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| Ex-CIA chief in federal charge plea | Ex-CIA chief in federal charge plea |
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| David Petraeus, a former CIA director and four-star general, has reached a plea deal with the US Justice Department in which he will admit to mishandling classified materials. | David Petraeus, a former CIA director and four-star general, has reached a plea deal with the US Justice Department in which he will admit to mishandling classified materials. |
| It ends a long investigation into whether he provided secret information to his mistress. | It ends a long investigation into whether he provided secret information to his mistress. |
| He resigned from his post at the CIA in 2012, after it emerged he was having an affair with his biographer. | He resigned from his post at the CIA in 2012, after it emerged he was having an affair with his biographer. |
| A Justice Department statement said a plea agreement had been filed. | A Justice Department statement said a plea agreement had been filed. |
| The deal means that Mr Petraeus will plead guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, but could avoid an embarrassing trial. | |
| The charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison, the New York Times reported. | |
| Mr Petraeus has signed the deal, Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi confirmed to the BBC. | |
| The retired four-star general was in charge of America's recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and was once considered a contender for the Republican presidential ticket. | |
| He had an affair with Paula Broadwell in 2011 during which time she was interviewing him for a biography she was writing. | |
| Three days after the 2012 general election, Mr Petraeus resigned as the director of the CIA and admitted to the affair but at the time he denied any criminal wrongdoing. | |
| The FBI discovered the affair during a cyberstalking investigation following allegations made by one of the former general's friends. | |
| They determined that Ms Broadwell had been sending threatening emails to the friend, and during the investigation they discovered evidence that suggested Mr Petraeus had shared the classified information. |