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Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 04:26 AM Nov 2012

Socialite Jill Kelley skydived with commandos (plus tons of details about her 'parties') [View all]

You wanna read about the skydiving thing? Go to the link below, check out the first 3-4 paragraphs. You want an eye-opener? Check out the excerpt below...
Socialite Jill Kelley skydived with commandos

Kelley and her husband, Scott, a surgeon, were known for throwing lavish parties for members of the military in Tampa.

But unless you held the rank of general or admiral, you weren’t likely on the guest list, according to one retired senior officer who didn’t want his name published.

“A colonel is about as low as she’d go,” said the officer, who served at the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa and knows the players in the Petraeus scandal.

At one party, held on the front lawn adjacent to bustling Bayshore Boulevard, foreign officers outnumbered U.S. military about 10 to 1 as they mingled with the mayor and other local dignitaries, he said. There was a band, speakers and cocktails. The French and Italian officers seemed to enjoy themselves greatly, he said.


Go to the article and search for "The opportunity to rub shoulders" and continue reading from there basically to the end of the article.

How fucking fascinating is that? Specifically about how easy it apparently was for her to just intentionally court top brass like that.

I realize some of this is already known but some of it was new to me. What the fuck was she gaming at?

I'm not saying she was a spy or a foreign agent but, fuck, if it's literally that easy to get hooked into our fucking top commanders, well...you and the TSA agent with their finger up your ass can both have a chuckle about the nature of national security next time you're at the airport.

PB
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I Agree, Sir: This May Not Be An Espionage Set-Up, But It Sure Looks Like One The Magistrate Nov 2012 #1
Yeah, almost the textbook way you'd imagine someone would go about it, too. nt Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #10
Respectfully disagree, sir. lapislzi Nov 2012 #23
so that's why she didn't go for that creepy looking FBI guy who hoped to use Republican's messing JI7 Nov 2012 #2
Anybody throwing such parties risks attracting the attention of foreign intelligence services. Selatius Nov 2012 #3
I wonder who they really are, and who got them that kind of access sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #4
Apparently Kelley and her husband are a couple of grifters GCP Nov 2012 #5
heard on npr yesterday am... she and hubby haven't paid their mortgage since 2009. salin Nov 2012 #6
It's a game in Florida to play it close to the edge. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #18
Hopefully, this situation will lead to investigations of BlueMTexpat Nov 2012 #7
Interestingly, the honorary consularships issue falls more on foreign countries. Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #9
The honorary consulship, in and of itself, is not the troubling point for me. BlueMTexpat Nov 2012 #21
I don't think there's much "there" there jmowreader Nov 2012 #8
Is that what the kids are calling it these days? Fumesucker Nov 2012 #11
The Repug National Convention Was In Tampa..... global1 Nov 2012 #12
how petty TorchTheWitch Nov 2012 #13
The hostesses with the mostess. Historic NY Nov 2012 #14
vacuous d_r Nov 2012 #15
They seem like the Tampa version of that crazy D.C. area couple. Mayberry Machiavelli Nov 2012 #16
Like that, times 100 or 1000 it seems! nt Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #19
I wrote about it yesterday. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #17
I hear they served hubris on a croissant. nm rhett o rick Nov 2012 #20
I'm kind of impressed she went skydiving. aletier_v Nov 2012 #22
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