Apologetic Petraeus Gets Probation For Leaking Secrets To His Mistress

USA Today
Apr. 23, 2015

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — David Petraeus, the retired four-star general leader who once commanded military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to leaking classified information to his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell, and was sentenced to two years probation and fined $100,000.

The sentence did not include any prison time, but the fine was $60,000 higher than the tentative terms reached in a plea deal two months ago.

U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler, who was not obliged to follow the plea agreement, said the larger fine was necessary "to promote respect for the law and adequate deterrence."

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