Paula Broadwell emails sent to David Petraeus’ second lover revealed

Paula Broadwell, the woman at the center of the CIA Director David Petraeus cheating scandal, warned another woman to “back off” and “stay away” from the retired general in threatening emails uncovered by the FBI.

David Petraeus quit his post as director of the CIA on Friday while offering an apology over the affair, allegedly with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.

His apology came as reports show that the affair blew up in David Petraeus’ face after Paula Broadwell allegedly sent the e-mails to another woman whom she accused of getting too close to him.

The recipient of those emails, fearing for her safety, contacted the FBI – which found that Paula Broadwell had sent them.

A government official told the New York Post that the emails contained such language as: “I know what you did”, “back off” and “stay away from my guy”.

The official added: “[Paula Broadwell] clearly thought something was going on’ and thought she was in a <<lovers triangle>>.”

Little is known about the recipient of those emails, including her identity, but the paper reported that she was not David Petraeus’ wife, Holly.

Paula Broadwell, who is married to Dr. Scott Broadwell and has two young sons, has not responded to multiple emails and phone messages.

She had planned to celebrate her 40th birthday in Washington this weekend, with many reporters invited. Her husband, Scott Broadwell emailed guests to cancel the party.

It is also claimed that Paula Broadwell used David Petraeus’ own Gmail account to send the emails, and when the FBI began to investigate an obvious national security issue instead uncovered explicit messages between the two sent from the decorated war hero’s own account – indicating an affair.

Three senior law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case told the Washington Post that when David Petraeus’ name was raised in connection with the threatening emails, the FBI thought that security had been breached.

CIA officers long had expressed concern about Paula Broadwell’s unprecedented access to the director.

Paula Broadwell frequently visited the spy agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to meet David Petraeus in his office, accompanied him on morning runs around the CIA grounds and often attended public functions as his guest, according to two ex-intelligence officials.

Beginning their investigation into how the Director of the CIA’s personal email had been hacked, the FBI agents instead uncovered evidence that he and 40-year-old Paul Broadwell were involved in an extramarital affair.

FBI investigators first interviewed David Petraeus about what they had found two weeks ago and informed him that no criminal charges would be brought and no-one is thought to have discussed the possibility of his resignation.

But, according to the Washington Post, after an investigation Justice Department officials were unclear what to do next, because no crime had occurred nor breach of security.

They contacted James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence and told him they had compromising material about David Petraeus.

James Clapper in turn spoke to David Petraeus and advised him to resign.