Petraeus Sentenced To Two Years Probation

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

Gen. Petraeus sentenced to two years probation plus fine. He broke the law but IMHO it is a little harsh when there are more than one corrupt civilian involved in recent scandals who isn't being punished at all.

http://www.foxnews.c...-military-leak/

[cooltigger21 0]

Gen. Petraeus sentenced to two years probation plus fine. He broke the law but IMHO it is a little harsh when there are more than one corrupt civilian involved in recent scandals who isn't being punished at all.

http://www.foxnews.c...-military-leak/

Prosecuted for not towing the "company" line

[AUUSN 823]

Meanwhile in an alternate universe: "Judge sentences Manning, Snowden to probation, a modest fine for sharing secrets with journalists - wishes them luck"

[icanthearyou 4,462]

Meanwhile in an alternate universe: "Judge sentences Manning, Snowden to probation, a modest fine for sharing secrets with journalists - wishes them luck"

It is hardly fair to hold the DCI to the same standard as a private in the Army and an employee of a private contractor.

[cptau 169]

Meanwhile in an alternate universe: "Judge sentences Manning, Snowden to probation, a modest fine for sharing secrets with journalists - wishes them luck"

Letting your mistress who was an academy graduate and intelligence corps major in the U.S. Army Reserve who was after investigations later prompted to LTC read his classified notebooks is not the same as handing over classified information to Wikileaks. Both are wrong, but giving top secret info to Wikileaks is really wrong.

And General Officers really should be able to find better looking mistresses and girlfriends.

[AUDub 11,113]

I still say he got away with it. Hope no one is acting like the poor pitiful guy is actually getting reasonable punishment for his crimes. Ha! Probation...

[cooltigger21 0]

I never said he was innocent or what he did was ok. What I said was he was prosecuted because he didn't tow the administration line on the war. They had all this information long before it was released. They saved it until they found the right time politically to bring it to light.

[Mims44 1,863]

I still say he got away with it. Hope no one is acting like the poor pitiful guy is actually getting reasonable punishment for his crimes. Ha! Probation...

Anyone know if he still gets his retirement pay?

4star pay with the time in he had.... gotta be a decent sum.

[icanthearyou 4,462]

If you want to feel sorry for someone who was actually persecuted by the government, here is a man who, spent his career doing it the right way and lost everything in the process. This is a shameful story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Andrews_Drake

OUR country owes this man an apology.

[AUUSN 823]

Meanwhile in an alternate universe: "Judge sentences Manning, Snowden to probation, a modest fine for sharing secrets with journalists - wishes them luck"

Letting your mistress who was an academy graduate and intelligence corps major in the U.S. Army Reserve who was after investigations later prompted to LTC read his classified notebooks is not the same as handing over classified information to Wikileaks. Both are wrong, but giving top secret info to Wikileaks is really wrong.

And General Officers really should be able to find better looking mistresses and girlfriends.

There is no wrong, really wrong, or super duper really wrong when it comes to handling classified material.

[AUUSN 823]

"The gross hypocrisy in this case knows no bounds. At the same time as Petraeus got off virtually scot-free, the Justice Department has been bringing the hammer down upon other leakers who talk to journalists—sometimes for disclosing information much less sensitive than Petraeus did. It's worth remembering Petraeus' leak was not your run-of-the-mill classified information; it represented some of the most compartmentalized secrets in government."

https://freedom.press/blog/2015/04/david-petraeus-receives-no-jail-time-leaking-while-whistleblowers-face-decades-jail

[AUUSN 823]

The deal has another effect: it all but confirms a two-tier justice system in which senior officials are slapped on the wrist for serious violations while lesser officials are harshly prosecuted for relatively minor infractions.

For instance, last year, after a five-year standoff with federal prosecutors, Stephen Kim, a former State Department official, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act when he discussed a classified report about North Korea with Fox News reporter James Rosen in 2009. Kim did not hand over a copy of the report — he just discussed it, and nothing else — and the report was subsequently described in court documents as a “nothing burger” in terms of its sensitivity. Kim is currently in prison on a 13-month sentence.

“The issue is not whether General Petraeus was dealt with too leniently, because the pleadings indicate good reason for that result,” said Abbe Lowell, who is Kim’s lawyer. “The issue is whether others are dealt with far too severely for conduct that is no different. This underscores the random, disparate and often unfair application of the national security laws where higher-ups are treated better than lower-downs.”

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/03/petraeus-plea-deal-reveals-two-tier-justice-system-leaks/

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

Gen Petraeus...., you made a mistake. We all do. But 99.9% of your service was honorable and I salute you for that.

[cooltigger21 0]

Gen Petraeus...., you made a mistake. We all do. But 99.9% of your service was honorable and I salute you for that.

He is the man that brought us the surge in Iraq. That alone is worth a salute.

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

Yep and I bet his real mistake one that a lot of us have made.

[icanthearyou 4,462]

Yep and I bet his real mistake one that a lot of us have made.

You have given unauthorized access to secret government information?

[AUUSN 823]

Classified material? Shoot, not when you're trying to get the booty! Aint that right General!

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

Who said giving classified material was his REAL mistake?

[AUDub 11,113]

Who said giving classified material was his REAL mistake?

That's not against the law.

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

Didn't say it was. That's the reason a lot of us haven't served jail time

[AUDub 11,113]

Didn't say it was. That's the reason a lot of us haven't served jail time

So sharing classified info without authorization isn't the real mistake. OK.

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

Nope....it's going over your head but AUUSN got it. Hint......I was being sarcastic.

[AUDub 11,113]

Poe's Law

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody an wingnut in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article.

[cptau 169]

Who said giving classified material was his REAL mistake?

That's not against the law.

Actually it can be under article 134 of the UCMJ.

[AUDub 11,113]

Who said giving classified material was his REAL mistake?

That's not against the law.

Actually it can be under article 134 of the UCMJ.

That'd be cold to charge a retiree.