article_snippet: them carried on an affair between late 2011 and the summer of 2012.
article_snippet: Scandal: the affair that forced him to step down as CIA chief in 2012 was revealed after Florida socialite Jill Kelley, pictured, contacted the FBI the FBI over threatening emails Paula Broadwell had received.
article_snippet: As agents investigated Paula Broadwell's email account, The messages uncovered the affair that forced him to step down as CIA chief in 2012 and learned the CIA director had shared classified information with Paula Broadwell.
article_snippet: In May 2013, Broadwell, who is also still married, finally issued an apology for the affair that forced him to step down as CIA chief in 2012. '
article_snippet: President Barack Obama turned to President Barack Obama to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan before moving to President Barack Obama to CIA in 2011.
highlights_snippet: one charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information had an affair with Broadwell between late 2011 and summer 2012, and stepped down from the CIA after the relationship emerged .