American commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, facing an internal  investigation for "inappropriate communications" with a woman at the heart of  the David Petraeus controversy, engaged in much more than "flirtatious"  behavior, sources tell Fox News -- with one official even likening the email  exchanges to "phone sex."

The investigation focuses on emails between Allen and Jill Kelley, a close  friend of the Petraeus family. Kelley was the woman who originally notified the  FBI when she received threatening emails from Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell  -- and that investigation later uncovered the affair.

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