Article posted: 11/15/2012 2:35 PM

FBI agent in Petraeus scandal was seen as hero

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In this 2002 photo, FBI agent Frederick Humphries works at the field office in Seattle. Humphries has been identified as the agent socialite Jill Kelley contacted to complain about harassing emails sent by Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell.

ASSOCIATED PRESS/Seattle Times, Steve Ringman

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FBI Special Agent Frederick Humphries II played a key role in investigating a terrorist attack aimed at blowing up Los Angeles International Airport just as the year 2000 dawned. Today he finds himself in the middle of the widening scandal that has resulted in CIA Director David Petraeus' resignation.