Thursday, April 23, 2015

Petraeus Spared Prison for Exposing Secret Info; Fined $100K for Giving Mistress Classified Intel

David Petraeus -- the decorated former U.S. general and head of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) -- has been spared prison after pleading guilty to giving classified information to his mistress, the Telegraph (British) website reports today (April 23, 2015).

The former military commander was fined $100,000 and sentenced to two years' probation today for passing on U.S. secrets to Paula Broadwell, his biographer and lover, who is also married.

Although Petraeus is avoiding jail -- a rarity for anyone convicted of compromising classified information -- the sentencing in a North Carolina courtroom is a dreary end to the career of one of America's most celebrated soldiers and a man once talked about as a possible presidential contender.

After commanding U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, Petraeus returned to Washington, D.C. to lead the CIA. Following an FBI investigation of his relationship with his lover, Petraeus abruptly resigned from the spy agency in November 2012. At that time, he admitted that he and Broadwell had engaged in an extramarital affair while she was writing an admiring biography titled "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus."

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