State Department official Jill Kelley alerted authorities when she began receiving threatening emails. The FBI traced the emails back to Paula Broadwell , uncovering the affair along the way.
Petraeus with Paula Broadwell.
Source: mondoweiss.net
The AP has identified 37-year-old Jill Kelley as the woman who complained about receiving emails from Paula Broadwell, leading to an FBI investigation into Broadwell's relationship with former CIA Director David Petraeus.
There's no evidence Kelley was having an affair with Petraeus as well — just that she had received emails from Broadwell that warranted a complaint against the 40-year-old married biographer.
Kelley is reportedly the State Department's liaison to the military's Joint Special Operations Command. She lives in Tampa, Florida. From October 2008 to June 2010, Petraeus was commander of the United States Central Command, which is headquartered in Tampa.
Photo of the Kelleys in Tampa Bay magazine. (h/t Meena Hart Duerson)
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A 2010 society item from the Tampa Bay Times reveals Jill and her husband Scott were friendly with David and Holly Petraeus, inviting the couple to their home for Tampa Bay's annual Gasparilla Pirate Fest.
Another story from 2007 indicates Jill and Scott Kelley, a surgeon, live in a "regal brick mansion" with their three children — at the time, aged 4, 2 and 1. Their home is estimated to be worth $1.37 million. Kelley has a twin sister named Natalie Khawam, a lawyer dedicated to "successfully representing whistleblowers."
