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Defenders of both ex-CIA director David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen deny they were romantically involved with Jill Kelley, and even if that's true, the lady sure knew how to pull strings. Petraeus and Allen both wrote letters to the judge in Kelley's identical twin sister's ugly custody fight, the New York Post reports. The four-star generals (one retired) wrote to defend the mothering skills of Natalie Khawam, Kelley's sister (the Post says that's the twin at left with Petraeus). The news comes hours after the Pentagon revealed Allen was under investigation by the FBI for, as a source told the Washington Post, 20,000 to 30,000 pages of emails with Kelley. (In its own report this morning, the AP has described the emails as "flirtatious," but cautiously adds: "It wasn't immediately clear who wrote the flirtatious notes — Allen, Kelley or both." Allen's defenders say Allen has done nothing wrong, and that there were far fewer emails than the report indicates.) This news comes a several hours after reports that Kelley emailed Petraeus over the harassing emails Petraeus's lover Paula Broadwell sent Kelley and a day after the revelation that the FBI agent who kicked off the case got obsessed with Kelley and emailed her shirtless photos of himself. Why are these guys willing to do so much for this woman? We're not sure, but here's what we know:
Kelley, 37, is from Philadelphia, and is married to cancer surgeon Scott Kelley. They appear to be rich and host fancy parties in Tampa at their fancy house, at right. Petraeus once showed up at Kelley's party in a 28-car motorcade. She organized parties at MacDill Air Force Base for officers. (These parties are like military proms, where the officers wear all their ribbons and medals on their Class As and the women wear sparkly long dresses.)