david-petraeus

34 Letters from Powerful People Advocating a Light Sentence for Petraeus

Leah Finnegan · 06/09/15 12:00PM

Former CIA head and surprisingly sexual military general David Petraeus was sentenced in April to two years probation and a $100,000 fine for sharing classified government information with his lover/biographer, Paula Broadwell. Considering the fate of other patriots who leaked secrets, Petraeus got off easy. But he had a little “help” from his “friends.”

Aleksander Chan · 03/03/15 11:50AM

David Petraeus, the disgraced former head of the CIA, has reached a plea deal with the Justice Department, pleading guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material for allegedly passing classified documents to his mistress. The charge carries a one year maximum prison sentence.

J.K. Trotter · 04/25/14 02:35PM

Professor David Petraeus will return to CUNY this fall to re-teach a course called “Are We on the Threshold of the (North) American Decade?” Enrollment starts on Monday.

J.K. Trotter · 10/18/13 02:28PM

David Petraeus is joining Harvard Kennedy School, where he met his future mistress Paula Broadwell in 2006, as a non-resident senior fellow. Gawker reported his Harvard appointment in July, but apparently Harvard lacks access to the Internet.

Memo: CUNY is Moving David Petraeus Seminar to Avoid Protestors

J.K. Trotter · 09/30/13 12:33PM

The City University of New York has relocated David Petraeus’s fall seminar, titled “Are We on the Threshold of the North American Decade?”, to a more fortified campus building, under “increased” security, which will allow the former CIA chief to avoid a growing contingent of student protestors, six of whom were beaten and jailed by the New York City Police Department after last week’s demonstration.

Watch a Cop Punch a Student at This Week's Petraeus Protest

Cord Jefferson · 09/20/13 07:18PM

General David Petraeus' rocky first days as a lecturer at the City University of New York only got rockier this week. Six CUNY student were arrested on Tuesday while protesting outside Macaulay Honors College, where Petraeus holds his classes. Now their supporters are saying that police unnecessarily roughed the students up during their arrest, and video footage seems to support that claim.

We're Sorry for Costing David Petraeus $199,999

Cord Jefferson · 07/15/13 05:46PM

Two weeks ago, Gawker contributor JK Trotter published evidence that the City University of New York was offering General David Petraeus a $200,000 salary for conducting a seminar on "developments that could position the United States...to lead the world out of the current global economic slowdown." Faced with only three hours a week of real work, the disgraced former CIA chief was set to be paid about eight times the salary of a first-time adjunct professor at CUNY, and all without having to teach a full course load. Today, it looks as if that deal has been scrapped.

Petraeus Apologizes for Having an Affair that Led to His Resignation from CIA Director

Maggie Lange · 03/27/13 08:17AM

In his first public speech since he stepped down, former CIA director David Petraeus apologized for the extramarital affair that led to his departure. "I regret—and apologize for—the circumstances that led to my resignation from the CIA and caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters," he told the audience of 600, including his wife and many decorated veterans, at the University of Southern California's annual ROTC dinner.

Roger Ailes Tried to Convince David Petraeus to Run for President in 2011, Said Rupert Murdoch Would "Bankroll" It

Taylor Berman · 12/04/12 12:27AM

It appears as though the Petraeus affair isn't quite over, after all. In today's Washington Post, Bob Woodward broke the news that in spring of 2011, Fox News head Roger Ailes attempted to persuade David Petraeus to run for president if Obama didn't appoint him Joint Chief of Staff, telling the then-general that News Corp head Rupert Murdoch would "bankroll" the campaign.