E-mail led to Petraeus
FBI stumbled upon affair, source says
Posted: November 11, 2012 at 4:31 a.m.
David Petraeus kisses his wife, Holly, as his son Stephen and daughter Anne greet him at Fort Campbell, Ky., after his return from Iraq on Feb. 14, 2004.
The FBI investigation that led to the resignation of David Petraeus as CIA director Friday began with a complaint several months ago about “harassing” e-mails sent by Paula Broadwell, Petraeus’ biographer, to an unidentified third person, a government official briefed on the case said Saturday.
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