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Does This Photo Show Why Jill Kelley Thinks She Deserves Diplomatic Protection?

Nov. 14, 2012 12:17pm Erica Ritz

Yesterday TheBlaze reported that Jill Kelley, the mysterious Florida socialite who keeps cropping up in the Petraeus sex scandal, called 911 a number of times requesting “diplomatic protection” when supposedly unknown people tried to enter her property recently.

At the time, she was known to be an unpaid “social liaison” and “honorary ambassador” who often throws parties for men like General Petraeus. One U.S. official told ABC News she is a “nice, bored, rich socialite” who has a tendency to drop the word “honorary” from her title and describe herself as an actual ambassador, and many speculated this is what she meant when requesting “diplomatic protection.”

However, it is now being reported that Kelley is also an “honorary consul” of South Korea.

“She assumed this position last August thanks to her good connections and network,” an official with direct knowledge reportedly told Foreign Policy’s The Cable.

Remember all of those photos of Kelley walking to her Mercedes S500 yesterday, wearing a garish pink or yellow outfit? Well, a photo of her license plate even says “honorary consul.”

Here’s a reminder:

Petraeus Friend Jill Kelley an Honorary Consul to South Korea | Diplomatic Protection

(Photo: AP)

(Photo: AP via Foreign Policy)

Easy to miss if you’re not looking for it, but it certainly presents another interesting angle. Why was Kelley appointed an honorary consul of South Korea?

USA Today describes the post as “symbolic” and “with no official responsibilities,” but it’s still a pretty rare, unexpected title to have.

The official who commented for Foreign Policy contributed: “She does not work as a real consul. They play a role to improve the relationship between the [Republic of Korea] and the U.S…. Jill Kelley helped to get support for [the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement] and she arranged meetings between the [Korean] Ambassador to Washington and local businessmen when the [Korean] Ambassador visited the Tampa area.”

It should be noted, however, that “honorary consuls” do not have the rights of permanent diplomatic staff, and therefore Kelley’s property is not entitled to the diplomatic protection she requested.

Curiouser and curiouser.

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FreedomsQB
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:24pm
Good thing they blocked out those letters. I won’t be able to recognize that silver benz with honorary plates without those two little letters… there must be millions of possible combinations of letters on diplomat plates attached to a silver benz with a middle age brunette driving! LOL

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- @leftfighter
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:59pm
  Funny you should say that!
  
  I’ve seen this car several times around town. The plates give it away. I didn’t recognize it until I saw the plates. I’m sure you can understand that “Honorary Consul” isn’t exactly a plate one sees often, so when you see it, it sticks out.
  
  She’d better get those plates changed now, that’s for sure. Lol
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 2:27pm
  .
  I’m glad her husband isn’t my surgeon.
  They’re $2 million in debt, and she still has the Benz?
  What’s he driving? A Maybach?
  
  As Honorary consul to S. Korea, why didn’t she drive a Hyundai?
  
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- ICanComment
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 4:08pm
  How deep does the rabbit hole go? Just when you think it couldn’t get any more corrupt, something new comes out. If the press wasn’t mostly covering this up since September, they’d never get away with it.
  
  Sure looks like someone told a couple of his associates that he wanted them to make a certain problem go away. Call in a few favors with some people very receptive to strong suggestions, and presto, the problem goes away, right? That sure is working out great, huh?
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 4:18pm
  Her Secret Service name is Velveeta!
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 5:14pm
  From everything we’d learned so far about this woman, She’s pretty FULL of herself.
  Look at me, look at me, yeah! I’m important and I know important people.
  
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- Want our country back
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 6:12pm
  Help Allen West
  http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/11/as_many_at_readers_must.html
  
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- forthepeople
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 6:13pm
  ” From everything we’d learned so far about this woman, She’s pretty FULL of herself. ” Thats seems to fit all Liberals now – a – dayz ! ‘ Do as I say not as I Do ‘ sound familiar ?
  
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- freethinking
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 6:43pm
  @sqb scarry aint it
  
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- Mr.Fitnah
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:16pm
  Well if you cant riddle it out they have been broadcasting her 1005 bay shore address for days down here.
  Another CIA safe house blown.
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:32pm
  She’s pulled more trains than a CSX engineer. I can see giving her honoray status for that.
  
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imsteph
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:00pm
Let’s face it…the woman’s brain is a bag full of cats!
Someone PLEASE explain to me how such obviously insane people keep getting into areas of authority and influence?!?

cookoo- cookoo!

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- Gourdy
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:27pm
  If she were extremely obese or ugly, she wouldn’t have gained this kind of access. I know that seems cruel, but I believe it to be the case. Powerful men, even if they’re married, believe they are entitled and that the rules don’t apply to them.
  
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- Frameman
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:36pm
  Show me her boobs!!
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:42pm
  Gourdy, winner winner chicken dinner !!!!! You are correct…….she is sexy, and sexy opens doors…
  
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- Popp40
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 2:31pm
  I’m sorry but I am not seeing what everyone else is seeing…..she is not all that attractive. She looks homely, I think people need to up their standards if they think she is that attractive.
  
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- Gourdy
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 3:44pm
  Popp40, I get your point. I suppose it’s an “in the eye of the beholder” thing, but all she really needs to be is more attractive than what those generals have at home.
  
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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 3:59pm
  depends on what you mean by attractive…her face isn’t all that great..but she has nice legs, nice butt, and nice boobs….
  for a guy that is going to cheat anyway….it doesn’t take a super model….even guys that are married to super model types…gorgeous women by ANY ones standards…wind up cheating with the UGLIEST of women…
  sometimes it is more about what they will do with you then what they look like….and they are more available to what you want to do then wifey is….or just the thrill of having something new, forbidden, exotic….
  hey…maybe she is really good with that “under the desk” sex Petraeus was talking about…Clinton thought enough of Monica’s under desk ability to get with her…
  
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- Georgiaboy54
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 5:51pm
  I suspect her boobs are fake, just like her. I’m sure these generals spend their careers getting their egos stroked…along with other things. My thoughts are as our soldiers are killed with increased regularity in Afghanistan, they are spending so much time sending and reading ‘sexty’ emails.
  
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- neoconpunk
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 6:03pm
  DC is FULL of people like this. Hanger-ons, name droppers, social butterflies. It’s all about social prestige and ego. I would be surprised if she has the brains to be a spy. She’s just someone that inflated her status over the years and now all the socialites in FL and DC are laughing at her. In her case, the bird has landed and it laid a big poopsie on her benz.
  
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- Salamander
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:40pm
  Just like The White House! I think ‘the bummer’ is pretty full of himself! He certainly isn’t like President Reagan who once offered a little boy some jelly beans AFTER saying ‘come here’ and plunking him in The President’s Chair at The President’s Desk in The Oval Office! That young man has NEVER forgotten the experience!!! He had accompanied his dad to work, was being shown the oval office and they both were surprised when The President suddenly showed up to do some work!
  
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- Mr.Fitnah
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:26pm
  She is married to a muslim, that is the master key.
  
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ronin_6
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:57pm
A nice looking delusional young woman looking for a title. The military likes to name people honorary this or that, an “Honorary Ranger” or an “Honorary Red Leg”. Its just a way to say thank you for some service you have renedered. It has no official meaning and entitles you to nothing other than a feeling of personal satisfaction for helping out.

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- UnwantedFoe
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 3:09pm
  Thats all she needed, shes a socialite afterall… they live off titles, stories, recognition, etc. Its kind of sad really…
  
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1proudAmerican
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:55pm
Seems to me that she’s more an “honorary madame”.

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- Luzmaria1
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:04pm
  And, an air-head.
  
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- Exidor
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:29pm
  I’m pretty sure she “arranges” companionship for government officials.
  
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CONSERVATIVE1
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:50pm
This whole Petreuas fiasco is merely a distraction for the what happened in Benghazi. It is Obama’s way of pushing it out of the forefront of the American people’s mind. The further away it goes, the better for Obama. The MSM will assist in pushing it further out. Obama feels he is above the law and nothing can touch him. It is the Chicago way afterall. “Teflon Don” John Gotti had nothing on this president…now if only he could have the same ending, in prison.

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:54pm
  Well, it’s not like they were reporting on it anyway. Fox news was the only channel even mentioning Benghazi.
  
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- GardenoftheGods
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 2:01pm
  I completely agree! Our only hope is that Dianne Feinstein joins the McCain, Graham & Ayotte to get a special prosecutor involved in the Benghazi investigation. We need the Dems to care as much as the GOP does about our 4 dead in Libya..
  
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:49pm
That’s okay, I’m working towards Honorary President of The United States ! I expect to have an Air Force one assigned to me and that my wife can take million dollar vacations at the taxpayers expense. One more thing …… Can I have one of those Nuclear Weapon buttons to push ?

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wordsofwisdom
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:49pm
Oh what a tangled web we weave when at first etc;~~~~~~~~~
Can you put 2 & 2 together? Does the term escort service help? or maybe sexual liaisons for horny politicians & military brass. How about whore house. That’s it, she is a Madam! I knew we could figure this out in a minute or two but the question now is how long will it take for the MSM to figure out how to cover it up for Obama? This is a smoke screen to redirect your attention away from Benghazi and what is really going on. Hope you all can see what’s going on. Here is a song to help you see “What’s Wrong With This Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749

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Metallicat
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:47pm
She was throwing extravagant parties to work her way into sensitive social circles,but at whos request?

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- Mr.Fitnah
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:13pm
  Her muslim husband
  
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Gourdy
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:46pm
“Socialite” usually means someone vaguely useless and with too much time on their hands. These people make drama for themselves because they have nothing else going on. Have an affair! Maybe she’ll get highest honor: her own reality show.

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HKS
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:44pm
Whatever it is, it looks like it pays well. Capitalism at its finest.

“Remember Benghazi”

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The-Monk
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:40pm
It’s really a circus on Bay Shore Blvd this morning. Reporters have set up lawn chairs on the sidewalk and are buzzing around like flies on a turd.

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TADTAD
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:39pm
Not much will happen to anyone who actually is an enemy of our US Constitution. The rest will crash and burn. You know, that’s how we roll.

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Metallicat
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:38pm
Shes probably been passed from one diplomat to another so many times she thinks she deserves diplomatic immunity.

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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:37pm
No qualifications for anything that we know of and likes to spend most of her time just hanging with “important” people. If only she were black, we would have our 2016 Democratic nominee for POTUS.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:37pm
Like I said yesterday, she’s a wannabe Anna Chapman. But, too flashy to be that effective of a mole.

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- subic
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:39pm
  I’m more concerned about the spy occupying the White House.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:50pm
  Anna Chapman is much hotter.
  
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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:36pm
Again it’s not what you know as much as it is who you know.

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- CONSERVATIVE1
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:42pm
  Or b low
  
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mercenary4freedom
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:32pm
How the hell does this woman rate to be an unpaid consul for the US Military? Thats a pretty high dollar area of South Tampa there on Bayshore.

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flattop
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:32pm
Oh, the games people play, now.
Every night and every day, now.
Never meaning what they say, now.
Never saying what they mean.

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Female
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:31pm
Madam?

Social Liason?

Honorary Consulant?

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Matt
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:31pm
Sex. That is the answer to all of these questions.

Why does she have an honorary title? Because she sleeps with politicians and throws sex parties for them.

Why does she feel she needs protection? Because she sleeps with politicians and throws sex parties for them.

Could it be more obvious?

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E.Souchak
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:30pm
To understand, you must look to Chicago for the answers

Open message for Rep. Darrell Issa, Re: John Chase of the Chicago Tribune

http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2012/11/13/open-message-for-rep-darrell-issa-re-john-chase-of-the-chicago-tribune/

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DZ-015
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:27pm
Does Florida actually produce license plates for “Honorary Consuls” and, if so, why?

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- iamjack
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:46pm
  I was thinking the exact same thing. I wonder if her’s is the only one, and, if so, who is responsible for its creation?
  
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- tj1961
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:54pm
  I live in Florida I have never seen this. In NY they have concul tags and “DPL tags as well for UN diplomats. (Tells the brownies “Don’t bother hanging a parking ticket on this “)
  
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- Clarity Sailing Adventures
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:34pm
  Florida has issued over 100 Honorary Consul tags. And for those wondering, foreign governments name their honorary consuls, not the US government, or the military.
  
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ZAP
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:23pm
Can anyone imagine what goes on in her mind

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- iltws2
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 5:19am
  At first you whould want to but once there you may never come back.
  
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rickroland
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:23pm
I’m telling you, this is only going to get worse and worse. The more data that comes out about this, the more likely that something huge, connected by way beyond Fast and Furious, Benghazi and Petraeus is going to come out. On to the order of multiple impeachable offenses by the President and prosecutable offenses by his advisors and other appointed members of his Administration, elected officials in the House and Senate and, probably even, government contractors and lobbyists. The other shoe will drop before the end of the year, making the scandals we do know about look like minor traffic violations. I’d bet money on it.

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- Popp40
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:35pm
  Sad thing is even if Obama was the one that gave the order to stand down and is found to have committed treason….he still will not be impeached. Ask yourself if anyone in the House will have the balls to impeach him and even if it does pass in the House, good old Harry Reid won’t bring this up in the Senate…..nothing will come of this.
  
  Actually I am wrong, this will only imbolden Obama because he knows that he can steal an election and do whatever he wants without any fear…..
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:20pm
She wants to be a Kardashian or a Real Housewife.

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- Popp40
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Sad thing is she will be just that….the MSM will make sure this happens. Plus, the majority of people have been so dumbed down and has lost all sense of morals/values that they will flock to this lady and make her just like the Kardashians.
  
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