces a reshuffling of his national security team at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 28, 2011. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg

Kelley is the Florida woman whose complaint to the FBI led to a probe that uncovered an affair between retired General Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, U.S. officials have said.
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Is he the shirtless wonder - I thought that person was FBI?

Looks like 'another one bites the dust'.

[GitRDun]

1. I feel like I am on some kind of acid trip

strapped to a horse on a merry-go-round operated by the Keebler elves and some twisted cult group!

WTF?

[Indpndnt]

2. Lol! It's like watching dominoes topple.

Really kinky dominoes with, apparently, all the free time in the world and an extramarital email obsession. [url=http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php][img][/img][/url]

[Shilo]

14. LOL

[Live and Learn]

6. Ditto! nt

[Live and Learn]

8. Make it stop. I'm dizzy and I have to get off.

Need to go to bed but scared I will miss the next piece of the puzzle. They are coming in so quickly.

[JI7]

3. he either did same thing as FBI guy or he was trying to threaten her

to keep quiet in order to protect the men doing inappropriate things.

[Tx4obama]

9. See link in comment #7 n/t

[Fumesucker]

4. "Powerful men have affairs" -David Gurgen n/t

[Jack Sprat]

5. No, Allen was hot for Kelley.

Interested enough to swap emails with her some 20,000 to 30,000 times. What bothers me is that I was hot for Jill Kelley myself. Her sister too, for that matter. I'm keener on Jill, but I would take her sister in a military minute. The thing is that I don't have any general stars and that seems to be the drawing card.

These dames don't care about a regular guy like me. They always chase the money, the cars, the stars, and the high times. Guess I'm just a chump. Never had any brains. I could have had something, anything, ...........I could have been a contender...a champ. I could have been somebody.

[Tx4obama]

7. General Allen is NOT the shirtless FBI guy. Looks like Gen Allen and Jill Kelley...

... might have been having a 2 year affair.

The Kelley-Allen emails (20,000 to 30,000 pages) were exchanged over a two year time period.

LBN OP, here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014302452


Edited to add the 'numbers'

[malaise]

10. Oh my!!

Shakes head.

[Tx4obama]

12. 20,000 to 30,000 pages of emails between Kelley and Allen!!! n/t

[malaise]

13. These are the men at the top of the chain

Time to rein them in!!! WTF????

[Indpndnt]

18. When did the General, you know, work?

Or did he command from behind his Blackberry as he typed away?

So very strange. [url=http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php][img][/img][/url]

[Live and Learn]

11. So he is the Cheshire Cat, right?

But then who is the Mad Hatter?

[Jack Sprat]

15. Shirtless FBI guy had the agenda.

The political agenda apparently that prompted him to break the story to the Washington state congressman. Where he thought he was going with it is still foggy to me. I don't even get the shirtless photos he sent to Jill Kelley. Maybe he was trying to make her gag or vomit, but I don't know what his motive was to make her physically or emotionally ill.

[Live and Learn]

16. That is pretty mad. nt

[malaise]

17. They are all mad

Long wars destroy men women, institutions and even countries.
The illegality encouraged by the Bush regime trickled down and all discipline fell apart.
Thankfully this will wipe out the neo-cons. Fuck the ReTHUGs - they'd do anything for power.