David Petraeus investigation widens, General John Allen exchanged as many as 40 emails a day with his “sweet heart”

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13 Nov 2012

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As investigations into General David Petraeus’s affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell widens, another officer’s involvement with Jill Kelley, the woman described as the whistle-blower, has come to light.

The officer, General John Allen has exchanged an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 emails with Jill Kelley as many as 40 a day. But the emails are described “flirtatious”.
Senior military officials have said the messages sent by General Allen, in-charge of U.S troops in Afghanistan not incriminating as David Petraeus’s affair.
Jill Kelley, an unpaid social liaison for military based in Tampa, Florida affair with General Allen came into lime light after she approached the FBI over threatening emails she received from Paula Broadwell, the alleged mistress of David Petraeus.
Allen succeeded Petraeus in Afghanistan and was about to be made a NATO commander. But the promotion was put on hold until the investigations into his cyber-affair with Jill Kelley is completed.
News reports suggest that emails were potentially inappropriate as investigators were sifting through 20,000 to 30,000 documents.
An official has told the Washington Post that General Allen has not been alone with Jill Kelley and he did not affair with her.
The senior official has stated that Kathy Allen, wife of the General and Jill Kelley were good friends.
The secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has informed the congress that investigations are being conducted to look into the affair of John Allen’s and that he would remain in Afghanistan as the commander of U.S troops.
John Allen is father of two daughters and lives with his wife in Washington.
Paula Broadwell sent dozens of emails from an anonymous account asking Kelly to stay-away from General David Petraeus. Broadwell perceived Jill Kelley as a threat to her affair with the General which begun in 2011.
Broadwell kept in touch with the General when he became the commander of U.S troops in Afghanistan. Both exchanged emails regularly, but to avoid paper trail, both drafted the emails on their accounts and left in the “draft box” so both could read each other’s messages.
Some emails sent inadvertently were deleted quickly after reading.