How the CIA Director's Affair Was Exposed

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Nicole Perlroth, Trying to Keep Your E-Mails Secret When the CIA Chief Couldn’t. New York Times, Nov 17, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/1 ... -chief-couldnt.html

three consecutive paragraphs:

"To hide their [David Petraeus and Broadwell's] affair from their spouses, the two reportedly limited their digital communications to a shared Gmail account. They did not send e-mails, but saved messages to the draft folder instead, ostensibly to avoid a digital trail. It is unlikely either of their spouses would have seen it.

"But neither took necessary steps to hide their computers’ IP addresses. According to published accounts of the affair, Ms [Paula] Broadwell exposed the subterfuge when she used the same computer to send harassing e-mails to a woman in Florida, Jill Kelley, who sent them to a friend at the FBI

"Authorities matched the digital trail from Ms Kelley’s e-mails — some had been sent via hotel Wi-Fi networks — to hotel guest lists. In cross-checking lists of hotel guests, they arrived at Ms. Broadwell and her computer, which led them to more e-mail accounts, including the one she shared with Mr. Petraeus.