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"The sudden resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus has led to several days of media excitement and a look into the life of a formerly private man who took his image and reputation very seriously. The scandal broke after Jill Kelley, Petraeus&amp;#039;s friend, received threatening emails from his biographer, Paula Broadwell, a married mother-of-two and West Point grad with whom Petraeus was having an extramarital affair. Broadwell may have believed that Kelley was also having an affair with Petraeus, and the emails appeared to be an attempt to blackmail the CIA director. Kelley immediately alerted the FBI, fearing a breach of national security. (Kelley may work for the State Department or Special Operations Command, but the government hasn&amp;#039;t confirmed this. As of today, she has hired a lawyer and refuses to speak openly on the matter.) This launched an investigation of Paula Broadwell, the author of All In: The Education of General David Petraeus. It was only when the FBI probed Broadwell&amp;#039;s email account that they discovered incriminating messages passed between Broadwell and Petraeus, showing evidence of their extramarital affair. Petraeus shocked the country when he officially stepped down from his position on Friday. Petraeus, whose illustrious military career, including involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been acclaimed by many, surprised even President Obama when he resigned Thursday afternoon-Obama had no knowledge of the investigation. Petraeus has publicly apologized for his unfaithfulness to his wife Holly, to whom he has been married for 38 years.  The relationship apparently began when Broadwell, then a graduate student at Harvard, met Petraeus when he was speaking on a panel at the university. He soon agreed to let Broadwell write his biography, which colleagues found strange-Broadwell did not have a strong journalistic background or experience writing books of any kind. Broadwell has yet to be reached for comment by major news sources, nor has she made a public statement. If the FBI can&amp;#039;t find proof that Petraeus&amp;#039;s affair began after he left the military, then he could possibly face military prosecution for adultery. Even though House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was aware of Petraeus&amp;#039;s illicit relationship before the CIA director resigned, it&amp;#039;s doubtful that there were any national breaches of security. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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