The former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency pleaded guilty to charges associated with the way he handled classified material. That also means the former American military officer will not go to jail.
Petraeus may have been persuaded to take the plea deal once he learned it would spare him from the embarrassment of the trial procedure.
Federal prosecutors claim the retired four-star general gave Paula Broadwell, the former Army Reserve officer he had an affair with, binders of classified material. Notes concerning his private discussions with President Obama were reportedly among some of the documents he handed to Broadwell. At the time of the affair, the former officer was writing a biography on Petraeus titled All In.
According to Fox News, Petraeus may get two years of probation.
While the big news may be that the former CIA Director decided to take the easy way out, his involvement in the drafting of the Benghazi attack talking points remains cloaked in a thick fog of misleading official information.
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http://www.voicesofliberty.com/article/petraeus-takes-the-easy-way-out-pleads-guilty/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=VOL&utm_medium=emailTwo years probation. Think they'll offer Snowden a sweet deal like that? Me neither.
