Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who in 2013 leaked thousands of classified documents showing U.S. surveillance of private data, argues in a new interview that retired Gen. David Petraeus was responsible for mishandling far more sensitive information than Snowden himself. Petraeus, a former director of the CIA, is reportedly up for consideration as secretary of state under President-elect Donald Trump. He handed Broadwell a black book of highly classified “code word” documents that included the identities of covert officers and notes of National Security Council meetings, according to court records. Petraeus retrieved the information three days later, and Broadwell never made the information public. Petraeus was sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.

Source: Huffington Post December 05, 2016 17:40 UTC