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Watch live: Jill Kelley’s twin holds press conference on Petraeus scandal
Natalie Khawam, the twin sister of Jill Kelley and a peripheral player in the David Petraeus scandal, holds a news conference with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 20. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Paula Broadwell ‘filled with guilt and shame’
WASHINGTON — Speaking through her brother, the ex-lover of fallen CIA chief David Petraeus has broken her silence on the affair that led to his downfall, saying she is “filled with guilt and shame.” Paula Broadwell and husband Scott were captured by television cameras returning to their North Carolina home…
Republicans question timeline that led to Petraeus resignation
Barack Obama may have known about the extra-marital affair that brought down former CIA boss David Petraeus prior to being re-elected president, the Republican head of the influential House intelligence committee claimed Sunday. Casting aspersions over the official timeline of events, congressman Mike Rogers said he was “not sure” that…
National security reporter: Petraeus was a ‘total flirt both with men and women’
Tara McKelvey, who writes about national security for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, told CNN on Sunday that former CIA Director David Petraeus flirted with both men in women in the media to get favorable press coverage. Following his resignation earlier this month, McKelvey recalled her experience with Petraeus and…
Petraeus tells Congress that Susan Rice was unaware of al-Qaida ties to Benghazi
David Petraeus, the former CIA director, told congressional hearings on Friday that he had always known a terrorist group had been involved in an attack in Benghazi that left the US ambassador and three other Americans dead. According to reports from members of Congress who attended the closed-door hearings, Petraeus…
Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley made several White House visits
WASHINGTON — Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley, the two women embroiled in the scandal that brought down CIA chief David Petraeus, visited the White House several times since 2009, a US official told AFP Friday. Broadwell, Petraeus’ biographer and former mistress, attended meetings on Afghanistan and Pakistan held at the…
Petraeus testimony fails to satisfy Republicans on Benghazi attack
David Petraeus, the scandal-hit former CIA chief, faced a Congressional grilling on Friday over conflicting accounts of the attack in September on the US consulate in Benghazi. Petraeus, in his first public outing since resigning from the CIA a week ago over an affair with his biographer, was smuggled into Congress for…
Petraeus sex scandal prompts laughter among Taliban
The sex scandal that has brought down CIA chief David Petraeus may be causing heartache in the Washington security establishment but the affair has prompted laughter among the Taliban. Petraeus resigned last week to pre-empt revelations of an affair with his married biographer Paula Broadwell, bringing to an end a…
Shirtless FBI agent named in Petraeus affair scandal
Frederick W Humphries II unmasked as investigator who was banned from case because of relationship with Jill Kelley The FBI agent who set in motion the investigation that brought down David Petraeus as CIA director, but was ordered to stay away from the case because of his alleged infatuation with…
U.S. military justice code sets standards on adultery
WASHINGTON — Adultery, fraternization, unbecoming conduct — The United States’ Uniform Code of Military Justice restricts the behavior of soldiers and officers up to the highest ranks. Still, experts say it seems highly unlikely that either David Petraeus or John Allen — one a retired general, the other still active…
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