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The FBI agent who set in motion the investigation that brought down David Petraeus as CIA director, but was ordered to stay away from the case because of his alleged infatuation with a woman who prompted the inquiry, has been identified as a veteran terrorism investigator, Frederick W Humphries II.
The New York Times revealed the agent's name and reported that his colleagues described him as having "conservative political views and a reputation for aggressiveness".
Before his name was made public, Humphries had been dubbed Agent Shirtless after it was revealed that he once sent a topless picture of himself to Jill Kelley. Kelley's subsequent complaint to Humphries about harassing emails from Petraeus's mistress, Paula Broadwell, set in motion the investigation that forced the CIA director from office.
Humphries, a former military intelligence officer in the US army, is himself under internal investigation. The FBI ordered him to stay away from the Petraeus case, which did not fall within his expertise, because of his close ties to Kelley. Last month Humphries revealed the Petraeus probe to members of Congress because he said he was concerned about a cover-up. But the move could be seen as political with the potential to embarrass the president ahead of last week's election.
The New York Times revealed the agent's name and reported that his colleagues described him as having "conservative political views and a reputation for aggressiveness".
Before his name was made public, Humphries had been dubbed Agent Shirtless after it was revealed that he once sent a topless picture of himself to Jill Kelley. Kelley's subsequent complaint to Humphries about harassing emails from Petraeus's mistress, Paula Broadwell, set in motion the investigation that forced the CIA director from office.
Humphries, a former military intelligence officer in the US army, is himself under internal investigation. The FBI ordered him to stay away from the Petraeus case, which did not fall within his expertise, because of his close ties to Kelley. Last month Humphries revealed the Petraeus probe to members of Congress because he said he was concerned about a cover-up. But the move could be seen as political with the potential to embarrass the president ahead of last week's election.
I'm sure it's perfectly regular for agents of the U.S. government to send semi-naked pictures of themselves to women, then act outside their remit to investigate an agent of another government agency motivated (at least in part) by their relationship with the recipient of that picture.
Particularly when the investigation or its fallout might occur at a sensitive time in a Presidential election.
Still when you have an internal security organization whose past heads have included a racist closet case transvestite obsessed with Martin Luther King, I'm sure you can be certain that the motives and behaviour of all its agents are entirely above board.
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