FBI agents raided the Dilworth, North Carolina home of Paula Broadwell, the woman accused of having an affair with former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus Monday night. Petraeus resigned last Friday, citing his infidelity.
Local stations WSOC, WCNC, and WBTV reported the FBI confirmed its agents were inside Broadwell's home, but nearly a dozen agents on scene "would not confirm what they were looking for" as they were "carrying boxes and taking photographs inside the home." Several reporters relayed what they saw at the home through Twitter as it happened.
Broadwell was Petraeus's biographer and may have started her affair with him while embedded with the general in Afghanistan. Broadwell allegedly sent threatening emails from a dummy account to a Florida woman, Jill Kelley, which Kelley reported to the FBI. An FBI investigation discovered Broadwell was having an affair with Petraeus after the menacing emails were traced to accounts associated with her. Broadwell had supposedly suspected Kelley was romantically involved with Petraeus and was apparently jealous of her.
Broadwell may have had access to classified information. She revealed last month during a speech at the University of Denver that terrorists may have attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi to take back prisoners detained at a secret CIA prison. The CIA has denied Broadwell's allegations.
Broadwell's neighbors told WBTV in Charlotte that "Broadwell, her husband, and her two kids have been in hiding since Friday."
The station acknowledged national news organizations have dubbed Dilworth, North Carolina "Mistressville U.S.A." Rielle Hunter, John Edwards' former mistress, lived 1.5 miles from Broadwell's home.
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