US Afghan chief cleared over Petraeus sex emails
24 Jan 2013 7:59 AM IST
A Pentagon investigation has cleared Gen John Allen, the top US commander in Afghanistan, of professional misconduct in exchanging emails with a civilian woman linked to the sex scandal that led retired Gen David Petraeus to resign as CIA director.
Pentagon press secretary George Little said on Tuesday that defence secretary Leon Panetta was informed of the conclusion by the Pentagon’s inspector general.
‘The secretary was pleased to learn that allegations of professional misconduct were not substantiated by the investigation,’ Little said, adding that Panetta has ‘complete confidence in the continued leadership’ of Allen. The matter had been referred to the Pentagon in November by the FBI during the course of its investigation of emails between Petraeus and his biographer-turned-paramour, Paula Broadwell. The FBI turned up thousands of emails between Allen and Jill Kelley, who was said to have received threatening emails from Broadwell.
At the time, officials said 20,000 to 30,000 pages of emails and other documents from Allen’s communications with Kelley between 2010 and 2012 were in question. None of the emails have been made public.
Pentagon press secretary George Little said on Tuesday that defence secretary Leon Panetta was informed of the conclusion by the Pentagon’s inspector general.
‘The secretary was pleased to learn that allegations of professional misconduct were not substantiated by the investigation,’ Little said, adding that Panetta has ‘complete confidence in the continued leadership’ of Allen. The matter had been referred to the Pentagon in November by the FBI during the course of its investigation of emails between Petraeus and his biographer-turned-paramour, Paula Broadwell. The FBI turned up thousands of emails between Allen and Jill Kelley, who was said to have received threatening emails from Broadwell.
At the time, officials said 20,000 to 30,000 pages of emails and other documents from Allen’s communications with Kelley between 2010 and 2012 were in question. None of the emails have been made public.
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