How disgraced general Petaeus avoided prison.

[Platapus]

This story disgusts me.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...mepage%2Fstory

...Petraeus admitted that he improperly removed and retained highly sensitive information in eight personal notebooks that he gave to Broadwell. The Justice Department said the information, if disclosed, could have caused “exceptionally grave damage” [aka Top Secret]. Officials said the notebooks contained code words for secret intelligence programs, the identities of covert officers, war strategy and deliberative discussions with the National Security Council.

50 USC Section 421-426 aka the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 establishes a federal crime to deliberately expose the identity of covert officers (among others) to anyone who does not have a proper clearance and need to know. Petraeus admitted to committing the crime. What else did the prosecution need???

If I even thought of this, the government would be on me like a ton of bricks and I am just a low level research minion. I guess it is good to be a general.

“Oaths do matter, and there are indeed consequences for those who believe they are above the laws that protect our fellow officers and enable American intelligence agencies to operate with the requisite degree of secrecy,” Petraeus had said.

That was from

http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2012/102312.htm

What's hypocrisy when you have already given classified information in exchange for a snarlin' or two?

Even worse, this POS gets to retire.... with a pay raise to boot [active general salary is capped, but retirement pay is not]. Some punishment. Not even a slap on the wrist.

In the military, we used to joke about "different spanks for different ranks" but it is really not funny at all. How can we expect young troops to respect their oaths when high ranking military/government people can walk?

I would like to know at what level do the laws stop applying? I think that is important information for anyone considering a government position if they want to betray their oaths.

I am just disgusted with Petraeus. He is a man without honour.

[Torplexed]

Yeah, he sure was.

[August]

I never liked the guy. He was too into wearing medals and badges.

[Commander Wallace]

It seems the higher up the chain you go, the dumber they get.

Air Force Chief Chuck Horner along with General Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell seemed like a knowledgeable group. They were together during desert Storm. I'm not sure what everyone else thinks.

Sadly, General Schwarzkopf passed away December 27, 2012

[Oberon]

Stormin' Norman always seemed like a pretty forthright guy, I never knew what to make of Petaeus, always seemed a little too smart for his own good. Guess he was smart enough to know how to play the system to his benefit.

[Stealhead]

In my experience things got in done in spite of higher ranking officers much of the time. To me they seemed like pensil pushers that only looked at metrics but didn't have a true understanding of what was going on.