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A Gallery of a Scandal
A Gallery of a Scandal
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November 15, 2012, 2:32 PM
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One single email started a chain of events that eventually led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus.
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FBI Search
An FBI agent carries boxes from the home of Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director, in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
FBI Search
An FBI agent carries boxes from the home of Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director, in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Paula Broadwell's Home
The home of Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director, is shown as FBI agents conduct a search inside in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Gen. David Petraeus
FILE - This Sept. 6, 2011 file photo shows Holly Knowlton Petraeus holding the family bible as her husband David Petraeus is sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden as CIA Director, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Petraeus has resigned as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Jill Kelley's Home
This photo taken Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 shows the home of Jill Kelley in Tampa, Fla. Jill Kelley is identified as the woman who received threatening emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Jill Kelley
Jill Kelley leaves her home Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Jill Kelley
Jill Kelley looks out the window of her home Tuesday, Nov 12, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Honorary Consul
In this Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 photo, Jill Kelley leaves her home in Tampa, Fla. driving a car with an honorary consul general license plate. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. Kelley cited her status as an honorary consul general Monday while complaining in a 911 call about news vans that had descended on her home overlooking Tampa Bay. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Jill Kelley
Jill Kelley leaves her home Monday, Nov 12, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located.
Jill Kelley
Jill Kelley se retira de su casa en Tampa, Florida, el martes 13 de noviembre de 2012. Kelley fue identificada como la mujer que recibió supuestamente mensajes agresivos de Paula Braodwell, amante del general David Petraeus. (Foto AP/Chris O'Meara)
Foto AP/Chris O'Meara
Dr. & Mrs. Kelley
In this March 30, 2007 photo Dr. Scott Kelley, left and his wife Jill Kelley pose for a photo in Tampa, Fla. Jill Kelley's attempt to climb the Tampa social ladder _ the rungs of which included some high-ranking military officials _ has come to an ignominious halt. Accounts of lavish parties at her bayfront mansion have been replaced by reports of her family's financial woes and other dirty laundry, and claims that she traded on her acquaintance with David Petraeus to try to further lucrative business dealings. Now, even her "Friends of MacDill" Air Force base access pass has been unceremoniously revoked. (AP Photo/Tampa Bay Magazine) MANDATORY CREDIT
Dr. & Mrs. Kelley
In this undated photo Dr. Scott Kelley, left and his wife Jill Kelley pose for a photo in Tampa, Fla. Jill Kelley's attempt to climb the Tampa social ladder _ the rungs of which included some high-ranking military officials _ has come to an ignominious halt. Accounts of lavish parties at her bayfront mansion have been replaced by reports of her family's financial woes and other dirty laundry, and claims that she traded on her acquaintance with David Petraeus to try to further lucrative business dealings. Now, even her "Friends of MacDill" Air Force base access pass has been unceremoniously revoked. (AP Photo/Tampa Bay Magazine) MANDATORY CREDIT
Kelley's Home
This photo taken Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 shows the home of Jill Kelley in Tampa, Fla. Jill Kelley is identified as the woman who received threatening emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Dr. & Mrs.Kelley
In this May 16, 2011 photo Dr. Scott Kelley, right, and his wife Jill Kelley pose for a photo in Tampa, Fla. Jill Kelley's attempt to climb the Tampa social ladder _ the rungs of which included some high-ranking military officials _ has come to an ignominious halt. Accounts of lavish parties at her bayfront mansion have been replaced by reports of her family's financial woes and other dirty laundry, and claims that she traded on her acquaintance with David Petraeus to try to further lucrative business dealings. Now, even her "Friends of MacDill" Air Force base access pass has been unceremoniously revoked. (AP Photo/Tampa Bay Magazine) MANDATORY CREDIT
Dr. Scott Kelley
Dr. Scott Kelley, husband of Jill Kelley, leaves the family home Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Jill Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Lt. Gen. John Allen
FILE -- In an April 28, 2011 file photo Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The sex scandal that led to CIA Director David Petraeus' downfall widened Tuesday with word the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is under investigation for thousands of alleged "inappropriate communications" with another woman involved in the case. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak/file)
General John Allen
File - In this Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, U.S. General John Allen stands during a media conference after a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels. In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom Petraeus had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Generals
This combination of file photos from 2008-2012 shows, top row from left, Gens. David McKiernan, Stanley A. McChrystal, bottom row from left, David Petraeus and John Allen in Afghanistan. The four U.S. generals led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Frederick Humphries' Home
This photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 shows the home owned by FBI agent Frederick Humphries in Dover, Fla. Humphries is the FBI agent who allegedly sent shirtless photos of himself to Jill Kelley. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Frederick Humphries
In this July 27, 2005 photo, FBI Agent Frederick Humphries speaks during a news conference after the sentencing of Ahmed Ressam at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Humphries has been identified as the agent socialite Jill Kelley contacted to complain about harassing emails sent by Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey
Frederick Humphries
In this July 27, 2005 photo, FBI agent Frederick Humphries appears during a news conference after the sentencing of Ahmed Ressam at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Humphries has been identified as the agent socialite Jill Kelley contacted to complain about harassing emails sent by Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey
Frederick Humphries
In this July 27, 2005 photo, FBI Agent Frederick Humphries speaks during a news conference after the sentencing of Ahmed Ressam at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Humphries has been identified as the agent socialite Jill Kelley contacted to complain about harassing emails sent by Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey
Sen. Susan Collins
Following a meeting with Sen.-elect Angus King of Maine, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, tells reporters that she wants answers from disgraced CIA Director David Petraeus about the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya, on the American consulate, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A gallery of a scandal
This July 13, 2011, photo made available on the International Security Assistance Force's Flickr website shows the former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus, left, shaking hands with Paula Broadwell, co- author of "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus."As details emerge about Petraeus' extramarital affair with his biographer, Broadwell, including a second woman who allegedly received threatening emails from the author, members of Congress say they want to know exactly when the now ex-CIA director and retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner. (AP Photo/ISAF)
AP Photo/ISAF
Paula Broadwell
In this Jan. 15, 2012 photo, Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography "All In," poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. Petraeus carried on the affair with Broadwell, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) LOCAL TV OUT (WSOC, WBTV, WCNC, WCCB); LOCAL PRINT OUT (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, CREATIVE LOAFLING, CHARLOTTE WEEKLY, MECHLENBURG TIMES, CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE, CHARLOTTE PARENTS) LOCAL RADIO OUT (WBT)
WBT
Gen. David & Holly Petraeus
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2009 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus, commander U.S. Central Command, left, stands with his wife Holly before the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa, Fla. Gen. Petraeus, the retired four- star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File
Paula Broadwel
In the frame grab from C-SPAN Book TV video taken Feb. 6, 2012, author Paula Broadwell speaks to an audience about the book she co- authored, "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus," at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington. The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Broadwell, to another woman, and eventually led the FBI to discover he was having an affair, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Petraeus quit Friday, Nov. 9, after acknowledging an extramarital relationship. (AP Photo/C-SPAN Book TV)
Gen. David & Holly Petraeus
FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus, standing with his wife Holly, participates in an armed forces farewell tribute and retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va. Gen. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Petraeus Family
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2004 file photo, Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, center, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, kisses his wife, Holly, second left, as his son, Stephen, left, and daughter, Anne, right, look on upon his return home from Iraq to Fort Campbell, Ky. Gen. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, File)
Generals
FILE POOL - In this July 9, 2011 file photo, USMC Gen. John Allen, left, and Army Gen. David Petraeus, top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and incoming CIA Director, greet former CIA Director and new U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, as he lands in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)
Gen. David Petraeus
FILE - In this May 14, 2004 file photo, then- Maj. Gen. David Petraeus greets old friends before handing over command of the 101st Airborne Division to Maj. Gen. Tom Turner at Fort Campbell, Ky. Petraeus, the retired four- star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, File)
AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, File
Paula Broadwell
In this Jan. 15, 2012 photo, Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography "All In," poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. Petraeus carried on the affair with Broadwell, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) LOCAL TV OUT (WSOC, WBTV, WCNC, WCCB); LOCAL PRINT OUT (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, CREATIVE LOAFLING, CHARLOTTE WEEKLY, MECHLENBURG TIMES, CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE, CHARLOTTE PARENTS) LOCAL RADIO OUT (WBT)
WBT
Gen. David Petraeus
FILE - In this June 29, 2010 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Gen. David Petraeus
FILE - In this June 23, 2011, file photo, Gen. David Petraeus, center, walks with his wife Holly, left, past a seated Paula Broadwell, rear right, as he arrives to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing on his nomination to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus quit Nov. 9, 2012, after acknowledging an extramarital relationship. As questions arise about the extramarital affair between Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, she has remained quiet about details of their relationship. However, information has emerged about Jill Kelley, the woman who received the emails from Broadwell that led to the FBI's discovery of Petraeus' indiscretion. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File
Holly Petraeus
FILE - In this June 23, 2011 file photo, Holly Petraeus looks on as her husband, then-CIA Director nominee Gen. David Petraeus, testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gen. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File
Gen. David Petraeus
FILE - In this June 23, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Gen. David Petraeus, announces that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Paula Broadwell
Paula Broadwell looks into the refrigerator in the kitchen of her brother's house in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Broadwell is CIA Director David Petraeus' biographer, with whom he had an affair that led to his abrupt resignation last Friday. It was Broadwell's threatening emails to Jill Kelley, a Florida woman who is a Petraeus family friend, that led to the FBI's discovery of communications between Broadwell and Petraeus indicating they were having an affair. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Paula Broadwell
Paula Broadwell is seen in the kitchen of her brother's house in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Broadwell is CIA Director David Petraeus' biographer, with whom he had an affair that led to his abrupt resignation last Friday. It was Broadwell's threatening emails to Jill Kelley, a Florida woman who is a Petraeus family friend, that led to the FBI's discovery of communications between Broadwell and Petraeus indicating they were having an affair. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
AP Photo/Cliff Owen
FBI Search
FBI agents leave the home of Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director, after a search in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
FBI Search
An FBI agent carries boxes to the home of Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director, in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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