{"id":58555,"date":"2015-03-04T09:33:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T14:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58555"},"modified":"2015-03-04T09:33:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T14:33:47","slug":"petraeus-plea-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58555","title":{"rendered":"Petraeus’ plea deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends us a link to The Atlantic<\/a> where David Graham discusses the plea deal between the Justice Department and David Petraeus;<\/p>\n

If you’re a CIA analyst who talks to reporters, you might end up serving 30 months in federal prison or facing more. Even a reporter could end up being named a co-conspirator by prosecutors. But if you’re a decorated general, a former CIA director, and a former member of the Cabinet, you might get off with a $40,000 fine and two years of probation.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

In Petraeus’s case, there was no proven harm to national security, but prosecutors said the type of breach he committed, especially from the head of the CIA, was serious enough to merit prosecution. His plea deal makes it easy for naysayers to think there’s a double standard on who gets a slap on the wrist and who gets sent to a cell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The charge against Petraeus is Title 18 of the United States Code section 1924 which reads;<\/p>\n

(a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.<\/p>\n

(b) For purposes of this section, the provision of documents and materials to the Congress shall not constitute an offense under subsection (a).<\/p>\n

(c) In this section, the term \u201cclassified information of the United States\u201d means information originated, owned, or possessed by the United States Government concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States that has been determined pursuant to law or Executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of national security. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is punishable by a $100,000 fine and a year in prison, so a $40,000 fine and two years of probation sound pretty good. But, Petraeus also sentenced everyone under the pay grade of 0-3 to eight hours each of SHARP and SAEDA PowerPoint presentations quarterly.<\/p>\n

The article claims that Petraeus wants to return to public life, he can do that, but not with my support. He may have been a good general, but the whole Broadwell thing shows that he has a propensity for poor judgement, so I’ll never trust him again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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