Mr Petraeus quit after his affair with biographer Paula Broadwell was discovered during an FBI investigation.
Would the investigation have stopped at the discovery of Paula Broadwell as the anonymous email sender?
We were here when the first agents showed up at Paula Broadwell home, not leaving until they come out.
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When the FBI investigated, it traced the emails to Paula Broadwell, bringing to light her affair with Gen Petraeus.
Should General Petraeus have resigned after his affair with Paula Broadwell was discovered?
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The news business has no problem giving saturation coverage to such salacious stories as David Petraeus' dalliance with Paula Broadwell.
Petraeus resigned on November 9 as the FBI investigated whether his biographer, Paula Broadwell, had inappropriate access to classified information.
Petraeus resigned on November 9 amid an FBI investigation into whether his biographer, Paula Broadwell, had inappropriate access to classified information.
In this case, people are riveted by the extramarital affair between America's once-golden General, David Petraeus, and his biographer, Paula Broadwell.
When the FBI investigated, it traced the emails to Petraeus biographer Paula Broadwell, bringing to light her affair with the CIA chief.
Paula Broadwell was embedded in the nation's consciousness for weeks after her affair with David Petraeus prompted his resignation as CIA director.
When the FBI investigated, it traced the emails to Mr Petraeus's biographer Paula Broadwell, bringing to light her affair with the CIA chief.
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But the investigation eventually exposed Mr. Petraeus's relationship with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, leading to his resignation, according to U.S. officials familiar with the probe.
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Petraeus' lover, Paula Broadwell, had classified information on her personal computer.
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By that point, FBI agents had determined the harassing emails had been sent by Paula Broadwell, who had written a biography of Mr. Petraeus's military command.
Gen Allen is now being investigated for allegedly sending "inappropriate" emails to a woman whose complaint led the FBI to uncover Mr Petraeus's extra-marital affair with Paula Broadwell.
There's no evidence the married mother of three had an affair with anyone, unlike Paula Broadwell, whose romantic liaison with Petraeus led to his downfall as CIA director.
When CIA Director General Petraeus was forced to resign abruptly a few weeks ago after his affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell was exposed, the security establishment was thrown into turmoil.
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After some weeks, the FBI figured out that the harassing emails came from Paula Broadwell, the co-author of a January, 2012 biography of Petraeus, All In: The Education of David Petraeus.
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Why is the FBI still apparently investigating Paula Broadwell?
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As investigators examine Paula Broadwell's computer, and pour over the voluminous email traffic between Gen Allen and Jill Kelley, they're looking for signs of a possibly cavalier attitude towards the handing of classified material.
If you recall, the scandal forced Petraeus to resign from his post as CIA director after the FBI, in reading e-mails sent to Kelley, found he had had an extramarital affair with Paula Broadwell.
Allen, who has been nominated as NATO's supreme allied commander, was cleared in January of allegations he wrote potentially inappropriate emails to a Florida woman who claimed she was being threatened by Petreaus' mistress Paula Broadwell.
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