jill kelley was an honorary consul to south korea and interested in speaking with afghan leaders but the government. >> the senior policy makers ought to ask themselves ought we to defend this conduct? is this conduct defensible? which is to say the cavalier disclosure and disparaging comments and leaks mrs. kelley's name and the treatment of her? >> allen's nomination to head up nato was put on hold and essentially scrubbed. he retired. and for the kelleys? >> a lawsuit can only go so far in restoring them to where they were before. this has had an emotional toll, a toll on their lives, their families, their reputation, their economic livelihood. >> we should note that petraeus, broadwe broadwell, the fbi, the obama administration all denied to comment on the investigation. the obama administration has until september 4th to respond to this lawsuit. i should also note that i peripherally knew scott kelley in college, though have i not communicated with him in any way in 25 years. >> coming up next on "the lead," was casting the guy from "dude, where's my car" to write technical revi

paula broadwell physically followed jill kelley on a couple of occasions and one instance, broadwellan e-mail saying she had seen kelly with a top official. and she knew in advance of a secret dinner between kelly, general allen and a handful of top officials. in an e-mail to kelly's husband, scott kelly was told to rein her in before we shame senior military and public officials and foreign ambassadors with who whom she has contact otherwise become an embarrassment to all and center, mails to several top military officials including strangely enough, petraeus himself and general allen. that's according to a lawsuit kelly has filed against the fbi and pentagon charging them with ruining her reputation by leaking her name. federal prosecutors have declined to bring any charges against broadwell. the case began to unravel after the general forwarded the e-mail he received to kelly prompting her to go to her local fbi agent kelly humphries and humphries became famous for spreading a shirtless photo of himself around the internet whether he had an affair with kelly. an agent showed up at