Thursday, April 23, 2015

"Justice." "Equality." - 'Petraeus gets 2 years probation, $100K fine, can travel to speak overseas, lives happily ever after.'

Via Boing Boing: "David Petraeus, a top West Point grad who led U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, pled guilty Thursday to sharing classified information with his biographer/lover. Fellow leaker Chelsea Manning, on the other hand, remains in prison. And earlier this week, federal prosecutors called for accused leaker and former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling to serve up to 24 years in prison."

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  1. This guy walks, others remain in prison and Snowden continues being labeled public enemy #1 for exposing the government's spying on all the citizens it is supposed to represent? This is why I would rather watch cage fighting and read comic books :)

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    1. I know, right? The world, I just don't get it sometimes. Most times. A lot.

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  2. This guy walks, others remain in prison and Snowden continues being labeled public enemy #1 for exposing the government's spying on all the citizens it is supposed to represent? This is why I would rather watch cage fighting and read comic books :)

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  3. Makes sense, really. This guy led dirty wars that made some powerful people a lot of money. The other leakers didn't.
    Kinda ironic that his surname rhymes with "betray us", though.

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