Jill Kelley, the woman responsible for exposing former CIA Director David Petraeus causing him to ultimately resign, emailed Tampa, Florida Mayor Bob Buckhorn asking his assistance to protect her from the media attention.
The email was sent after Kelley called the police requesting diplomatic immunity and protection from the media paparazzi.
In the email to Mayor Buckhorn she said that she is being "exploited by the media," and "I wouldn't care - if they got the facts right and the focus was on the criminal that stalked all of us," a direct insinuation to Paula Broadwell, the biographer Petraeus was having an affair with, she added "But the truth will one day prevail," as reported by Poynter.org.
Last week, Kelley asked police for diplomatic immunity. Kelly is unofficial social liaison for leaders of the U.S. military's Central Command in Tampa, Florida. According to the Associated Press she called 911 and listed her status as an honorary consul general and requested protection from media.
"You know, I don't know if by any chance, because I'm an honorary consul general, so I have inviolability, so they should not be able to cross my property. I don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well," she said as reported by the Associated Press.
Another senior defense official told the Huffington Post Tuesday, that emails between Jill Kelly and General John Allen, another top U.S. military General involved in the scandal, were of "flirtatious" nature.
Authorities revealed that Broadwell sent threatening letters to Kelly. Kelly worked for Florida State Department liaison to the military's Joint Special Operations Command. When Kelly, 37, informed the FBI of the threatening emails, who in turn traced it back to Broadwell, after which the relation to Petraeus was revealed.
Petraeus submitted his resignation last week to President Barrack Obama on Friday citing an extramarital affair as an the cause for stepping down.
According to the New York Times, Petraeus said in his statement, "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair...Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. This afternoon, the president graciously accepted my resignation."
Petraeus was appointed Director of CIA in September of 2011. Prior to this, the 60-year-old served as a four star general in the U.S. Army. He led the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Deputy Director of CIA, Michael J. Morell, will fill in the position.
Holly Petraeus is the assistant director of the Office of Service member Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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