Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright charged with false statements in leak probe – CBS News

WASHINGTON — Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright has been charged with making false statements during a federal investigation into a leak of classified information, the Justice Department announced Monday. Cartwright falsely told investigators that he was not the source of classified information contained in a book by New York Times journalist David Sanger, according to…

WASHINGTON — Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright has been charged with making false statements during a federal investigation into a leak of classified information, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Cartwright falsely told investigators that he was not the source of classified information contained in a book by New York Times journalist David Sanger, according to charging documents unsealed by prosecutors.

Neither the book nor the classified subject is identified in court papers. But Sanger has written about a covert cyberattack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the use of a computer virus called Stuxnet to temporarily disable centrifuges that the Iranians were using to enrich uranium.

via www.cbsnews.com

Funny how being lax with classified information seems to get a lot of people into trouble with the Feds.

A lot of people.

But not everyone.

**cough**HillaryClinton**cough**

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  1. Quartermaster

    Poor Cartwright. He had the misfortune of encountering an unreasonable prosecutor.

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  2. Krag

    Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Maybe he’ll get a passing taste of humble pie out of the ordeal. He could use a few servings.

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  3. ultimaratioregis

    I hope he burns long and bright. He is a Global Zero, gun control, anti-Constitutionalist from the get-go.
    And I hope he burns with the full knowledge that he was sold down the river by his political benefactors who protect their own, but would never deign to do so for someone in a uniform, no matter how much of a sniveling sycophant he was in trying to ingratiate himself to them.

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  4. Butch

    URR, don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel about this guy.

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  5. ultimaratioregis

    Call ’em like I see ’em, Butch.

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  6. Grump_wagon

    He shouldn’t have bounced that check to the Clinton Foundation…

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