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New Will plea to misdemeanor, may avoid jail
Military.com:

Petraeus' lawyers David Kendall and Robert Barnett in Washington declined to comment on the case when asked by the Associated Press. An official at the clerk's office said the judge hasn't yet scheduled a sentencing date.

The plea deal will allow Petraeus to avoid an embarrassing public trial. He and his attorneys also chose to file the plea the same day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on the controversial nuclear deal the U.S. is negotiating with Iran -- a matter that has dominated national headlines.

While the charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison, both the prosecution and the defense recommended that Petraeus pay a $40,000 fine and serve two years of probation. In return for the plea, Petraeus will be immune from future prosecution.


If that's the way it ends up, it will be a very light sentence. Leaders in high office need to be held to a higher standard.

Cheers,
Scott.
New The investment in a high-priced lawyer paid off.
Money buys leniency.

And DoJ decided "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".
Alex

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

-- Isaac Asimov
New Re: The investment in a high-priced lawyer paid off.

There are a couple of other mind-blowing facts in that Daily Beast article.

First, he still has the power to wreck careers.


Neither the news that Petraeus’s name appears as the defendant on a charging sheet or that he lied to federal investigators from his Langley office shook his standing in the military community—or so it seemed.

Even those who are outraged would never publicly say so. The lingering fear that confronting Petraeus could end one’s careers remains within the ranks.



Yeah, that philandering idiot who thought turning over black books with national security information in them to his mistress was a good idea still has the clout to destroy careers. Let that one sink in, before I get to the next disturbing bit of news.


It’s unclear if Petraeus would be stripped of his security clearance, which he kept after resigning from the CIA.



Seriously? This is unclear? The man handed off black books with the deepest secrets about our national security and they think he might not lose his security clearance?

Will Chaffetz open an investigation into this? Will Congress have the balls to do the proper oversight?

If the Beltway press wants to actually work, they could start looking at all the national security leaks over the past few years and see just how many of them point back to BetrayUs Petraeus.



http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/wait-till-you-hear-what-petraeus-handed




Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.
- - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
     Petraeus resigns says he had an affair - (jay) - (15)
         Jiminy Crap. - (mmoffitt)
         His teflon shield had also developed holes... - (Another Scott) - (4)
             The Never Ending Double Entendres. - (Another Scott) - (3)
                 zee jokes, zey write zemselves - (rcareaga) - (2)
                     depends whether she had a pipeline to - (boxley) - (1)
                         It's already turning into quite a soap opera. - (Another Scott)
         Attackerman: How I was drawn into the Petraeus Cult. - (Another Scott) - (1)
             didn't trust him when he took over way back when -NT - (boxley)
         Michael Hastings's take. - (Another Scott)
         Re: Petraeus resigns says he had an affair - (lincoln)
         Violet asks a good question or two. - (Another Scott)
         Putative topic is, of course an obfuscation-- - (Ashton)
         Will plea to misdemeanor, may avoid jail - (Another Scott) - (2)
             The investment in a high-priced lawyer paid off. - (a6l6e6x) - (1)
                 Re: The investment in a high-priced lawyer paid off. - (lincoln)

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