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More Information About Petraeus’ Biographer, Lover

By on November 12, 2012

(AP)  INFORMATION HAS EMERGED ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO RECEIVED EMAILS FROM BIOGRAPHER PAULA BROADWELL THAT LED TO THE FBI’S DISCOVERY OF FORMER CIA DIRECTOR DAVID PETRAEUS’ EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR WITH THE WOMAN.

A SENIOR U.S. MILITARY OFFICIAL IDENTIFIES THE SECOND WOMAN AS JILL KELLEY, WHO LIVES IN TAMPA, FLA.   SHE’S ISSUED A STATEMENT ASKING FOR PRIVACY.  CONGRESS IS EXPECTED TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCANDAL THIS WEEK.

 MEANWHILE,  A FORMER SPOKESMAN FOR PETRAEUS SAYS THE RETIRED GENERAL’S AFFAIR WITH A FEMALE BIOGRAPHER STARTED AFTER PETRAEUS LEFT THE ARMY.  RETIRED ARMY COL. STEVE BOYLAN TELLS ABC’S “GOOD MORNING AMERICA” THAT PETRAUUS’ WIFE OF 38 YEARS, HOLLY, IS “FURIOUS” OVER THE MATTER. BOYLAN ALSO IN SAYS IN AN INTERVIEW THAT PETRAEUS’ AFFAIR WITH PAULA BROADWELL ENDED FOUR MONTHS AGO. PETRAEUS, WHO HAS RESIGNED AS CIA DIRECTOR, ACKNOWLEDGED THE AFFAIR IN A LETTER TO AGENCY EMPLOYEES.

BOYLAN, APPEARING MONDAY ON ABC, SAID PETRAEUS’ WIFE “IS NOT EXACTLY PLEASED RIGHT NOW. FURIOUS WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.”  BOYLAN, WHO SAYS HE SPOKE WITH PETRAEUS OVER THE WEEKEND, TELLS NBC’S “TODAY” SHOW THAT PETRAEUS IS “DEVASTATED.”  BOYLAN SAYS “IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME” FOR HIM TO SET THINGS STRAIGHT AT HOME.