It didn’t even involve General David Petraeus at first. Initially it began when Paula Broadwell sent threatening emails to another woman close to Petraeus at the CIA.
Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenbal at REUTERS report this:
But the CIA director's name unexpectedly turned up in the course of the investigation, two officials and two other sources briefed on the matter said.
It was “an issue with two women and they stumbled across the affair with Petraeus,” a U.S. government security source said.
The Washington Post reported on Saturday that the FBI probe was triggered when Broadwell sent threatening emails to an unidentified woman close to the CIA director.
The woman went to the FBI, which traced the threats to Broadwell and then uncovered explicit emails between Petraeus and Broadwell, the Post said.
Even more, Pete Williams and Andrea Mitchell at NBC news report this:
At first, investigators were concerned that a stranger had somehow hacked into Petraeus’ email account, but then learned that his emailing her was consensual and indicative of an affair, they said.
One senior law enforcement official, who had been aware of the probe for several weeks, said the complaint to the FBI about Broadwell’s behavior “raised concerns, and we had to check it out. It wasn’t apparent at first what was going on.”
"That clarified our concern. We had to talk to him," the official said. "He made the decision to tell the White House. We handled it discreetly." The FBI did not tell the White House about the findings, as some sources had suggested Friday night, the official added.
Broadwell had extensive access to Petraeus while writing a biography of the general, “All In: The education of General David Petraeus,” and had given numerous television interviews speaking about him.
A sordid tale continues to develop. Twists, turns.. sex, secrets. All of those things that a James Bond film has. This however is not fiction. And with the fact Benghazi hearings are on the horizon, it is making the Petraeus scandal all the more fluid..
The Petraeus shock waves continue as new information is now revealed about how the FBI began working the case
