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| Ex-CIA Chief Petraeus Fined and Given Two Years Probation | |
| 2015-04-24 | |
Petraeus, the former general feted in the U.S. as the man who changed the course of the Iraq war, pleaded guilty in a North Carolina court, avoiding a trial that would have cast an embarrassing light on details of his affair and his flouting of secrecy laws. The plea deal caps a dramatic fall from grace for Petraeus, a decorated four-star general who became the most revered commander of his generation over his role in the Iraq war. The Justice Department previously said that Petraeus had acknowledged giving eight "black books" -- logs he kept as the U.S. commander in Afghanistan -- to his lover and biographer, Paula Broadwell. Petraeus "admitted to the unauthorized removal and retention of classified information and lying to the FBI and CIA about his possession and handling of classified information," acting U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose said in a statement following sentencing. "Petraeus was sentenced to a two-year probationary term and was ordered to pay $100,000 fine." | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #10 Sentenced to cameos on the history channel. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-04-24 17:41 |
| #9 Rules are for little people. If the rules start to catch up with you, scrub the disks. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-04-24 09:08 |
| #8 Does talking to Trent Gowdy count as violation of probation? I thought so. This was a set up strictly to shut him up over Benghazi. I bet he knows why Stephens was in Benghazi and he probably knows why he died. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2015-04-24 09:04 |
| #7 So deducing from the punishment terms: You know too much to crush. But if you speak out before the next election, we'll mash you flat. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-04-24 07:24 |
| #6 All adherents (or potential adherents) of the old regime must be dealt with. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-04-24 03:23 |
| #5 Seems a trivial issue OS, when you've got the Secretary of State doing business over NIPRNET (unclassified system). Poor old Corporal Tommy gets a severe dressing down and extra duty for neglecting the SCIF door sign in/out chit. Rank has it's privileges you know....RHIP and all that. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-04-24 02:49 |
| #4 IF I had done that with TS-codeword stuff, my decrepit ancient butt would be in Fed Pen right away. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-04-24 02:34 |
| #3 Petraeus "admitted to the unauthorized removal and retention of classified information and lying to the FBI and CIA about his possession and handling of classified information," acting U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose said in a statement following sentencing. Er... huh, wait! Isn't lying to the Feds a f-e-l-o-n-y ? Was he only charged with unauthorized possession and storage of classified? No felony conviction or loss of retirement pay for lying to the Feds? Petraeus lawyer to the white courtesy phone please, General Petraeus's lawyer... It's Senator Bob Menendez and very urgent. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-04-24 02:23 |
| #2 eight "black books" Dirt on everybody he knew then, or now knows? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-04-24 02:00 |
| #1 for providing classified secrets to his mistress Because her name is not Huma? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-04-24 01:55 |