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		Ex-CIA spyboss Petraeus gets probation for leaking US secrets to his mistress (theregister.co.uk)
		7 points by GordonS on April 24, 2015 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

anonbanker on April 24, 2015 [–]

Meanwhile, Chelsea Manning gets to spend the rest of her life in a jail cell for doing the same thing.

If you think this is a matter of scale, how few documents would Manning have to have leaked in order to qualify for probation?

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