The woman who was the target of harassing emails from the lover of former CIA director David Petraeus has been named as Jill Kelley. A person familiar with the investigation identified the second woman on Sunday as Jill Kelley, a long-time friend of the Petraeus family and a Tampa, Florida, volunteer social liaison with military families at MacDill Air Force Base.
The New York Times reported Saturday that on October 31, Cantor’s chief of staff phoned the FBI to inform the agency about the call between the congressman and the FBI official. Sunday evening, a woman who looked like Kelley was startled by cameras in her front lawn.
Photographs showed the Petraeuses and the Kelleys posing together at a pirate-themed festival in 2010 and ABC News reported that the families had spent Christmases together. Kelley is an unpaid social liaison to U.S. Central Command — the military headquarters based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa that oversees operations in the Middle East, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jill Kelley lives in Tampa with her husband, Dr. Scott Kelley. On Sunday local news channel WTSP tried to track her down, reporting that the couple was throwing a birthday party for one of their children. In a statement, Kelley and her husband acknowledged their friendship with Gen Petraeus and asked for privacy.
Gen Petraeus was forced to resign last week, although US officials said the FBI had begun an inquiry into Mrs Broadwell, 40, several months ago. The nature of the emails, according to the source, who was briefed on their contents, was “I know what you’re doing” and similar suggestions that someone was onto Kelley.
There was no explicit threat of violence. The official could not say if the investigation is still ongoing. The Times reported the investigation had already begun by the time Cantor talked with the whistleblower. FBI officials have explained that the committees weren’t informed, one official said, because the matter started as a criminal investigation into harassing emails sent by Broadwell to the woman revealed to be Kelley on Sunday.
The New York Times reported Saturday that on October 31, Cantor’s chief of staff phoned the FBI to inform the agency about the call between the congressman and the FBI official. Sunday evening, a woman who looked like Kelley was startled by cameras in her front lawn.
Photographs showed the Petraeuses and the Kelleys posing together at a pirate-themed festival in 2010 and ABC News reported that the families had spent Christmases together. Kelley is an unpaid social liaison to U.S. Central Command — the military headquarters based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa that oversees operations in the Middle East, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jill Kelley lives in Tampa with her husband, Dr. Scott Kelley. On Sunday local news channel WTSP tried to track her down, reporting that the couple was throwing a birthday party for one of their children. In a statement, Kelley and her husband acknowledged their friendship with Gen Petraeus and asked for privacy.
Gen Petraeus was forced to resign last week, although US officials said the FBI had begun an inquiry into Mrs Broadwell, 40, several months ago. The nature of the emails, according to the source, who was briefed on their contents, was “I know what you’re doing” and similar suggestions that someone was onto Kelley.
There was no explicit threat of violence. The official could not say if the investigation is still ongoing. The Times reported the investigation had already begun by the time Cantor talked with the whistleblower. FBI officials have explained that the committees weren’t informed, one official said, because the matter started as a criminal investigation into harassing emails sent by Broadwell to the woman revealed to be Kelley on Sunday.
