[Infowarrior] - But, but Petraeus' leaks were forgivable, right?

[Richard Forno]

Did you hear the one where the top guy at the CIA cuts a deal for handing over classified material to his mistress? He might get a whole year in prison for it, but it looks more likely he'll get a slap on the hand and maybe even keep his security clearance.

Yes, that's real.

About the plea deal: He pleads guilty to one single count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents.

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All eight books “collectively contained classified information regarding the identifies of covert officers, war strategy, intelligence capabilities and mechanisms, diplomatic discussions, quotes and deliberative discussions from high-level National Security Council meetings… and discussions with the president of the United States.”  The books also contained “national defense information, including top secret/SCI and code word information,” according to the court papers. In other words: These weren’t just ordinary secrets. This was highly, highly classified material.

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http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/wait-till-you-hear-what-petraeus-handed


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