The FBI agent who exposed the affair between Gen. David Petraeus and his married mistress, which led to Petraeus’ public downfall as head of the CIA, has been identified as Frederick W. Humphries II, according to a New York Times report Wednesday.
Associates of Humphries, 47, described him as a “hard-charging” veteran counterterrorism investigator who helped foil the terrorist plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year’s Eve in 1999.
“Fred is a passionate kind of guy,” a former colleague told The Times. “He’s kind of an obsessive type. If he locked his teeth onto something, he’d be a bulldog.”
Since the under-the-sheets scandal broke Friday, when Petraeus, 60, resigned as the nation’s top spy, Humphries had only been referred to in news reports as the “shirtless” FBI agent who helped to jump-start the federal investigation of the four-star general.
According to reports, the agent was a friend of Jill Kelley, a Tampa socialite who was also chummy with Petraeus and his wife. She complained to the agent in late June or early July that she was allegedly receiving threatening emails accusing her of being “flirtatious” with Petraeus.
As it turned out, investigators discovered the emails were coming from Paula Broadwell, Petraeus’ brainy biographer. She reportedly considered Kelley a romantic rival, although Petraeus has denied having a relationship with her.
Petraeus’ romance with Broadwell started last year, two months after he became CIA chief in September 2011, a Petraeus family friend said Monday. During that time, Broadwell co-authored a biography about Petraeus. They reportedly ended their relationship four months ago.
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