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The FBI agent who initiated the investigation leaked it to Congressional Republicans, which probably led to it making its way to the press.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/ho...

> That agent’s role in the case consisted simply of passing along information from Kelley to the FBI agents who conducted the investigation, but that agent was subsequently told by his superiors to steer clear of the case because they grew concerned that the agent had become obsessed with the investigation, the official said. The agent was a friend of Kelley and long before the case involving Petraeus got under way, the agent had sent Kelley shirtless photos of himself, according to this official.




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