There is a surprising revelation in the new book by Jill Kelley, the socialite and one-time confidante to Gen. David Petraeus: The four-star general hailed by politicians and the media as a military genius was a fan of New Age music.
Kelley recounts how her friend returned from Afghanistan in 2011 to head the CIA, and she found him a changed man. (A condensed recap of the Petraeus scandal: The general had an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who would later send Kelley threatening anonymous emails. Kelley reported the missives, and in the process of the FBI’s investigation, Petraeus’s affair was revealed.)
“He was listening to different music, and tried to encourage me to listen to some of his newfound favorite artists like Enya,” Kelley wrote.
Kelley includes a photo of a list the general wrote out for her on CIA Director letterhead of some albums she might want to check out. They were “Loreena McKennitt — Greatest Hits; Enya; and Sarah McLachlan — Greatest Hits.”
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