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Paula Broadwell 'leaked secret details of Benghazi probe during speech' as it emerges Petraeus' testimony will be postponed
Former CIA director's alleged mistress talked about Libya at college lecture
Paula Broadwell, the author of General David Petraeus' biography, is widely thought to be the alleged mistress that caused Petraeus to resign
Broadwell said there were Libyan prisoners in American consulate at the time of the September 11 attack that left four dead including ambassador
Petraeus was scheduled to testify to Congress about timeline on Thursday
Now his replacement will fill in, but he may still be forced to talk




By Meghan Keneally and Lydia Warren

PUBLISHED:08:51 EST, 12 November 2012| UPDATED: 09:47 EST, 12 November 2012

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Questions have emerged over whether David Petraeus' mistress leaked details of the CIA's investigation into the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.


Suspicions over how much Paula Broadwell knew about the probe come as the CIA's former boss stepped down on Friday over the alleged affair, days before he was to testify in the investigation.

Officials say they expect he will still testify over the incident, which left four Americans dead on September 11 this year, yet it will be delayed. The new concern comes over what, if any, confidential information he shared with his biographer and alleged mistress.

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Close: Paula Broadwell is thought to be David Petraeus' mistress and she spoke publicly about the government's handling on the attack on the Libyan embassy

Broadwell, a married army veteran who met Petraeus in 2006, was speaking at the University of Denver on October 26 when she was asked about the attack.

'Now I don’t know if a lot of you heard this, but the CIA annex had actually - had taken a couple of Libyan militia members prisoner and they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to try to get these prisoners back,' she said, according to the Daily Beast. 'So that's still being vetted.'


In response, the CIA denied that claim on Sunday when the tape of Broadwell's talk surfaced, saying that it was not true. The agency confirmed that since 2009 they have not had the authority to detain prisoners.


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