General David Petraeus was sentence to serve two years probation and to pay a $100,000 fine on Thursday for sharing classified information with his lover and biographer, Paula Broadwell.
Petraeus was once a celebrated leader who oversaw military operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan and was thought at one time to be a potential presidential candidate. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011 until his resignation on November 9, 2012. Prior to assuming that position he was a highly decorated four-star general, serving over 37 years in the United States Army.Outside the Charlotte federal courthouse Petraeus made the following comments per CNN:
Today marks the end of a two-and-a-half-year ordeal. I now look forward to moving on with the next phase of my life.
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Part of a plea deal allowed Petraeus to avoid jail time. Prosecutors agreed to not send him to jail because the classified information was never released to the public or published the biography his lover wrote about him.
A close friend of Petraeus and a scholar at the Brookings Institute, Michael O’Hanlon said:
I don’t want to wallow in 2012, and luckily neither has he.