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Petraeus Reaches Plea Deal in Leak Case, Likely Avoiding Prison

HeadlineMar 04, 2015

Talk of Edward Snowden’s return comes as a government leaker of a different sort has reached a plea deal. Retired four-star general and former CIA director David Petraeus will plead guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information. The FBI and federal prosecutors had recommended felony charges against Petraeus for providing classified information to a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair. Petraeus resigned in 2012 after admitting to cheating on his wife with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. Petraeus gave Broadwell access to his CIA email account and other sensitive material, including reportedly the names of undercover operatives in Afghanistan. Under his plea deal, Petraeus faces a maximum of one year in prison, though prosecutors will seek a suspended sentence that would spare him any time behind bars.

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