Little-known Facts about Jill Kelley née Khawam

Although most of the media coverage of the General Petraeus resignation has focused on the general and his erstwhile paramour Paula Broadwell, less attention has been paid to the "other woman," who launched the whole affair.

Here are some facts about Jill Kelley that most of the mainstream media have chosen to ignore:

1. Jill Kelley and her husband Scott ran a  phony "cancer charity" that went bankrupt after not spending a single penny on cancer research or cancer patients
Based out of the couple's mansion, the Doctor Kelley Cancer Foundation claimed on its tax forms that it "shall be operated exclusively to conduct cancer research and to grant wishes to terminally ill adult cancer patients."

From the records, it appears that the charity fell far short of its mission...[F]inancial records reviewed by  the Huffington Post reveal that the group spent all of its money on parties, entertainment, travel and attorney fees.

By the end of 2007, the charity had gone bankrupt, having conveniently spent exactly the same amount of money, $157,284, as it started with -- not a dollar more.

2. Jill Kelley tried to claim "diplomatic protection"to which she is not entitled.
When she disliked the reporters congrating near her home she called 911. "You know, I don't know if by any chance, because I'm an honorary consul general, so I have inviolability, so they should not be able to cross my property. I don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well," she told the 911 dispatcher.

Jill Kelley is nothing more than one of ten "honorary consuls" of South Korea in the United States [and not an "honorary consul general" either] and doesn't qualify for any diplomatic protection whatsoever.  Kelley's honorary title--granted last August--has no value, no legal protection, no legal authority of any kind. Furthermore, the South Korean government is considering revoking the honorary consult status  it awarded Jill Kelley.

3. Jill Kelley's maiden name is Khawam and she is from a Maronite Christian family that emigrated to Philadelphia from Lebanon in the mid-1970s.  Acording to the Washington Post,"A military officer who is a former member of Petraeus’s staff said [the Arabic-speaking] Kelley was a “self-appointed” go-between for Central Command officers with Lebanese and other Middle Eastern officials."

Jagor's Comment:

Jill Kelley appears to be an overly-ambitious, status-seeking megalomanic with questionable ethics who wormed her way into the good graces of a lot of powerful military officers and civilians in the Tampa Bay area and then flaunted and capitalized on the access to those VIP's that she had acquired.