Woman who received harassing emails from Broadwell now identified

UPDATE, 5:50 p.m.: The woman who was threatened by Broadwell via email is 37-year-old Jill Kelley, of Tampa, Fla., the Associated Press has reported. Kelley is reportedly an unpaid liaison to the State Department who is assigned to the Joint Special Operations Council.
The emails Kelley received from Broadwell reportedly included threatening messages like “I know what you did,” “back off” and “stay away from my guy.”
 
A source has told reporters that the emails from Broadwell may have been sent from Petraeus’ personal Gmail account, potentially suggesting a significant national security breach.
According to Buzzfeed, Kelley is married to Dr. Scott Kelley, an oncologist in the Tampa Bay area and the father of their three children. Kelley and her husband regularly host parties and charity functions in Tampa.
Kelley’s twin sister, Natalie Khawam, is a lawyer who graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center and a self-proclaimed “whistleblower.” (Continues)
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The Florida woman who received harassing emails from Paula Broadwell, spurring an FBI probe that ultimately uncovered the Gen. David Petraeus' extramarital affair with his biographer and led to his resignation as director of the CIA, has been identified as Jill Kelley, a local concerned citizen who volunteers to help the military.

"We and our family have been friends with Gen. Petraeus and his family for over five years. We respect his and his family's privacy and want the same for us and our three children," Kelley said in a statement.

A close friend of Petraeus said Kelley and her husband, who are both civilians but supporters of the military community, befriended the Petraeus' when the general was stationed in Florida.

"We and our family have been friends with Gen. Petraeus and his family for over five years. We respect his and his family's privacy and want the same for us and our three children," Kelley said in a statement.

The Kelleys spent Christmases in group settings with the Petraeus' and visited them in Washington D.C. during, where Jill's sister and her son live.

"It is very clear there was nothing going on other than friendship" between Kelley and Petraeus, the close friend told ABC News.

The saga, which would ultimately end the public service career of one of the most respected military minds of this generation, began when harassing emails were sent to Kelley, who in turn, notified the FBI.

The emails were traced to Broadwell's inbox, where investigators are said to have found intimate emails that indicated Petraeus was having an extramarital affair with his biographer.  (Continues)