that she had received anonymous threatening emails about her relationship with mr. petraeus . mr. holder has always insisted petraeus . at a news conference shortly after mr. petraeus resigned , president obama said he had no evidence that mr. petraeus had disclosed classified information “ that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security . mr. petraeus were having an affair . petraeus , a retired four - star general and once america 's top man in the iraq and afghanistan wars , became cia director in 2011 . ” mr. petraeus resigned from the play facebook twitter google plus embed federal prosecutors recommend felony charges against petraeus 1:18 federal prosecutors handling the case of david petraeus , the former director of the cia , have recommended that charges be filed against him for mishandling classified information , according to federal officials . federal agents stumbled onto the affair after jill kelley , a friend of mr. petraeus ’s , complained to the f.b.i.