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Former CIA Head Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Information, Faces Year In Prison
In a 'ripped from The Onion'-esque headline, WSJ reports that David Petraeus - the former director of the US Central Intelligence Agency - will plead guilty to a charge of mishandling classified information. The reitred military general, whose career was cut short by a very public affair with his biographer, reached a plea deal over sharing unauthorized information with her, in order to avoid an embarrassing trial. To summarize, the man trusted with all of the America's most secret secrets just plead guilty to pillow-talk-sharing of classified information...
David H. Petraeus, the best-known military commander of his generation, has reached a plea deal with the Justice Department that will allow him to avoid an embarrassing trial over whether he provided classified information to a mistress when he was the director of the C.I.A. As NYTimes reports,
Mr. Petraeus will plead guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, which carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison. Mr. Petraeus has signed the agreement, said Marc Raimondi, a Justice Department spokesman.
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F.B.I. agents discovered the affair as they investigated cyberstalking allegations that had been made by Jill Kelley, one of Mr. Petraeus’s friends. Ms. Kelley, of Tampa, Fla., told the F.B.I. that an anonymous person had been sending her threatening emails that told her to stay away from Mr. Petraeus.
The agents determined that the emails were coming from Ms. Broadwell. As they investigated Ms. Broadwell, they learned of the affair and found evidence that Mr. Petraeus had shared classified information with her.
As USA Today reports, the information was not superfluous...
In court documents filed in support of the government's case, prosecutors alleged that Petraeus, while commander in Afghanistan, maintained eight so-called ''black books'' that contained classified and unclassified notes he took during meetings, conferences and briefings. And in late August 2011, he delivered the books to the private Washington, D.C., residence where his biographer and mistress was staying during a week-long trip to the area.
"The D.C. private residence was not approved for the storage of classified information,'' the documents state.
Among the mass of sensitive information contained in the books were the "identities of covert officers, war strategy, intelligence capabilities and mechanisms, diplomatic discussions … and deliberative discussions from high-level National Security Council meetings, and discussions with the president of the United States.''
Despite the affair and reports that the F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors had recommended charges against him, several senators continued to support him.
In a letter to Mr. Holder in December, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said the investigation had robbed the United States of its most experienced military leader.
“At this critical moment in our nation’s security,” Mr. McCain wrote, “Congress and the American people cannot afford to have his voice silenced or curtailed by the shadow of a long-running, unresolved investigation marked by leaks from anonymous sources.”
“We are safer because of the work that Dave Petraeus has done,” Mr. Obama said, referring to his career in government. “And my main hope right now is — is that he and his family are able to move on and that this ends up being a single side note on what has otherwise been an extraordinary career.”
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How long until the excuses come out... she coerced him... he has an addiction... has the world gone totally nuts?
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She has crazy eyes. I'm betting she has mad bedroom skills.
So Miz Hillary "shares" classified documents with some Rumanian dude hacker and...?!!
Honey trapped.
"Honey trapped."
Right on.
Once you start dipping into the mossad honeypots, you are sure to get burned.
If he'd only been one of Obozo's butt buddies he would have been safe from persecution.....
Gen. Betrayus gave up the countries secrets to his biographer! Who among us can blame him? Those English major chicks are usually pretty hot. This one isn't though...
My big, fat, smell 3rd grade teacher comes to mind.
he got honey dicked by those tittys. cant say i blame him.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2010/03/12/the-history-of-the-honey-trap/
Either she was knowingly in on it all along, or she was used as bait for those who wanted to take Patreus down. Cui Bono? He must have done something to displease the cabal so they used the oldest trap in the book.
How would we know that any of this is true? I think he knew what (or who) the Kenyan guy was doing when Benghazi went down and he had to go. Plead guilty and we'll let your family live. That seems as likely as them going out of their way to get someone in power because he had a minor breach of security. I don't believe any of this. In a land where bankers steal billions and walk free because their prosecution might make waves I'm supposed to believe they wouldn't just cover this up?
The history of this happening is long and colorful and considering some of the past peccadillo's, this one is rather minor.
"You need cooling
Baby, I'm not fooling
I'm gonna send, yeahYou back to schooling
Way down inside
Honey, you need it
I'm gonna give you every inch of my love
I'm gonna give you my love" ~Led Zeppelin
IN Moscow,decades ago, the KGB set up a honey trap for a foreign businessman. They had movie cameras in his hotel room and arranged for prostitute to pay a visit.
This guy knew what was going on so when the hooker knocked on his door - he put a pillowcase over his head and ahd his way with her.
What was she going to do? There wasn't time to get new instructions.
Honey Trapped? Yes, but it's easy to honey trap a man whose wife does nothing to try to keep her youthful appearance and lets herself go until she looks like like Grandma Goodwin. I know a lot of men who got married and their wives "just quit trying" shortly after marriage. If we are going to make some new laws, let the American men vote on marriage nullification w/o financial consequences when their wife gives up and let's herself go to the point you no longer can bring yourself to touch her.
I think we already have that, it's called divorce.
Also, I would note there are as many men that let themselves go in their appearance and upkeep, as women.
He said "...w/o financial consequences." I'm pretty sure if your stated reasoning for seeking a divorce is, "cuz she got fat," your alimony automatically triples.
David was never a looker...just sayin'
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/30/7f/d0/307fd0d7781c33de927e1cdf...
zero & will be exonerated?
will face charges for her crimes against the USA?
a ZH poll - - will HRD22 face charges for her willful disregard of State policy?
NoVa
A high ranking Israeli Government official helped to craft the plea agreement of Petraeus & will brief the U.S. Senate Oversight Committee as to how to proceed from here.
Well, isn't that special. How ironic, given that Kelley is/was a Moxxad asset.
Doing God's work clearly includes deciding whose career goes up, down or sideways. Or gets redirected, after a 'Rehab'.
This guy still has miles left on his tires, they just won't take him in the direction that he wanted or imagined.
The crazy ones with daddy issues prefer to work them out in the sack.
Dupe.
What has sadly been overlooked here, not a minor detail, is that Ms. Broadwell is a Mossad agent. Don't look for her to do a perp walk any time soon.
Proof? Are you her handler?
Nuthin' like a wonkybitch in the sack
Pud
The US has no secrets. Everything from raw data onwards is passed on or observed by Israel-firsters.
The CIA is a criminal conspiracy. Everything it does is illegal, whether it's managing the illicit drug trade or subverting and suborning our own agencies or foreign governments.
Fuck 'em. And fuck the entertainment/media propaganda system that convinces the US populace otherwise. They represent the very antithesis of democracy as it's currently run and organized.
You left out Rendering & Torturing of humans both mentally MK Ultra & Phsycailly plus the executions / destabiltion campaigns of Soverign countries by this Pure Evil Psychopathic Organiztion.
It literally needs to be burned to the ground & its Minions hunted down like the dogs they are & delt with Extreme Predjudice.
Why would he wanna sleep with her when he has his lovely wife?
http://boston.barstoolsports.com/m/random-thoughts/its-tough-to-understa...
Don't click on it! Don't! Curiosity kills cats!!!1!
Gaaaahhhhh....why didn't I listen to you?!?! My eyes. Need. Bleach
www.eyebleach.com
She looks like Janet Yellen's hot younger sister.
New Anonymous op as White House still ignores murder of American reporter Serena Shim in Turkey
UN Chief: Israel may have purposely targeted UN base in Lebanon, killing Spanish soldier – VIDEO
She must not be a Jew.
Paula Krantz?
http://nypost.com/2012/11/12/paula-broadwell-was-voted-most-likely-to-be...
Chickens love blood sucking tics.
"In a letter to Mr. Holder in December, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said the investigation had robbed the United States of its most experienced military leaders."
Sure,... but you and I are just cannon fodder to die or go to prison for non-violent crimes and live a life with little ability to get apartments or get any kind of job at all... thanks John McCain & Lindsey (Prince) Grahm. S/
This is the English System... treat people like Peons, Bring in more labor from off-shore to reduce labor expenses, and create an UNDER-class through Draconian Laws and Prohibitions.
Nice.
What Else do we know about the British System of Labor & Trade other than it most closely resembles "Free (Slave) Trade??? Nabobs anyone?
How about that fat faggot, Sandy Berger, that stuffed classified documents in his socks so he could destroy them to protect the Clitooons. When does he go to jail or are we just in the business of killing off the officer class that did something besides command a desk.
Don't let him near any shop tools.
David Petraeus saw all the e-mails that Hillary sent and received on the unsecure system and he gets sets up and Hillary doesn't get jack shit (other than 4 more years) for mishandling classified information. I am sure the FSB has all of Hillary's e-mails too besides the Romanian hacker.
How long did it take for Petraeus to finally get in trouble for his "indiscretions"? That is how long Hillary has.
It's the new normal SDM. John Kiriakou blows the whistle on Cheneys illegal torture program and HE goes to jail. Good ol' USSofA.
Makes you wonder doesn't it.
That enigmatic smile of Putins' may be a message.Not that our psychopaths give a shit.
1 yr for Betrayus
Crucifixion for Snowden.
To be honest, the way this guys career was yanked out from under him, and how quickly it happened, with the power he had. I'd say hes being hung out to dry...
I so love my fellow Americans. But I could not help to secretly wish of an ISIS Sarin attack at the Congress this morning. The only downside is that it would leave the likes of Elizabeth Warren in charge.
The Government of the US is just horrible. They need to be flushed down a toilet or at least have their inards sprayed down the drain hole in a cold concrete floor somewhere.
You want to contaminate our sewage system ?
"We prosecuted some folks"
McCain appears to have gone insane. Is there a provision for remopving such people from public office?
His ego has morphed into a malignant brain growth.
Some say US Congress has a secret police or military force to Disappear citizens.
I'd say that is a big deterrent to speaking out.
But what do I know.
They also say G.W.Bush and by relationship Dick Cheney created a secret agency to carry out it's missions after 2002. Again I don't know any thing here it just makes sense if you are within the government and you are going to break the law... well better form a clique that supports you to carry out your war.
Secret US Congress Police Confirmed by Negative votes on ZH.
- Intel operation complete
- Thesis Proved
- Pack it up boys
Remember the root of the word senate! (See: senile)
....and I gotta tell ya, I'm COMPLETELY over whatever fucking Senator McCain has to say!!
He is a fucking war mongering ass-hat!
Goes to prison for one year mishandling classified documents?...
Where is his best friend Colonel James Steele in all of this along with Rumsfeld,Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Pearle and Addington????
If you told me those classified documents contained the instruction(s) he carried out for torture, murder and genocide in Iraq and afghanistan that includes the death penalty for those names just mentioned I'd say justice is finally working!
Paula Dean Kranz
Lt. Col.
Mossad ?
Homosexuals have no right to voice their opinions on heterosexual relationships.
Are you sure? If CONgress hasn't passed that law yet, it's coming.
/s
David -- you should have reminded yourself that if it has t!ts or wheels, it's going to give you problems!
If it flys, floats, or fucks, ....just rent it.
Sandy Berger....he got off scott free with a stocking full of 'top secret'. Too bad DP isn't a friend of Bill.
Former CIA, A General, the full power of the .gov at his disposal, countless friends who "owe him one" and the guy gets pinched..
The only question is how this happened.
Not to worry. Obunghole will pardon him. You can bank on it
LOVE McCain's logic.
So exposing classified secrets, and storing them in a non-secure location means he's helping keep our country safer?
USA! USA! USA!
he can share the cell with hillary??
LOL! Hillary won't go to jail....
Say what you want about his relationship with this woman (who had DOD clearance at some point in her career), but the fact is, Petraus sorted out the mess in Iraq and saved a LOT of American military lives. My son was over there in 2009 with the Marines, and I credit Petraus with being extremely effective in the most challenging situation. Destroying one of our best military leaders over a relative trifle like that, is self-defeating....
That's not the reason he was destroyed.
He publically attributed the problems in the ME to Israhell.
He touched the third rail when he did that and should have known better.
Optimator,
You are funny!
I damn near soiled self when I read your comment!
Lucky for me it was just gas, and not a #2.
Oh really? He was the author of the Counter Insurgency Program which would require us to be in Iraq and Afghanistan for 30 years. Ultimately we will be there that long with both nations completely and utterly destroyed and hornet's nests of anti-American violence as part of the "success"
And I take issue with him "sorting out the mess" in Iraq. That only happened when we started paying the Sunni tribes to quit attacking the US forces. Once those checks stopped coming....ISIS
He was destroyed b/c he was the odds on guy to run against Obunghole in 2012 until he got prostate cancer
These high profile witch hunts happen for a reason.
Petraeus must have pissed off some powerful people -- who and how I don't know.
No doubt whatsoever.
Handling A Classified Piece Of A$$ more like it
So basically he pissed off his senior bureaucrats and they converged to phuck him good.
Let me tell you something...all generals (and for that matter all senior bureaucrats in DC) have their mistresses, and handle classified information as they please.
He did or said something to get treated differently than they.
It's ironic the way Petraeus was taken out, a cat fight. Tiger Woods was uncovered the same way when some bimbo got dissed by Tiger's girlfriend Rachel Uchitel, and took the story to the press.
Back on November 9, 2012 Zero Hedge ran a very interesting story on the General and the real reason he as forced out.
He refused to take the fall for Benghazi, didn't he?
^this ^ and bammy will pardon him
^this ^ and bammy will pardon him
It's all about the rule of law with this administration...where would the country be without it?
Gallows humor is the best humor
It's the new thing,:you sorta enforce the laws you like if you are with the Attorney General's office and you sorta obey the laws that are convenient if you are connected. Anything else is "racist", or something.
Petraeus is getting a sweet deal it appears. 2 years of non reporting probation. They dont even make figures like him report to the probation office.
Obviously I could have made McCain's statement and I am just an Average Joe. McCain is just a Life Long Fascist who relies on Career people to join him in his "Program and Agenda".
In a letter to Mr. Holder in December, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said the investigation had robbed the United States of its most experienced military leader.
“At this critical moment in our nation’s security,” Mr. McCain wrote, “Congress and the American people cannot afford to have his voice silenced or curtailed by the shadow of a long-running, unresolved investigation marked by leaks from anonymous sources.”
But our fascist .gov will burn any and all Whistleblowers for going "Off Message" or thinking that they are at the level of made men or Royalty. In fact UK Probably calls and tells US Leaders that this behavior must be suppressed.
So there you have it from me, a peon, an instance where UK-Anglo-American Cartel Victimizes US Citizens foe Empire.
Badump-bump.
the unequal protection under the law is even more of a joke than the law
What a dickwad and ineffectual commander - he lost the "battle of the bulge"...
Send this fucking mass murder to Guantanomo for 365 days of rectal feeding
And...there ya go, another high ranking person gets a pass on the law. Fucdup 2-faced Gov't we have.
Pillow talker soon to become pillow biter.
So this CIA director is having an affair with this mistress of this, and this mistress couldn't be having an affair with another country! Image the mess! Double love triangles between a nation and wife.
Misdemeanor Charges where Petreus might not even serve time.
Well, he is an Officer. He is special.
But Whistle-Blowers are having the Book Thrown at them. Felony Charges!!
We would know little about the Federal Government & their Elite Controllers and their Agendas without Whistle-Blowers.
So... to thank our citizens we tolerate a Two Tiered Justice System one: For Insiders who get caught Two: for Peons with no Status who question authorities and who Rebel against Tyranny.
Okay. Check. We get it. Racketeering & Treason.
VICHY DC is a fact of Life for the Global World. VICHY DC Supports Wall Street TBTF and the people that are above the Law in NATO, EU & USA.
Does he have another book out?
This evil piece of shit was running psy-op campaigns in Serbia for years. He owns a good share of media here in Serbia. All EXTREMELY russophobic.
He should be tried here for crimes againgst Serbian people in his never-ending psychological war.
He is the Rupert Murdoch of Serbia.
Here is some more if this interests you and you don't mind using machine translators:
http://www.vaseljenska.com/politika/veliki-americki-brat-bivsi-sef-cia-k...
Martha Stewart lied to federal investigators about saving a few dollars with inside information and went to federal prison. Petraeus lies to federal investigators about leaving classified information laying around, which could get servicemen killed, and it's a misdemeanor?
Does everyone Realize that we had a CIA Director as President, G.H.W. Bush?
- It makes sense to consider that prosecution of Petraeous may be to prevent his ascension to the White House, I am totally ignorant of if there is a connection to the firing of many senior military officers, normally the cutting of military budget does mean firing senior military officers, now if selection of officers is based on politics... this is normal in the military and therefore would translate to eager white house who wanted to change military culture,,, particularly in regards to gays/transsexuals
But I am just at the level of a house slave.
I can't feel sorry for him. Once they're done with you doing their bidding they'll stab you in the back first.
I wonder if he'll have any more affairs in prison?
I just hope the boys there don't make him wear a burqa.
The trial would have revealed the CIA's heroin trafficking network in Afghanistan and possibly the means they use to fly it out and which military bases are used for storage in the United States and worldwide.
He was a civilian? If he were still in the Army he would have been courts martialed, given a dihonorable discharge (eliminating his very lucrative pension and bennies) and sent to Levinworth. Too damned bad.
Sorry General your new cell mate isn't as pretty as your biographer, lies a lot, kind of stupid, arrogant, narccistic and has a new grand daughter that we feel sorry for.
Is this a case of an insider who's going to get a slap on the wrist for major transgressions? Or a case of a kid kicked out of the clique and railroaded to be made an example of? Did he recklessly or knowingly leak classified information? How would we know? They claim he had the name of a covert operative in the notes. Aaaaaand? Did he write "Joe Smith is our covert guy in Tikrit", or did he just write down the name Joe Smith without any context? Have other military leaders given their notes to their biographers so they can use the notes to paint a breathless picture? Is Petreaus the first to let his ego get in the way of good judgement? Was this stuff still damaging to the United States when it was released or only when it was contemporaneous?
I don't agree that we should smack down Petreaus with the motivation that just because Obama loves to bury whistleblowers then he deserves a taste of that medicine. Instead we should punish Obama for waging war on journalism and on truth.