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Petraeus's 'sex under the desk' mistress pictured just a few seats from his wife as colleague tells how she 'got her claws into him'

• Unidentified military source says Paula Broadwell relentlessly followed Petraeus to private events and ‘went from someone very likeable to a shameless self-promoting prom queen’
• Petraeus stepped down as CIA director on Friday after confessing to cheating on his wife of 37 years
• Petraeus was caught after exchanging sexually explicit emails with his 40-year-old mistress

By Daily Mail Reporter and James Nye
With their body language almost mirrored, Holly Petraeus, the now humiliated wife of former CIA chief David Petraeus sits just feet away from his 'mistress' Paula Broadwell in June of last year.
At the time of the photograph it is thought that the affair between the 60-year-old four-star general and his 40-year-old biographer was still continuing despite both being married with children.
And in a massive irony, both women are watching Petraeus sit before the Senate Select Committee that confirmed his position as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - the job he resigned from yesterday as a direct result of his affair.

Just Feet Apart: Holly Petraeus (left in white) and Paula Broadwell sit in the front row during the CIAconfirmation hearing of US Army General David Petraeus

But despite the public shaming of David Petraeus, one senior military source who worked with the former CIA Director leaves little room for doubt where those loyal to the general stand.
Blaming Petraeus' biographer and reported mistress, Paula Broadwell for his downfall, the unammed individual said that the 40-year-old author and West Point graduate went out of her way to 'get her claws in him'.

 

Depicting her as obsessed with using the 60-year-old war-hero to further her own career, the unidentified source describes the married mother of two as a 'shamless self-promoting prom queen.'
According to an interview the figure gave to businessinsider.com, Broadwell latched onto Petraeus soon after they met at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2006 as she was wrapping up her Master's degree.

Intimate history: David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell shaking hands in front of the American flag

Claiming that Broadwell used their shared backgrounds as West Point graduates and counterinsurgency experts to become close to the decorated soldier, the source known as 'James Downing' says that when news of the affair broke he realised immediately who it was with.
'It's one of those things that, as soon as the announcement was made, I knew in an instant who it was,' said 'Downing'.
'Everything made sense.  Who had exclusive access to him?  Who wrote the hagiography on his life? Who framed their entire existence around his persona?
Unflatteringly comparing her to Paula Jones the former Arkansas state employee who sued U.S. President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment in 1994, the source claims to have known Broadwell for six years.
'When she started work on the bio she called me for background on one of the general's previous deployments,' said 'Downing'.
'I probably gave her four hours or so, and we stayed in touch after that by email and an occasional phone call.'

Confident: Paula Broadwell appeared on The Daily Show with John Stewart in January to promote her biography of David Petraeus 'All In'

'Other woman': Paula Broadwell, left, is married and has two children. Petraeus has been married to his wife Holly, pictured right, for 37 years, and they also have two children

Husband and wife: Paula Broadwell pictured with her husband and father of her children, Scott, a radiologist

Comfortable: She lives with her husband and their two young sons in Charlotte, North Carolina, pictured

However, over the course of those years and through her unfettered access to Petraeus, 'Downing' claims that she underwent a dramatic shift in her personality.
'Over that time, she went from someone very likeable to a shameless self-promoting prom queen,' said 'Downing'.
'A very disturbing shift in how she carried herself.
'If she knew P4 (Petraeus) was going to make an appearance at an event, she'd crash it without an invitation (she actually did this at the wedding of some close friends of mine) and photo bomb[ed] sic everyone there.'
The senior source who claims to know both parties, even made allowances for the retired four-star general whose policies allowed the U.S. to make a measured withdrawl from Iraq in 2011.
Even despite the Washington Post reporting that current and former U.S. military officials long had suspicions of Petraeus being involved in infidelities.
'You're a 60 year-old man and an attractive woman almost half your age makes herself available to you — that would be a test for anyone,' said 'Downing'.

'Claws In': Paula Broadwell and David Petraeus, pictured, reportedly had an affair that led to his resignation

Close: Broadwell first met Petraeus when he visited Harvard University, where she was a student

Oath of office: Petraeus was sworn in last September by Joe Biden with his wife Holly at his side

Denying any suggestions that the Obama administration hung Petraeus out to dry for political gains over the upcoming Bengahzi hearings, he outright blames Broadwell for the affair.
'The timing of the rumors of the administration throwing him under the bus after the election is suspect, but in the end I believe she got her claws — so to speak — in him,' said 'Downing'.
Warming to his theme that Broadwell is a shameless manipulator, the source hopes that Petraeus can recover his career of public service.
'He had enough honor to know that a cover-up is much worse than a public admission,' said 'Downing'.
'As a result, I think he can recover and continue to be a player on the national stage, but she's toast.  Her reputation is unrecoverable, in my opinion.
'The General fell victim to the one thing that can destroy a military leader's reputation faster than death: Seduction.'
Broadwell, who served in the military for more than a decade, lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her radiologist husband, Dr. Scott Broadwell, and their two young sons, Lucien and Landon.

Embedded: Broadwell, pictured in Afghanistan, has more than a decade of U.S. military service

Devoted: Broadwell, pictured with Lt Col. Steve Grenier in Gizab, also writes opinion pieces on leadership

It has emerged that Petraeus was caught by investigators after exchanging sexually explicit emails with his 40-year-old mistress and bombarding her with thousands of messages even after she had broken off the affair.

The racy communications between the four-star general and Broadwell were uncovered when the FBI began an investigation after suspecting corruption between the pair.
Petraeus resigned on Friday after confessing to cheating on his wife of 37 years, Holly behaviour he explained was 'unacceptable' for a senior administration official.

Petraeus issued a statement acknowledging the affair after President Obama accepted his resignation, which was announced by the CIA soon after.
‘After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair,” he said in the statement. “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.’
After being sworn in as CIA Director on September 6th, 2011, Broadwell broke up with Petraeus, but he continued to pursue her, sending her thousands of emails over the last few months - raising questions about his judgement which led in part to his resignation.
Broadwell, who spent three years doing researching for her book, had extensive access to Petraeus in Afghanistan.
In the biography, Broadwell revealed she first met him during his visit to Harvard in spring 2006 when he was a Commander at Fort Leavenworth.
'I was among the students invited by the school to meet with the general at a dinner afterward, because of my military background,' she explained.
'I introduced myself to then–Lieutenant General Petraeus and told him about my research interests; he gave me his card and offered to put me in touch with other researchers and service members working on the same issues.'

Ally: Barack Obama could be harmed by the loss of one of his senior national security officials

Broadwell added that this was not a one-off as he often 'does a lot of mentoring'.
As she pursued her PhD in public policy in 2008, she contacted him to ask if she could interview him and they kept in touch via email.
'A few months into my research, General Petraeus, who was then leading Central Command, invited me to go for a run with him and his team along the Potomac River during one of his visits to Washington,' she wrote. 'I figured I could interview him while we ran.'
She explained that, after earning varsity letters in cross-country and indoor and outdoor track, she wanted to test him to see if he could keep up with her as she interviewed him.
Instead it became a test for me,' she said. 'As we talked during the run from the Pentagon to the Washington Monument and back, Petraeus progressively increased the pace until the talk turned to heavy breathing and we reached a six-minute-per-mile pace. It was a signature Petraeus move.'
Promoting the book on The Daily Show with John Stewart in January, she insisted that these mile-long runs together were nothing out of the ordinary.

Family Man: In a photograph from 2004 David Petraeus, (center), commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, kisses his wife, Holly, (second left), as his son, Stephen, (left), and daughter, (Anne), right, look on

'This is a typical mechanism for him to get to know young people,' she said. 'He's done it throughout his life. That was the foundation of our relationship.'
In another often awkward radio interview in January, host Don Imus said that the pair must have 'obviously' liked each other.
She responded: 'You know, as I said earlier, he has a number of mentees and that's one thing that's different when you compare him to other Senior Commanders.

'But, yeah, we had a lot of rapport. I think some of that comes from a common ground of having gone to West Point [to the U.S. Military Academy].'
Of her reported rival, she added: 'He is married to Holly Petraeus, who is a wonderful Military spouse and done so much for their children and for children of fallen soldiers, I respect her immensely.'
The book's description explains Broadwell conducted research for three years and was 'afforded extensive access by General Petraeus, his mentors, his subordinates and his longtime friends'. Its website adds Broadwell was embedded in Afghanistan with Petraeus for a year between July 2010 and 2011.

Glory Days: David Petraeus is America's best-known general and arguably the most consequential Army leader of his generation. Here he salutes troops in Afghanistan in 2011

David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in Washington D.C. in January in his capacity as Director of the CIA

Broadwell graduated with honors from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, and came top of her class in physical fitness. Petraeus also attended the academy and married his wife Holly there.
She has more than a decade of military service and nearly two decades of work in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency.
She is studying for her PhD at Kings College in London, and is also a research associate at Harvard University's Center for Public Leadership. For her studies and the biography, she spent most of 2011 in Afghanistan as an embedded author.
As well as contributing to book chapters, appearing on television interviews and writing opinion pieces for The New York Times and the Boston Globe about leadership and women in defense, she has also worked as a model and demonstrator for KRISS, a .45 caliber machine gun manufacturer.

President Obama accepted Petraeus' resignation but described him as 'one of the outstanding General officers of his generation' as he added: 'By any measure, through his lifetime of service David Petraeus has made our country safer and stronger.'
Deputy director Michael Morell will serve as acting head of the agency until a permanent replacement for Petraeus is appointed.
In his resignation letter addressed to CIA agents, Petraeus wrote that 'such behaviour is unacceptable' for a senior administration official.

Sweethearts: Petraeus on the day he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1974, pictured with his fiancée Holly Knowlton, whose father was the superintendent of West Point

Spouses: David and Holly Petraeus have been married for over 37 years

One of the most puzzling aspects of the resignation is its proximity to next week’s congressional hearings on Benghazi, which Petraeus has said he will not now attend, even though being out of office would not preclude his doing so.

Petraeus, 60, has been married to Holly, née Knowlton, since 1975, after they meet when he was a military cadet at West Point and she was the daughter of the academy's superintendent.
When he was sworn in as director of the CIA by Vice President Joe Biden, Holly held the Bible on which he swore his oath of office.
Mrs Petraeus is head of the Office of Servicemember Affairs, a department of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau which is responsible for ensuring members of the military are not taken advantage of by banks and other financial businesses.
The resignation comes at an awkward time for the President, who is beginning to put together his team for his second term in the wake of his re-election on Tuesday.

Man of action: Petraeus guided Obama around Iraq when he visited as a presidential candidate in 2008

Appointment: The general served under George W. Bush as commander of U.S. forces in Iraq

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has already declared her plans to step down in January, while Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to follow some time in 2013.

Petraeus' departure leaves another vacancy for a key position in the national security establishment.
Morell, who has served as the agency's deputy director for two and a half years, will be one of the frontrunners to take over on a permanent basis - former CIA director George Tenet was promoted from deputy in the same way after the resignation of John Deutch in 1996.
He is a long-serving analyst who has twice been a witness to history, travelling with George W. Bush on the day of the September 11 attacks and sitting in the White House situation room with Barack Obama during the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden in May last year.
Petraeus was in charge of the CIA at the time of the terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on September 11 of this year, a raid in which ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed and which has become a political disaster for the Obama administration.
The former CIA director was due to address a congressional hearing on the attack next week, which could raise suspicions that the timing of his resignation was politically motivated.
He will no longer be present at the hearing, which will instead grill Morell on the agency's failings in allowing four Americans to die during the assault on the consulate and a CIA compound.

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