Former CIA Director David Petraeus Sentenced to Probation for Classified Leaks
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JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus received a sentence of two-years probation and a $100,000 fine on Thursday after he admitted he leaked classified information to Paula Broadwell, his mistress.
“Today David Petraeus admitted that he removed and obtained classified and that he lied to the FBI and CIA,” according to Jill Westmoreland Rose, the acting United States Attorney for the Western District Of North Carolina. “He was sentenced to a 2 year probation and a $100,000 fine.”
A decorated war veteran and former four-star general, Petraeus entered into an agreement with federal prosecutors in March in which he agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge for mishandling classified information.
The charge, unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, stems, in part, from documents the former director allegedly provided to his mistress.
In November 2012, Petraeus resigned as director of the CIA after little more than a year on the job. For 37 years before that, he served in the U.S. Army, including as commander of American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
That long and successful career in public service came to an end when a long affair with his biographer, Broadwell, became public.
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