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FBI Agent In Petraeus Case Removed After Sending Shirtless Photos To Jill Kelley
2012-11-13
Oh good grief. Do we have any federal law enforcement agency that can behave itself?
The federal agent who launched the investigation that eventually led to the resignation of CIA director David Petraeus was taken off the case during the summer over concerns that he "might have grown obsessed with the matter," The Wall Street Journal reports.

The FBI agent began the inquiry on behalf of a friend, Jill Kelley, who reportedly received about a half a dozen hostile emails from Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell.
The agent referred the matter to a cyber crimes unit but was prohibited from the any role in the investigation after the FBI found out that he sent shirtless photos of himself to Kelley, people familiar with the probe told The WSJ.

After being barred from the case, the agent contacted representative David Reichert (R-Wash.) out of concern that senior FBI officials were going to "sweep the matter under the rug," according to two officials familiar with the matter.

The WSJ also provides details about the emails sent from Broadwell to Kelley:
Ms. Broadwell allegedly used a variety of email addresses to send the harassing messages to Ms. Kelley, officials said. One asked if Ms. Kelley's husband was aware of her actions, according to officials. In another, the anonymous writer claimed to have watched Ms. Kelley touching "him'' provocatively underneath a table, the officials said.

The new developments raise questions about how the FBI handled the case, The WSJ notes.
Posted by:Steve White

#12  It gets weirder. WhoseherButt Broadwell's driver liscense was found in a park and Jill Whoseherboobs called 911 asking for diplomatic protection.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2012-11-13 18:52  

#11  Pathetic we have to get our news from the Daily Mail.
Payback for pradling on about Edward VII and that Simpson woman.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-11-13 17:06  

#10  Pathetic we have to get our news from the Daily Mail.
Posted by: Creresing Barnsmell5798   2012-11-13 13:47  

#9  Hard to tell who's the urinal, who's the pee an' who's the biscuit...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2012-11-13 13:34  

#8  Well, she much be a real hottie --- it's not money he was after:

Petraeus whistle blower and her surgeon husband are 'broke, owe millions and are the target of foreclosures'

The housewife and whistle blower at the center of the David Petraeus sex scandal may have been hoping for some financial gain by lifting the lid on the affair, after it emerged today she and her husband are broke.

Tampa socialite Jill Kelley, 37, and her cancer surgeon husband Scott owe millions to banks after the collapse of their real estate holdings in 2010.

The Kelleys are currently the targets of at least four indebtedness lawsuits and two foreclosures in Hillsborough County, according to court records. Gossip Extra reported today that the Kelleys are fighting to keep their properties
Posted by: Sherry   2012-11-13 12:23  

#7  Ace of Spades says it best: "You can't even make this shit up. It's not a love triangle. It's a love Pentagon."

Posted by: Uncle Phester   2012-11-13 08:38  

#6  "A fish rots from the head down" is coming true. That seems like a really apt description. This whole ball of wax just keeps growing. When is George Bush or the Republicans going to be blamed?

IMO Benghazi is still the unreported story.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-11-13 08:31  

#5  The new developments raise questions about how the FBI handled the case, The WSJ notes.
Posted by Steve White


....FBI handling of ANY case!
Posted by: Besoeker on the road again   2012-11-13 07:56  

#4  Between Broadwell and Kelley, it looks like MILF finally struck a major international blow for terrorism.

Posted by: Penguin   2012-11-13 02:19  

#3  Is there anybody that works for the federal government these days that is NOT a fuckin brainless clown?
Posted by: tu3031   2012-11-13 01:17  

#2  Whoa, ZIPPER-GATE + TEE[shirt]-GATE???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-11-13 00:18  

#1  Oh good grief. Do we have any federal law enforcement agency that can behave itself? Maybe the old proverb "A fish rots from the head down" is coming true.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-11-13 00:04  

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