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Jill Kelley, woman who sparked Petraeus probe, has Philadelphia roots

Jill Kelley, the Florida woman whose complaint to the FBI may have led to the downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus, has deep Philadelphia roots.

Paula Broadwell, left, author of the David Petraeus biography "All In," carried on an affair with Petraeus, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. A senior U.S. military official says Broadwell sent harassing emails to Jill Kelley of Tampa, right, the State Department's liaison to the military's Joint Special Operations Command. (Broadwell photo: AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines; Kelley photo, <a href="http://www.tampabaymagazine.com/">Tampa Bay Magazine,</a> May/June 2007 edition)
Paula Broadwell, left, author of the David Petraeus biography "All In," carried on an affair with Petraeus, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. A senior U.S. military official says Broadwell sent harassing emails to Jill Kelley of Tampa, right, the State Department's liaison to the military's Joint Special Operations Command. (Broadwell photo: AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines; Kelley photo, <a href="http://www.tampabaymagazine.com/">Tampa Bay Magazine,</a> May/June 2007 edition)Read more