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Gen. Petraeus To Be Sentenced To Two Years Probation and Fine

Posted by samzenpus on from the standing-tall-before-the-man dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Petraeus, a now-retired U.S. Army General, has already agreed to plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. As part of the agreement with prosecutors filed in March, the government will not seek any prison time. Instead, Petraeus will agree to pay a $40,000 fine and receive two years of probation, according to court documents. The recommendations are not binding on the federal judge who will preside at the hearing Thursday afternoon in Charlotte.

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  1. Haha FTA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Snowden done a truly patriotic service, never mind his intent (who knows) but this General was only after pussy before he BETRAYED US!

  2. Thank God!!!! by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For a second I thought a member of the elite was actually going to be significantly punished, but these wise prosecutors have preserved the Aristocracy from shame!

    Now, let's get about castrating Edward Snowden!

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    1. Re: Thank God!!!! by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Insightful

      So the general protection fault has to pay almost what, 5% of what he made by selling out his country?

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  3. The more this happens ... by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The more this happens, the more it looks like Snowdon is a vendetta for embarrassing the powerful by doing what is, more and more, looking like the right thing.

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  4. Re:so....why? by MightyMartian · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well, thanks for showing up to tell us. It's so good of you to come on to a topic that you believe completely does not belong on /. to tell us how it does not not belong on /. You are a true champion through and through! Now use your powers to find out if that pack of 100 jelly beans in fact has 100 jelly beans, or 99 or 103.

    America needs people like you!

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  5. Re: so....why? by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Petraeus is a part of the elite. The elite don't get real punishments. Now remember who your masters are, and beg them not to punish you for your impertinence! Oh, and Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

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  6. Summary overlooks a couple of points by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1. He was leaking classified information to his mistress who was also his biographer. Like top-secret stuff.
    2. When an investigation ensued, he lied to the FBI about leaking the material to his mistress.

    Martha Stewart lied to the FBI about insider trading tips and got at least 5 month in a prison camp.

  7. Different Set of Rules by Kunedog · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think we will find there is one rulebook for punishing people like Snowden, and another for VIPs like Petraeus. And yet another (very thin) one for super ultra-VIPs like Clinton.

    1. Re:Different Set of Rules by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Until someone snaps and takes the law into his own hands. That's the inherent dangers of an unjust justice system: People losing faith in it.

      That is actually very dangerous to the stability of a state.

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    2. Re:Different Set of Rules by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Only as long as we still have something to lose. You have to be careful not to take that away, or else it's game over for you.

      You cannot win a war against someone who doesn't mind losing it because he CANNOT lose anything.

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  8. If only he had ... by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ... stored it all on his own server in the first place, he could run for President.

  9. dishonourable discharge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He should get dishonourable discharge as well and no pension.

  10. Motivation and punishment by duckintheface · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Snowden disclosed illegal activity on the part of his employer and the US government. He should be protected by the whistle-blower law. Petraeus gave classified material to his biographer (and lover). In addition to displaying his machismo to his female, he was also trying to provide background info for the book about him. Petraeus was motivated by self-serving benefit. Snowden was doing a service to his country. In a just world, Petraeus should be the one hiding in Russia to avoid life imprisonment or a death sentence.

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