Businessman: Jill Kelley Asked For $80M, Bragged of Petraeus Connection [The Korean Deal]

ABC News ^ | November 16, 2012 | BRIAN ROSS

[Steelfish]

Businessman: Jill Kelley Asked For $80M, Bragged of Petraeus Connection By BRIAN ROSS | ABC News

A New York businessman who discussed a multi-billion-dollar Korean business deal with Jill Kelley said the Tampa woman at the center of the Petraeus scandal told him Gen. Petraeus had arranged for her to become an honorary consul for South Korea and promote free trade, and then asked him for $80 million to complete the deal.

"Ms. Kelley made it clear to me that General Petraeus put her in this position, and that's why she was able to have access to such senior levels [of the Korean government]," said Adam Victor, president and CEO of TransGas Development Systems, "that they were essentially doing a favor for General Petraeus, and that she had access solely because of her relationship with General Petraeus."

Victor, who met Kelley at the Republican National Convention in Tampa in August, said he was disappointed in Gen. Petraeus for helping Kelley become an honorary consul. "Frankly, I blame Gen. Petraeus for this as a lapse of judgment," he said. "The general should have known better."

Gen. Petraeus resigned as CIA director last Friday after an FBI investigation turned up evidence of an affair between Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, co-author of the Petraeus biography "All In." The investigation began when Kelley, a Tampa socialite, told an FBI agent she knew about "harassing" emails that turned out to originate from Broadwell.

According to Victor, he went to Tampa to promote coal gasification and met a friend of Kelley's who suggested that they meet to discuss a possible international deal. "The person who introduced me to her said that she was well known to be a very close friend of Gen. Petraeus," said Victor.

[crusty old prospector]

From another thread:

“Kelley, a dhimmi Christian Arab of Lebanese descent, was well known in the Muslim Arab embassies of Washington for doing their bidding and hosting their parties at and near MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where our nation’s top generals are based. It’s where Central Command–the U.S. Armed Forces’ leadership over wars and military personnel Middle East–is headquartered.”

[wideawake]

a dhimmi Christian Arab of Lebanese descent, was well known in the Muslim Arab embassies of Washington for doing their bidding

Wow, that sounds really well-sourced.

[crusty old prospector]

By their fruits, you will know them. She sounds more like the Whore of Babylon than a Christian.

[wideawake]

She sounds more like the Whore of Babylon than a Christian.

That's pretty aggressive.

She seems more like a typical airheaded social climber.

There is as yet zero evidence that she is an adulteress.

There seems to be a lot more anger at her on these threads than at Paula Broadwell.

I find that to be decidedly odd.

[crusty old prospector]

I'll admit, most of what is said about her seems to be hearsay. We'll see if any of it has any legs. If anything, it is a snapshot of what goes on behind the scenes at the high levels of our government.