Paula Broadwell

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Paula Broadwell (2011)

Paula Dean Kranz Broadwell (born November 9, 1972 in Bismarck , North Dakota ) is an American journalist and anti-terrorism expert. The discovery of an extramarital affair with David Petraeus , the former head of the International Protection Force in Afghanistan ISAF , led to his resignation as director of the CIA on November 9, 2012 .

education

Broadwell born Kranz grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota, and attended high school there.

In 1995 Broadwell graduated from West Point Military Academy . She studied at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver , the University of Amman and received a Masters in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University . She also participated in the Ph.D. program of the Department of War Studies at King's College London .

job and career

Broadwell served in the United States Army and the United States Army Reserves and became Lieutenant Colonel of the Reserve in August 2012 . She was vice-director of the Jebsen Center for Anti-terrorism studies of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University and worked for the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBI .

She also wrote reports and analyzes for the New York Times , the Boston Globe and Time magazine, among others . She worked as an embedded journalist in Afghanistan during the war . Among other things, she reported on the village of Tarok Kolache , which was completely destroyed by an attack by US forces in 2010. In January 2012, the Petraeus biography All In: The Education of General David Petraeus was published, which Broadwell co-authored with Vernon Loeb.

Paula Broadwell is married to a doctor and has two children. They got to know each other during joint military service in Germany. Broadwell lives in Dilworth, a borough of Charlotte .

Broadwell and David Petraeus

Petraeus with Broadwell in July 2011

In November 2012, Broadwell's affair with Petraeus became known after the FBI investigated threatening emails from Broadwell to the Petraeus friends, Jill Kelley, who had contacted the FBI. The motive was jealousy, as Broadwell suspected Kelley of having intentions on the general. Jill Kelley, the wife of a surgeon in Tampa, who organized lady parties for the US Army as a society lady , was also involved in a high-profile affair with the successor of Petraeus in Afghanistan, General John R. Allen .

Broadwell and Petraeus are said to have met in 2006 when he gave a lecture at the Kennedy School in Harvard. Broadwell was doing her master's there and is said to have spoken to him. To research his biography, she moved to Afghanistan for around a year , where Petraeus was the commander in chief of the ISAF.

David Petraeus resigned from the post of director of the CIA for private reasons a few days after the 2012 US presidential election in the wake of the Petraeus affair named after him . His resignation was accepted by US President Obama on November 9, 2012.

In November 2012, Broadwell's home was searched by the FBI after she was suspected of obtaining and disclosing classified information from Petraeus. In a speech to the University of Denver in late October 2012, she claimed that al Qaeda terrorists had stormed the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 (which led to the assassination of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and several people accompanying him) in order to get there Liberate detained Libyan militiamen, denied by the CIA.

Works

  • Paula Broadwell with Vernon Loeb: All In: The Education of General David Petraeus. Penguin, 2012, ISBN 978-1-101-55230-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shear, Michael, D. (Nov. 9, 2012). "Woman Linked to Petraeus Is a West Point Graduate and Lifelong High Achiever." New York Times
  2. ↑ a b c Paula Broadwell (MA '06) (PDF; 300 kB) In: Alumni Relations . University of Denver . Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Barney, Madison (January 30, 2012). Bismarck native profiles Gen. David Petraeus in new book. Bismarck Tribune
  4. ↑ Miklis, Katharina With a woman's weapons. Who is Paula Broadwell? Stern.de
  5. ^ Paula Broadwell (MA '06). (PDF; 300 kB) via University of Denver
  6. ↑ Broadwell, Paula (Aug. 30, 2005). Iraq's doomed police training. Boston Globe
  7. ^ Paula D Broadwell student page via King's College London
  8. ^ Rick Rothacker: Petraeus relationship leads to book, scandal for Broadwell . In: Chicago Tribune , November 11, 2012. 
  9. ↑ Broadwell, Paula: Women at War , New York Times . October 20, 2009. 
  10. ↑ Broadwell, Paula: The growing role of women in terrorism , Boston Globe . December 12, 2006. 
  11. ↑ Report by Paula Broadwell on Tarok Kolache, Foreign Policy
  12. ↑ Pam Kelley: Charlotte author chronicles Gen. Petraeus' was a career . In: Charlotte Observer , January 24, 2012. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 11, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.charlotteobserver.com 
  13. ↑ International Business Time: Who Is Paula Broadwell's Husband? Dr. Scott Broadwell Ensnared In Petraeus Affair, November 12, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012
  14. ↑ Der Spiegel 47/2012, pp. 69, 74
  15. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: The ex-secret service chief and Paula Broadwell
  16. ^ Sarah Titterton: David Petraeus affair: Paula Broadwell's 'love rival' Jill Kelley speaks out. The Telegraph, November 12, 2012, accessed November 16, 2012 .
  17. ↑ Focus: CIA chief Petraeus stumbles upon model soldier Broadwell
  18. ↑ Sebastian Fischer, Max Gebauer: Spiegel Online on November 10, 2012: The deep fall of the great general. Retrieved November 10, 2012 .
  19. ^ Christian Wernicke: Süddeutsche Zeitung online on November 10, 2012: bewildered after the resignation of the CIA chief. Retrieved November 10, 2012 .
  20. ↑ Timothy Stenovec: Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus Biographer, Reportedly Woman Involved In CIA Director's Affair . The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  21. ↑ Tagesschau online on November 10, 2012: CIA boss Petraeus resigns. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012 ; Retrieved November 10, 2012 .
  22. ^ Spiegel Online, November 13, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Broadwell, Paula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broadwell, Paula Dean Kranz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and anti-terrorism expert
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Bismarck , North Dakota, United States