:00:12. > :00:16.Suspected terrorist Abu Qatada is back home on bail after winning his
:00:16. > :00:18.latest fight against deportation. He will be under curfew at his
:00:18. > :00:24.house. The Prime Minister expresses his frustration at the failure to
:00:24. > :00:28.remove him. I am completely fed up with the fact that this man is
:00:28. > :00:31.still out large in our country. He has no right to be there, we
:00:31. > :00:35.believe he is a threat to our country. Downing Street vows to
:00:36. > :00:45.fight on to deport him, but warned that could be a lengthy process.
:00:46. > :00:46.
:00:46. > :00:52.Inflation is up more than expected. A damning report on the Sri Lanka
:00:52. > :00:55.obtained by the BBC criticises its staff to prevent -- for preventing
:00:55. > :00:59.to prevent the thousands of deaths in the civil war. Hollick patient
:00:59. > :01:04.thought to be in a vegetative state is Porter Keene years cater for the
:01:04. > :01:09.first time. What we have witnessed his extraordinary and has profound
:01:09. > :01:14.implications. The scandal involving the ex-head of the CIA, his
:01:14. > :01:22.mistress, a senior US general, a woman in Florida and up to 30,000
:01:22. > :01:25.e-mails. On Sportsday, but police dropped an
:01:25. > :01:35.investigation into referee Mark Clattenburg, no victims of alleged
:01:35. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:56.Good evening, the terrorists suspect Abu Qatada has arrived back
:01:56. > :01:59.home after being released from prison. He was granted bail after
:01:59. > :02:03.his latest fight against deportation. A clearly frustrated
:02:03. > :02:11.David Cameron said the Government had moved heaven and earth to try
:02:11. > :02:18.to deport him and would continue to He is out, again. Not, as promised,
:02:18. > :02:21.on a plane to Jordan, but in a car taking him home in Britain. He was
:02:21. > :02:26.driven out of Long Lartin high- security prison having won yet
:02:26. > :02:29.another battle with the Government. The man once described as Osama Bin
:02:29. > :02:35.Laden's right-hand man in Europe and a threat to national security
:02:35. > :02:39.has spent 11 years fighting in the courts, costing, some time, more
:02:39. > :02:43.than �1 million. It was not meant to be like this. Listen to what the
:02:43. > :02:49.Home Secretary said seven months ago. We can soon put Abu Qatada on
:02:49. > :02:56.a plane and get him out of the country for good. Today, the Prime
:02:56. > :03:03.Minister insisted, once again, that he would be deported. One day.
:03:03. > :03:08.I am fed up with the fact that this man is still at large in our
:03:08. > :03:11.country. We believe he is a threat to the country, we have moved
:03:11. > :03:14.heaven and earth to comply with every convention to get him out of
:03:14. > :03:18.the country and it is extremely frustrating, and I share the
:03:18. > :03:24.British people's frustration with the situation.
:03:24. > :03:26.The problem is simple to state, but proving hard to resolve. Abu
:03:26. > :03:31.Qatada's lawyers say if he stands trial in Jordan he would face
:03:31. > :03:35.evidence obtained through torture. No British court will agree to that.
:03:35. > :03:39.They need to decide if there is a real risk that this man will be put
:03:39. > :03:43.on trial in Jordan on the basis of evidence obtained by torture. If
:03:43. > :03:48.there is no real risk, he can be deported. It is up to the Jordanian
:03:48. > :03:52.authorities, effectively, to satisfy the court that there is no
:03:52. > :03:57.real risk. In theory, the Government now has three options,
:03:57. > :04:02.to charge Abu Qatada under British law, but so far there is not the
:04:02. > :04:05.evidence to do so. Ministers say they will appeal against the ruling,
:04:05. > :04:09.but success is far from guaranteed. That is why the most likely option
:04:09. > :04:14.is that Jordan changes its floor again to reassure the British
:04:14. > :04:19.courts. -- its floor. The Home Secretary met Jordanian ministers
:04:19. > :04:23.back in March. Officials are there now and the King of Jordan will be
:04:23. > :04:26.in London for talks next week. think people will be really
:04:26. > :04:30.concerned that instead of Abu Qatada being on a plane to Jordan
:04:31. > :04:35.he is out on bail and on the streets. Theresa May said in April
:04:35. > :04:38.that her legal strategy would work to get him deported swiftly. It
:04:38. > :04:46.hasn't and that is why we need more rapid action to get this back on
:04:46. > :04:50.track. Out, out, protesters shouted at Abu Qatada or arrived at her
:04:50. > :04:55.home that we cannot identify for legal reasons. He is out of prison.
:04:55. > :04:58.They want him out of the country. We can talk to Nick Robinson now.
:04:58. > :05:02.The Prime Minister is clearly very frustrated. We have the battle
:05:02. > :05:06.lines drawn between democratically elected politicians on one hand and
:05:06. > :05:12.the rule of law on the other. is absolutely right. He is not the
:05:12. > :05:16.first politician to be frustrated. Abu Qatada was arrested in 2001. A
:05:16. > :05:21.politician said Ben, and I quote, he is extremely dangerous and we
:05:21. > :05:24.don't want him on our streets. That was a Home Secretary called David
:05:24. > :05:32.Blunkett. Since then, there have been five other home secretaries
:05:32. > :05:37.with pretty much the same view. Clarke, Reid, Smith, Johnson and
:05:37. > :05:41.now Theresa May. There have been Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, now David
:05:41. > :05:45.Cameron. All representing the view, widely held by the public, that
:05:45. > :05:50.this man should not be in Britain. Up against them, the courts, who
:05:50. > :05:54.states have been very clearly. That one man's of human rights, as
:05:54. > :05:58.defined by the law, cannot be overridden by the interests of the
:05:58. > :06:02.state of the competing rights of 60 million other people. That is the
:06:02. > :06:08.dilemma now. Supporters of human rights say that is quite right. If
:06:08. > :06:13.it is changing the law in Jordan, of all places, it proves that it is
:06:13. > :06:19.working. Critics say Britain, in the meantime, is paying a mighty
:06:20. > :06:24.big price. Inflation rose sharply last month. Increased tuition fees
:06:24. > :06:27.and rising food prices helped take it to 2.7%, the biggest increase
:06:27. > :06:37.for a year. The Government described the figures as
:06:37. > :06:47.disappointing. Inflation, which Ms DRS -- they
:06:47. > :06:48.
:06:48. > :06:51.What has pushed it up so much? One key factor was high a university
:06:51. > :06:55.tuition fees for first-year students in England. That only
:06:55. > :07:00.affects a certain number of people, but analysts were surprised by just
:07:00. > :07:04.how much of an impact they had on inflation figures. The extent of
:07:04. > :07:09.the tuition fees effect was, indeed, a surprise. Naturally, everybody
:07:09. > :07:14.had known that this was going to come through in the data today. But
:07:14. > :07:17.the magnitude was far in excess of what most people had expected.
:07:17. > :07:22.There were other factors influencing the cost of living.
:07:22. > :07:28.Food prices were up 3.3% over the year to October. Transport costs,
:07:28. > :07:32.public and private, were up 3.1. Clothing prices moved the other way,
:07:32. > :07:37.down 0.2%. That is no surprise to this Manchester shirt making
:07:37. > :07:40.company. They had to put prices up a lot last year because of higher
:07:40. > :07:44.raw material costs. This time, the increases are smaller to keep
:07:44. > :07:48.customers coming through the door. We are certainly looking to make
:07:48. > :07:52.sure that we keep our costs down and that we are not passing on
:07:52. > :07:55.costs to customers as much. People are more considerate and how they
:07:55. > :07:59.are spending their money now. They're not willing to spend as
:07:59. > :08:04.much as they used to be. Even after the latest increase, inflation has
:08:04. > :08:08.a lot lower than at last autumn, when it went above 5%. The pressure
:08:08. > :08:11.on consumers has eased back, but gas and electricity price rises are
:08:11. > :08:14.on the way and they will feed through to inflation. What
:08:14. > :08:18.economists in the City of London want to know is where the Bank of
:08:18. > :08:21.England now thinks inflation is heading and how quickly it
:08:21. > :08:25.predicted will come back to target. We will know more about that
:08:25. > :08:29.tomorrow when the Bank publishes its latest inflation Report.
:08:29. > :08:33.Experts here are having to rework their forecasts because the latest
:08:33. > :08:37.inflation figures were worse than anticipated. The Bank of England
:08:37. > :08:42.will face questions on whether it was caught unawares and when it
:08:42. > :08:46.thinks inflation will come down and stay there.
:08:46. > :08:49.A leaked draft of an internal United Nations report, seen by the
:08:49. > :08:54.BBC, says that the UN was responsible for a grave failure to
:08:54. > :08:57.protect civilians in the final stage of the Sri Lankan civil war
:08:57. > :09:01.in 2009. The report says that staff didn't see it as their
:09:01. > :09:04.responsibility to prevent the killing of innocent people. It is
:09:04. > :09:14.estimated 40,000 people lost their lives in the final months of the
:09:14. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:18.war. The Sri Lankan government has In May 2009, one of the world's
:09:18. > :09:25.longest running and bloodiest civil wars ended on the northern shores
:09:25. > :09:29.of Sri Lanka. Since then, the UN and others have found growing
:09:29. > :09:34.evidence of abuses and possible war crimes by Sri Lankan forces and
:09:34. > :09:39.Tamil Tiger rebels. Now, a draft UN report given to the BBC concludes
:09:39. > :09:44.that there was a grave failure of the UN in the final months of war,
:09:44. > :09:50.to the detriment of hundreds of thousands of civilians. It says in
:09:50. > :09:52.the capital, Colombo, many senior UN staff simply did not perceive
:09:52. > :09:58.the Prevention of the killing of civilians as their responsibility
:09:58. > :10:02.and they were not being instructed to do otherwise from New York. This
:10:02. > :10:08.was not a peacekeeping mission. When the Government launched its
:10:08. > :10:12.final assault in the North, warning UN aid workers it could not
:10:12. > :10:16.guarantee their safety, the UN pulled out. The report says that
:10:16. > :10:20.the UN never questioned the Government. Benjamin Dix was part
:10:20. > :10:24.of the team told to go. As a humanitarian worker, questions
:10:24. > :10:29.running through my mind of what is this all about? Isn't this what we
:10:29. > :10:37.signed up to do? We are here to protect and witness these things.
:10:37. > :10:41.The tunnels are left behind -- Tamil Tigers left behind protested.
:10:41. > :10:45.Tamil Tigers forcibly recruited civilians or use them as human
:10:45. > :10:54.shields. The Government was accused of shelling its own no-fire zones.
:10:54. > :10:57.It denies that. The report sets out the final stages of this conflict,
:10:57. > :11:02.when the UN issued only one statement, condemning both sides.
:11:02. > :11:06.There was a reluctance to issue casualty figures. The report
:11:06. > :11:10.explains that in this way. It says decision-making across the UN was
:11:10. > :11:14.dominated by cultural trade-offs, choosing not to speak out a
:11:14. > :11:19.government that was, in the words of the report, intimidating UN
:11:19. > :11:25.staff was seen as the only way to increase humanitarian access. The
:11:25. > :11:30.report highlights the positive role of some UN staff on the ground as
:11:30. > :11:35.well as the secretary-general. He says he will not comment until he
:11:35. > :11:39.sees the final version. Edward Mortimer now chairs the Sri Lankan
:11:39. > :11:41.campaign for peace and justice. They actually left at the moment
:11:41. > :11:44.when the population needed them more than ever. The Government
:11:44. > :11:48.wanted them out of the way, essentially because they didn't
:11:49. > :11:53.want anybody to see what was happening. The world largely looked
:11:53. > :12:03.away as the Government crushed the banned terrorist group. Now we know
:12:03. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:10.the UN failed to tell the world You can see more on backlit united
:12:10. > :12:13.nations report on Newsnight. Criminal proceedings to be brought
:12:13. > :12:17.against anyone trying to rig the UK gas market. That is the warning
:12:17. > :12:20.from ministers. It follows allegations that prices are being
:12:20. > :12:24.manipulated by power companies to boost profits. Investigations are
:12:24. > :12:28.under way by the regulators and the Financial Services Authority. The
:12:28. > :12:31.main gas suppliers deny any wrongdoing. For the first time, a
:12:31. > :12:36.man who was thought to have been in a vegetative state for more than a
:12:36. > :12:44.decade has been able to communicate with scientists using a pioneering
:12:44. > :12:48.procedure. He suffered a severe brain injury in a car accident. The
:12:48. > :12:54.development has been described as astonishing.
:12:54. > :12:58.This is the Cup and the ball. but apparently unaware. For 12
:12:58. > :13:03.years, doctors have thought Scott Routley was vegetated, with no
:13:03. > :13:08.understanding. But he is about to show that diagnosis is wrong, by
:13:08. > :13:12.responding with his mind, not his body, inside this scanner. This is
:13:12. > :13:18.where I want you to imagine that you are playing tennis. This is
:13:18. > :13:24.what we want, here. Imagining playing tennis produces a distinct
:13:24. > :13:28.peak of activity at the top of the brain, the red blobs on the screen.
:13:28. > :13:34.Scott responds in the same way as healthy volunteers, repeatedly
:13:34. > :13:40.following the commands, convincing scientists that he is conscious. In
:13:40. > :13:45.a later scan, they ask this crucial question. Is any part of your body
:13:45. > :13:50.actually hurt right now? Aren't you in pain? Some tense moments and
:13:50. > :13:55.then his brain patterns suggest he is clearly answering no. That
:13:55. > :13:59.suggests that he is not in pain, which is a big relief. Is this the
:13:59. > :14:03.most significant question you have ever asked a patient? By a long
:14:03. > :14:08.shot, yes. This is extremely important information. Exactly what
:14:08. > :14:12.we have been working to achieve, to be able to ask questions that might
:14:12. > :14:17.actually make a difference to people's lives. The results have
:14:17. > :14:23.delighted his family. The thought that he could sometimes respond
:14:23. > :14:28.with his eyes and say their observations were dismissed as
:14:28. > :14:33.wishful thinking. What questions would they like to put to him?
:14:33. > :14:39.the back of your mind, you are always wondering, is he happy? Does
:14:40. > :14:44.he want to keep going? Not that we would do anything to... Stop that.
:14:44. > :14:48.You wonder if there are other things that we could do. What we
:14:48. > :14:53.have witnessed over a series of scans is extraordinary. It has
:14:53. > :14:58.profound implications. It shows this technology can be used to
:14:58. > :15:03.communicate and give a voice to some patients who appear vegetative
:15:03. > :15:12.in all other clinical tests and perhaps allow them to have a say
:15:12. > :15:16.Scott's family say they would never ask him if he wanted to die and in
:15:16. > :15:21.any case, it's unclear whether he has sufficient understanding to
:15:21. > :15:24.make that decision. And you can see the full Panorama -
:15:24. > :15:28."The Mind Reader, Unlocking My Voice" - after this programme on
:15:29. > :15:31.BBC One. Coming up on tonight's programme:
:15:31. > :15:33.Police drop their investigation into alleged remarks by referee
:15:33. > :15:43.Mark Clattenburg during Chelsea's recent match against Manchester
:15:43. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:48.It's one of the most important and high profile jobs in the country -
:15:48. > :15:51.running the Bank of England. In the next few weeks, we'll know who will
:15:51. > :15:53.take over the role, with the current Deputy Governor, Paul
:15:53. > :15:56.Tucker, emerging as the strongest candidate. As our business editor,
:15:56. > :16:06.Robert Peston, reports, the job will carry new powers aimed at
:16:06. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:12.The Bank of England, guardian of the currency, protector of the
:16:12. > :16:18.financial system, has a vacancy at the top for a governor. The choice
:16:18. > :16:20.of a governor always matters, but it matters this time. For a
:16:20. > :16:26.replacement as Sir Mervyn King is being given sweeping new powers to
:16:26. > :16:29.prevent further financial crisis. Sir Mervyn King retires in the
:16:29. > :16:32.spring, but the Chancellor and Prime Minister are expected to
:16:32. > :16:39.choose his successor from a shortlist of five in the next three
:16:39. > :16:45.weeks. Paul Tucker, deputy governor, seems ahead in the race. A former
:16:45. > :16:49.colleague of his explains why the job matters. It is a bigger job
:16:49. > :16:52.with responsibilities for the banks and also looking after the greater
:16:52. > :16:56.credit. It is not impossible otherwise nobody would be
:16:56. > :17:00.Chancellor, but he will have to have a small political and a night
:17:00. > :17:06.because it will affect small households and their ability to
:17:06. > :17:10.borrow. Are I sounded out the views of eminent regulators, central
:17:10. > :17:15.bankers, government advisers and commercial bankers. For a named
:17:15. > :17:23.Paul Tucker as their preferred candidate. Over the others on the
:17:23. > :17:27.shortlist, Lord Burns, Lord Turner, chairman of the City watchdog, the
:17:27. > :17:31.FSA, and one-time head of the business lobby the CBI. And Sir
:17:31. > :17:36.John Vickers, who headed George Osborne its commission on banking
:17:36. > :17:40.reform and used to run the Office of Fair Trading. There's a 5th
:17:40. > :17:45.unknown shortlisted candidate who is not expected to get the job. A
:17:45. > :17:49.fearsome fortress, but the Bank of England has been shaken by
:17:49. > :17:55.criticism that it failed to stem the boom that led to the past that
:17:55. > :17:58.continues to keep our economy week. Alistair Darling is a former --
:17:58. > :18:02.former Chancellor. What does the Bank of England have to do better?
:18:02. > :18:07.They have to be better at spotting what is going on in the financial
:18:07. > :18:10.system. They were slow off the mark in 2007. There are questions about
:18:10. > :18:15.their ability to hit the inflation target. And they have to
:18:15. > :18:20.communicate better. With all its new responsibilities, the next boss
:18:20. > :18:23.of this place will arguably be the most powerful public figure after
:18:23. > :18:33.the Prime Minister and Chancellor, with the ability to influence
:18:33. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:36.whether all of us become richer or poorer.
:18:36. > :18:39.One of the few international aid agencies operating in Syria says
:18:39. > :18:42.that at least 2.5 million people are now displaced within the
:18:42. > :18:45.country. The figure from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent more than doubles
:18:45. > :18:47.previous estimates. The United Nations Refugee Agency says that an
:18:47. > :18:52.additional 700,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries. Fergal
:18:52. > :18:57.Keane met some of those trying to get to Europe.
:18:57. > :19:05.Here at the very edge of Europe, there is destitute and thus get a
:19:05. > :19:11.weighting in hope. This is where they count the days and the hours.
:19:11. > :19:17.The refugees wait in anonymous hostels. Like this family, who fled
:19:17. > :19:22.Syria a month ago. The young and the old have lost their country.
:19:22. > :19:28.Two year-old Laurent suffers from haemophilia. In the face of war,
:19:28. > :19:32.essential services like health have collapsed. TRANSLATION: This room
:19:32. > :19:37.is too small and there are seven of us living here. My son is sick and
:19:37. > :19:43.that affects all of us. My hope is to go to European country and take
:19:43. > :19:48.care of my son. All I'm asking for his treatment for my son. For a but
:19:48. > :19:53.the short sea journey to Europe can be perilous. In August, nearly 60
:19:53. > :19:58.people, mainly women and children, drowned when a Smuggler's boat
:19:58. > :20:02.overturned. I met a survivor. He is a defector from the army and asked
:20:02. > :20:08.us not to show his face. He is haunted by what happened.
:20:08. > :20:12.TRANSLATION: I saw people under the water. A woman and child tried to
:20:12. > :20:16.cling to me. People were all over each other and drowning. There was
:20:16. > :20:23.a little boy on the boat and I said I would take care of him in Europe,
:20:23. > :20:28.but he drowned. Here, the shortest crossing to Greece is just eight
:20:28. > :20:33.kilometres. The gateway to Europe is tantalisingly close. Having sold
:20:33. > :20:37.everything they own, many of the refugees are paying up to �5,000,
:20:37. > :20:44.their entire life savings, to try to escape to Europe. What they
:20:44. > :20:49.hoped they will find over there is safety and a new life. But increase
:20:49. > :20:53.they find a country in the grip of economic crisis. The rise of the
:20:53. > :20:56.neo- Nazi gold and Dawn has created a climate of fear for many
:20:56. > :21:03.immigrants. Greece is already struggling to deal with hundreds of
:21:03. > :21:08.thousands of illegal migrants. Many, like the Syrians, lack proper
:21:08. > :21:12.travel documents and find themselves trapped. Fees priests of
:21:12. > :21:17.the Syrian Orthodox Church in Athens are trying to help Christian
:21:17. > :21:22.refugees who have found little welcome here. Thrown in jail for
:21:22. > :21:29.having the wrong papers, this man, who asked not to be identified, now
:21:29. > :21:35.faces deportation. TRANSLATION: I am afraid. I escaped from fear only
:21:35. > :21:39.to come here and find more fear. For his family, one of what many
:21:39. > :21:43.families in Turkey, and know of the dangers ahead. But they would
:21:43. > :21:47.rather make the journey with all its risks than stay stranded on the
:21:47. > :21:49.edge of Europe. A police investigation into
:21:49. > :21:53.allegations that the Premier League referee Mark Clattenberg used
:21:53. > :21:56.inappropriate language against a player has been dropped.
:21:56. > :21:58.Clattenberg was said to have made the comments during a match between
:21:58. > :22:05.Manchester United and Chelsea last month. Our sports editor, David
:22:05. > :22:10.Bond, is at Stamford Bridge. Why has the investigation been dropped?
:22:10. > :22:14.Quite simply because there was a complete lack of evidence. The only
:22:14. > :22:18.complaint to the police came from a third party. The player who was
:22:18. > :22:22.allegedly abused by Mark Clattenburg, Jon Obi Mikel, made no
:22:22. > :22:26.complaint to the police, nor did any other Chelsea player or
:22:26. > :22:31.official. Faced with that situation, the police had no choice but to
:22:31. > :22:36.drop the investigation. The FA are conducting an investigation. The
:22:36. > :22:41.that continues tonight. In that case, Chelsea did make a formal
:22:41. > :22:45.complaint to the FA and that is expected to be announced in the
:22:45. > :22:50.next few days whether there will be a case to answer. This boils down
:22:50. > :22:55.to the word of a player against the word of a referee. It will be
:22:55. > :23:00.extremely hard for the FA to prove. All the soundings I'm getting is
:23:00. > :23:04.that it is likely to be dropped as well by the FA. There are high
:23:04. > :23:08.stakes for Chelsea. They've just been through the John Terry races
:23:08. > :23:14.and controversy and they've jumped straight back into this one. If the
:23:14. > :23:16.FA drops it, it could be extremely damaging for them. Thank you.
:23:16. > :23:19.The jockey Frankie Dettori is under investigation after testing
:23:19. > :23:21.positive for a banned substance at the French racecourse, Longchamp,
:23:21. > :23:24.in September. His lawyer says the three-time champion rider and one
:23:24. > :23:28.of the best known jockeys on the international circuit faces an
:23:28. > :23:31.inquiry by the French Racing Authority next week.
:23:31. > :23:34.The scandal surrounding the sudden resignation of the head of the CIA,
:23:34. > :23:39.David Petraeus, over an affair has widened to involve the most senior
:23:39. > :23:42.US commander in Afghanistan. General John Allen is under
:23:42. > :23:45.investigation after the discovery of up to 30,000 emails and other
:23:45. > :23:55.documents exchanged with a woman who had been contacted by Petraeus'
:23:55. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:04.It's a Washington drama with a stellar cast. The spy chief, the
:24:04. > :24:09.top general and two women who soon found themselves at the heart of
:24:09. > :24:13.American power. The lid came off the scandal last Friday with an
:24:13. > :24:17.admission of adultery by General David Petraeus, a revered military
:24:17. > :24:23.commander who had become the head of the CIA. General Petraeus...
:24:23. > :24:26.had cheated on his wife of 38 years with Paula Broadwell, and married
:24:26. > :24:32.former military intelligence officer who became close to the
:24:32. > :24:37.general while writing his geography, which she then publicised. I think
:24:37. > :24:42.he is a terrific role model for young people. How did this unfold?
:24:42. > :24:46.It began when another woman, Jill Kelley, contacted the FBI during
:24:46. > :24:50.the summer after receiving a series of anonymous harassing e-mails. The
:24:50. > :24:54.FBI traced the messages to Paula Broadwell and while looking at her
:24:54. > :24:58.account, found evidence of the affair with David Petraeus. Last
:24:58. > :25:02.week General Petraeus admitted the liaison and resigned as head of the
:25:02. > :25:08.CIA. And today we've learned that Jill Kelley was herself exchanging
:25:08. > :25:10.inappropriate e-mails with the senior military figure, General
:25:10. > :25:14.John Allen. General John Allen leads a coalition forces in
:25:14. > :25:18.Afghanistan and was to have become NATO's commander in Europe, but his
:25:18. > :25:23.nomination is now on hold following the discovery of flirtatious e-
:25:23. > :25:28.mails between the general and Jill Kelley. She had organised social
:25:28. > :25:32.events at US Central Command. He denies the affair. At the White
:25:32. > :25:38.House, the classic question, when was the President told? It is
:25:38. > :25:44.simply a fact that the White House was not aware of the situation
:25:44. > :25:49.regarding General Petraeus on to Wednesday. The situation regarding
:25:49. > :25:53.John Allen until Friday. There are lingering questions that members of
:25:53. > :25:59.Congress will raise tomorrow. Why did it take the FBI so long to
:25:59. > :26:04.inform officials about the affair? Was national security ever
:26:04. > :26:09.compromised? It is as gripping as it is messy, an American soap opera,