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The top US general in Afghanistan has been dragged into the sex scandal that brought down CIA director David Petraeus.
The story of the extramarital affair that brought down previously unimpeachable CIA Director David Petraeus and threatens the career of Afghanistan war.
Congress wants to know who knew what about former CIA Director David Petraeus' extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, and when.

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X-rated emails and the VERY toxic love tangle that brought down the CIA boss: As a SECOND general is dragged in, the story of the sex scandal gripping America

By TOM LEONARD

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The military scandal gripping America took an extraordinary twist last night when a second general was linked to one of the two women who precipitated the fall of CIA director General David Petraeus.

Petraeus, 60, hailed by some as the finest officer of his generation, was forced to step down after the exposure of a scandal involving X-rated emails, compromised state secrets and an affair forged in the ruins of Afghanistan.

The spy boss’s mistress was revealed as Paula Broadwell, a glamorous defence academic and ex-army officer, who had written a fawning biography of Petraeus after she was ‘embedded’ with him in Afghanistan.

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Tangled web: General David Petraeus shakes hands with mistress Paula Broadwell. The FBI investigation that led to the discovery of CIA Director David Petraeus' affair with author Paula Broadwell was sparked by 'suspicious emails' from h

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The story of the extramarital affair that brought down previously unimpeachable CIA Director David Petraeus and threatens the career of Afghanistan war commander Gen. John Allen — as well as at least three marriages — is almost literally unbelievable. "My immediate gut is like this is the National Enquirer," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chair of the Senate intelligence committee, tells CNN. "I mean, every day there is something new." And every new thing is stranger than the last. Here are 10 of the oddest twists and subplots — so far:

1. The Broadwells romanced as we learned of Paula's infidelity

"The most amazing detail about the Petraeus affair, which continues to serve up bizarre amazing details by the hour," says Hannah Rosin at Slate, is that as the world was learning of Broadwell's affair with Petraeus, she was having a romantic birthday dinner with husband Scott at Virginia's Inn at Little Washington, a veritable "factory of 'romantic.'" Assuming that Mr. and Mrs. Broadwell didn't have their smartphones on during dinner, "it's possible,

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