Army general cleared in Petraeus case

A Pentagon investigation has cleared Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, of professional misconduct in exchanging emails with a civilian woman linked to the sex scandal that led retired Gen. David Petraeus to resign as CIA director. The swiftly unfolding drama  unearthed a web of intrigue, politics, and, yes, email. Here, a who’s who of the scandal.