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Petraeus and Snowden: Both Leakers of Classified Material, Same Punishment? A general with powerful friends gets a slap on the wrist for leaking highly classified material, and a young patriot who acts to shed light on the growing power of governmental agencies to spy on the people is hounded into exile.
Petraeus Plea Deal Shows Double-Standard in U.S. Government’s Prosecution of Leakers. Recently released CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou and investigative reporter Marcy Wheeler respond to the plea deal received by General David Petraeus for leaking highly classified documents to his mistress.