# FBI Agent in Petraeus Case Sent Shirtless Photos to Jill Kelley. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854 "2012-11-13T02:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/1 "2012-11-13T02:20:27Z")
How much weirder can this thing get? [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324439804578115410189757452.html](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324439804578115410189757452.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON—A federal agent who launched the investigation that ultimately led to the resignation of Central Intelligence Agency chief David Petraeus was barred from taking part in the case over the summer due to superiors’ concerns that he had become personally involved in the case, according to officials familiar with the probe. > > New details about how the Federal Bureau of Investigation handled the case suggest that even as the bureau delved into Mr. Petraeus’s personal life, the agency had to address questionable conduct by one of its own—including allegedly sending shirtless photos of himself to a woman involved in the case. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/2 "2012-11-13T02:29:07Z")
A definite WTF moment there. And THESE are the people “running” things?! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/3 "2012-11-13T02:41:50Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > And THESE are the people “running” things?! There’s always “running them into the ground.” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/4 "2012-11-13T02:50:26Z")
Maybe it’s just the Deus Ex I’m playing, but the answer seems obvious: the CIA is developing new high-tech pheremones for field use, and a canister broke open in Langley HQ. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/5 "2012-11-13T02:59:34Z")
This has got to be the most fun news story of all time. Spies, Generals, obsessed FBI agents, crazy mistresses. Its got everything. Here’s what I wrote in the other thread regarding the same FBI agent: > [@](#): > > But apparently the same FBI agent was also a friend of the woman who received the harassing emails, and was the one who filed the complaint on her behalf. So the same guy that initiated the investigation that led to Petreaeus also found a Congressman to blab to when it looked like the FBI might just close the investigation. And as I said in the other thread, the effort the FBI put into the case in the early stages seems way out of proportion to “5-10 harassing emails” to a woman who wasn’t even a paid employee of the US gov’t. > > So I can easily believe someone in the FBI really wanted to get Petraeus with this. So it does sound like the guy was out to get Petraeus. Is it possible that aside from Petraeus having an obsessed girlfriend, the woman she was jealous of also had an obsessed boyfriend? I’m half expecting Petraeus’s long lost twin-brother to show up. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/6 "2012-11-13T03:00:07Z")
I wish someone would hurry up and release the photo. I’m still looking for an 8 for my Political Pecs Scale. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/7 "2012-11-13T03:05:03Z")
And if this link is to be believed, the FBI is currently raiding Paula Broadwell’s home. [http://twitchy.com/2012/11/12/breaking-fbi-agents-raid-paul-broadwells-home](http://twitchy.com/2012/11/12/breaking-fbi-agents-raid-paul-broadwells-home) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/8 "2012-11-13T03:28:19Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I’m half expecting Petraeus’s long lost twin-brother to show up. Bahhhh. It will just turn out to be Dustin Hoffman in a wig. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/9 "2012-11-13T03:29:15Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > And if this link is to be believed, the FBI is currently raiding Paula Broadwell’s home. > [http://twitchy.com/2012/11/12/breaking-fbi-agents-raid-paul-broadwells-home](http://twitchy.com/2012/11/12/breaking-fbi-agents-raid-paul-broadwells-home) Literally just heard confirmation from MSNBC that this was happening, with an exterior shot of the home and more to come within the half-hour on the story. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/10 "2012-11-13T03:37:10Z")
These people are all going to show up on Jerry Springer, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/11 "2012-11-13T03:47:58Z")
Probably. They just suggested that the e-mails she received weren’t exactly threatening and thus probably not worthy of FBI investigation… unless you know a FBI agent who is motivated to help you. And apparently the FBI search was consented to by Broadwell, too. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/12 "2012-11-13T04:00:36Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > This has got to be the most fun news story of all time. Spies, Generals, obsessed FBI agents, crazy mistresses. Its got everything. I’m waiting for the female astronaut and the Congressman to put in an appearance. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/13 "2012-11-13T04:48:58Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’m waiting for the female astronaut and the Congressman to put in an appearance. It’s never a party without diaper-astronaut! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/14 "2012-11-13T04:57:21Z")
Thats diapernaut you dweb. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/15 "2012-11-13T05:00:28Z")
> [@astro](#): > > It’s never a party without diaper-astronaut! And Weiner-Man. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/16 "2012-11-13T05:56:35Z")
The osama movie came out too soon. Maybe they’ll work this into a sequel? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/17 "2012-11-13T06:28:29Z")
Dang, that big titted twin has all the guys panting after her. First she lures Petraeus away from his mistress and then the FBI Agent is all hound dog in love? Three careers wrecked over this lady already (counting the mistress/biographer). I just don’t [see it.](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/1853oard2hffnjpg/xlarge.jpg) Takes more than huge jugs to make a woman attractive. imho Her face is all sharp, angular lines. Now, the mistress, [Paula Broadwell](http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/50a05832ecad04ce4000002f/david-petraeus-paula-broadwell-plane.jpg) is a different story. I can see why Petraeus is interested. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/18 "2012-11-13T06:56:59Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Dang, that big titted twin has all the guys panting after her. First she lures Petraeus away from his mistress and then the FBI Agent is all hound dog in love? Three careers wrecked over this lady already (counting the mistress/biographer). > > I just don’t [see it.](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/1853oard2hffnjpg/xlarge.jpg) Takes more than huge jugs to make a woman attractive. imho Her face is all sharp, angular lines. Now, the mistress, [Paula Broadwell](http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/50a05832ecad04ce4000002f/david-petraeus-paula-broadwell-plane.jpg) is a different story. I can see why Petraeus is interested. Those are “huge jugs”? Really? That’s “curvy”. [These are jugs.](http://ctpatriot1970.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/christina-hendricks1.jpg) . ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/19 "2012-11-13T09:25:53Z")
> [@Simplicio (quoting himself above from another thread):](#): > > But apparently the same FBI agent was also a friend of the woman who received the harassing emails, and was the one who filed the complaint on her behalf. So the same guy that initiated the investigation that led to Petreaeus also found a Congressman to blab to when it looked like the FBI might just close the investigation. And as I said in the other thread, the effort the FBI put into the case in the early stages seems way out of proportion to “5-10 harassing emails” to a woman who wasn’t even a paid employee of the US gov’t. That agent, apparently, had been told repeatedly to butt out, then he went to the Congresscritter to tattle. The Congresscritter he went to was Eric Cantor. New York Times, 11/12/2012, [Motives Questioned in F.B.I. Inquiry of Petraeus E-Mails](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/us/timeline-shows-fbi-discovered-petraeus-affair-in-summer.html) by Scott Shane and Charlie Savage: > [@](#): > > But the agent, who was not identified, continued to “nose around” about the case, and eventually his superiors “told him to stay the hell away from it, and he was not invited to briefings,” the official said. The Wall Street Journal first reported on Monday night that the agent had been barred from the case. > > Later, the agent became convinced — incorrectly, the official said — that the case had stalled. Because of his “worldview,” as the official put it, he suspected a politically motivated cover-up to protect President Obama. The agent alerted Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, who called the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, on Oct. 31 to tell him of the agent’s concerns. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854/20 "2012-11-13T09:47:15Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Maybe it’s just the Deus Ex I’m playing, but the answer seems obvious: the CIA is developing new high-tech pheremones for field use, and a canister broke open in Langley HQ. You’re right, and a video has been released: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_b3P-GKc000](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b3P-GKc000) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854.md?page=2)