Major players David Petraeus David Petraeus (born 7 November 1952) is an American former
military officer and public official. He served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 6 September 2011, until his resignation on 9 November 2012. CIA Deputy Director
Michael Morell replaced Director Petraeus in his duties, serving as Acting Director. Petraeus, prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, was a four-star
general with over 37 years service in the
United States Army. Petraeus reportedly began an affair with
Paula Broadwell, principal author of his biography,
All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, after Petraeus left his ISAF command on 18 July 2011, to become CIA director. Petraeus reportedly ended the affair in the summer of 2012, around the time that he learned that Broadwell had been sending harassing emails to a longstanding family friend of the Petraeuses,
Jill Kelley. Kelley, a
Lebanese American socialite in Tampa Bay, Florida, had approached an associate who worked for the
FBI Tampa Field Office in the late spring about anonymous emails she considered threatening. In the wake of his resignation, Petraeus hired influential attorney
Robert B. Barnett to represent him. Barnett has represented many influential people including President
Barack Obama and has served as a practice debate opponent for many Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
Paula Broadwell Paula Broadwell (born 9 November 1972) is a US Army Intelligence Officer, an American writer, academic, and anti-terrorism professional. She is the co-author with
Vernon Loeb of
The New York Times Best Seller,
All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, a biography of then
International Security Assistance Force commander David Petraeus. The emails reportedly indicated that Broadwell suspected Kelley of starting an affair with General David Petraeus, who was a friend of Kelley's. Although Petraeus was not identified as the provider of the documents, the affair was revealed in early November 2012 and was cited by Petraeus as the reason for his resignation on November 9. On 14 November 2012, Broadwell was stripped of her clearances to access classified information, and her promotion to
lieutenant colonel was revoked. As an officer in the
US Army Reserve, Broadwell has been suspended pending the outcome of the FBI investigation. She has cooperated with investigators in their effort to remove classified material in her possession. The media has taken note of how Scott and Paula Broadwell have tried to get back to normal life. Following the revelations about her relationship with Petraeus, Broadwell has retained the services of former
Clinton Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers The firm's services include public relations, advertising, marketing, government relations and policy counsel,
crisis management and opinion research.
Jill Kelley Jill Kelley (
née Gilberte Khawam, 3 June 1975) the Ambassador to General Mattis and confidant to CIA Director Petraeus, who frequently entertained senior officers from nearby
MacDill Air Force Base at her Tampa home. Kelley's family is
Lebanese-American Maronite Catholic. Kelley's friendships with
four star Generals David Petraeus and
John R. Allen led to her becoming a key figure in the government investigations into the communications of the two men. In May 2012, Kelley contacted a local
FBI investigator whom she knew, Frederick W. Humphries II, to complain about being
cyberstalked. This set off a chain of events that eventually led to Petraeus's resignation on November 9, 2012. The anonymous emailer was identified as
Paula Broadwell, who investigators discovered had been having an affair with Petraeus. On 13 November 2012, defense secretary
Leon Panetta said that General Allen's nomination for the post of
Supreme Allied Commander Europe would be delayed while the investigation into Allen's extensive communications with Kelley was underway, though both Secretary Panetta and Obama expressed their confidence in General Allen's ability to lead in his current post and noted that he has not been formally censured. During the investigations, Kelley was represented by defense lawyer
Abbe D. Lowell and
crisis management expert
Judy Smith. Smith is founder, president and CEO of
Smith and Company. Natalie Khawam , in 2013 Natalie Khawam (born June 3, 1975) is an attorney in Florida. Khawam holds a
Juris Doctor from
Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. She is also the
identical twin sister of
Jill Kelley. She was reportedly also friends with both General David Petraeus and General
John R. Allen. Khawam was born in
Beirut,
Lebanon. According to White House sources, both Kelley and Khawam visited the White House three times from September to November 2012. The visits occurred after the FBI had begun investigating allegedly threatening and jealous emails Kelley said she received over her friendship with then-CIA Director Petraeus. Khawam had a relationship with Gerald Harrington, the vice chair of finance for
John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. Harrington is a fundraiser for the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the
Democratic National Committee (DNC), and it was Harrington that gave Khawam access to events hosted by Senator
John Kerry, Senator
Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative
Patrick J. Kennedy.
John R. Allen John R. Allen (born December 15, 1953) is a
United States Marine Corps four-star
general. On July 18, 2011, Allen assumed command of
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), succeeding Army General David Petraeus. He has been appointed
NATO's
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, to take office in early 2013, pending confirmation by the
United States Senate. On November 13, 2012, Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta said that Allen's nomination for SACEUR would be "delayed". News agencies reported that Allen's communications with
Jill Kelley, a Tampa woman who was friends with Allen's predecessor as top commander in Afghanistan, David Petraeus, were under investigation. Petraeus had resigned as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency four days earlier. In November 2012, Allen became embroiled in an inappropriate communication investigation concerning his correspondences with
Jill Kelley. According to the FBI, Allen had received anonymous e-mail messages, sent by someone identified as "kelleypatrol" (later found to be
Paula Broadwell) advising him to stay away from
Jill Kelley. Allen forwarded it to Kelley and they discussed a concern that someone was cyberstalking them. As a result of his name emerging as part of the scandal, Allen is reported as being represented by military spokesmen as well as military defense lawyers from the chief
defense counsel of the Marine Corps.
Frederick W. Humphries II Frederick Ward Humphries II (born 1965), the
FBI agent who started the investigation, was a friend of
Jill Kelley. Humphries had pursued Kelley's
cyberstalking complaint after he had reported it, even though he was not assigned to the case. He was admonished by supervisors who thought he was trying to improperly insert himself into the investigation when in late October 2012, fearing that the case was being stalled, he contacted Representative
Dave Reichert, a Republican from Washington State, where Humphries had once been stationed, to inform him of the case. Reichert put him in touch with the
House majority leader,
Eric Cantor, who passed the message to
FBI Director Robert Mueller. In November 2012 Humphries remained under investigation by the
Office of Professional Responsibility, the internal-affairs arm of the
United States Department of Justice. Humphries, a
University of Tampa graduate, has had a notable FBI career. In December 1999, his familiarity with the French language allowed him to recognize the Algerian accented French of
Ahmed Ressam. Skeptical of Ressam's claim to be French Canadian, Humphries had Ressam detained. The Algerian-born Ressam was later found guilty of conspiring to attack
Los Angeles International Airport. The trial judge in the Ressam case,
John C. Coughenour, praised Humphries' work and integrity. In May 2010 Humphries killed a retired
Army Ranger at the MacDill Air Force Base main gate after the retiree brandished a knife and was said to have threatened the lives of base security officials and Humphries. The fatal shooting was later deemed to be justified. Berger has stated that: "Humphries only received the information from Ms. Kelley and never played a role in the investigation...Humphries and his wife had been 'social friends with Ms. Kelley and her husband prior to the day she referred the matter to him.' 'They always socialized and corresponded,'...That picture was sent years before Ms. Kelley contacted him about this."
Scott Broadwell Dr. Scott Broadwell was the husband of Paula Broadwell. He is a
radiologist in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Scott Broadwell and his future wife Paula Kranz met in 2000 when they were both active duty
US Army captains. He was then a physician and
commander of the
Mannheim military clinic in
Germany. Paula Kranz was in
military intelligence. They were married in
Heidelberg Castle with Lt. Col. Ronald Leininger, a Protestant
Army chaplain officiating.
Scott Kelley Dr. Scott Kelley is the husband of Jill Kelley. He is an
oncology surgeon in
Tampa, Florida. Scott and Jill Kelley hosted social events attended by David and Holly Petraeus, becoming their friends. ==Reactions==