Posted on 03/03/2015 2:55:42 PM PST by mojito
David H. Petraeus, the best-known military commander of his generation, has reached a plea deal with the Justice Department and admitted providing his highly classified journals to a mistress when he was the director of the C.I.A.
Mr. Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, a misdemeanor. He is eligible for up to one year in prison but prosecutors will recommend a sentence of probation for two years and a $40,000 fine.
The plea deal completes a spectacular fall for Mr. Petraeus, a retired four-star general who was once discussed as a possible candidate for vice president or even president. He led the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and was the architect of a counterinsurgency strategy that at one time seemed a model for future warfare.
But the deal also ends two years of uncertainty and allows Mr. Petraeus to focus on his lucrative post-government career as a partner in a private equity firm and a worldwide speaker on national security issues. Even while under investigation, he has advised the White House on Iraq and terrorism issues.
The mistress, Paula Broadwell, is a former Army Reserve officer who had an affair with Mr. Petraeus in 2011, when she was interviewing him for a biography, “All In: The Education of General David Petraeus.”
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Shack.....pretty expensive poontang..
Don’t forget Sandy Berger with his brazenly purposeful theft and destuction of documents as a direct coverup of a major national security scandal ...
Bingo!
I thought the good General said he would face trial and further embarrassment rather than plea any bargain because he was innocent. Like a politician, he lies every time his lips move.
If only we had more honorable men like you. Sad state of affairs we have now....
Apparently, nowadays, in order to be a general you need to be a politician and a liar.
I had men in my platoon fresh out of the ghettoes of Chicago and New York. There was a race riot in my barracks the week before my arrival.
I had no fear about my soldiers, but I was scared to death of losing that CEOI out in the field.
Anther democrat gets off easy for a serous crime.
“she does not look like a $40,000 piece of ass to me.”
All women go up a couple of notches when deployed. There is a lot less competition.
Berger’s penalty was very light... He was ordered to pay $10,000 and his National Security clearance was revoked for three years... Wow...what a crushing blow. /s
Berger’s fine was $50,000 plus $6,900 in administrative costs. He also served two years probation and did 100 hours of community service.
Too many in Washington, pundits etc, were starting to call for Petraeus to be put back into theater to handle retaking Mosul.
Obungo had to put a stop to that real quick.
Well, at least her blouse is tucked in.
Would this have happened had Petraeus kept his johnson zipped in the first place?
Yet you repeat yourself...
She probably did...even though he’s covering her on Benghazi....
The Clintons follow their own rules, dontchaknow. We stupid plebes must bow to the elites because they are exalted ones...
And what we don’t know won’t hurt us....We the Sheeples....
Thanks for that....
“But the deal also ends two years of uncertainty and allows Mr. Petraeus to focus on his lucrative post-government career as a partner in a private equity firm and a worldwide speaker on national security issues. Even while under investigation, he has advised the White House on Iraq and terrorism issues. “
Ok, now why not testify on what really happened with Benghazi?
There’s not a single person on this forum, unfortunately, who knows what you’re talking about without looking it up....
lol
Not true.
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