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David Petraeus Scandal: Feds Raid Home Of Mistress; Gen. John Allen Under Investigation

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Nov. 12 2012, Published 2:00 p.m. ET

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By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

The saga of disgraced U.S. Gen. David Petraeus continues full bore Tuesday, after investigators raided the home of his mistress Paula Broadwell, while the Pentagon announced that the U.S.'s commander highest-ranked in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation in connection to the ongoing scandal.

Hunting for classified materials, federal agents late Monday raided Broadwell's Charlotte, North Carolina home, FBI spokeswoman Shelley Lynch said, to execute a search her lawyers had previously consented to. Officials departed with cardboard boxes after snapping pictures of the house.

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he ordered the Pentagon to investigate claims Allen -- a four-star Marine general -- had "potentially inappropriate communications" with Jill Kelley, who purportedly received threatening e-mails from Broadwell.

Tampa-based Kelley, 37, released a statement requesting privacy for her family, adding they've been friends with Petraeus (who denies cheating with anyone other than Broadwell) for years.

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A military official -- noting that between 20,000 to 30,000 pages of email and other writings from Allen’s communications with Kelley between 2010 and 2012 were collected in the investigation and are under review -- told the AP under conditions of anonymity that "Gen. Allen disputes that he has