He thought he could get away with doing all this shit. Money needs to be part of the consequences.

but I doubt that will happen. Doesn't seem the right wingers suffer much in terms of consequences.

retirement salary.

But since he didn't do anything wrong when he was in the Army, and they're trying to punish him for acts committed after he retired, it seems kind of petty and unjustified.

Put another way, he honorably earned his benefits. He then retired. After he retired, he committed a crime, and now the Army wants to revisit his retirement pay. It sounds like revenge and pettiness to me.

We'd raise holy hell if someone tried to do this with Social Security or any other type of government benefit.

David Petraeus after he admitted to giving classified information to his biographer and mistress while he was still in uniform, three people with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Beast.

are two systems of justice in the U.S.

against Hillary Clinton, many comparisons have already been made between her situation and General Petraeus'. If he is punished further, her enemies will no doubt publicly complain that he is being harassed while she is being handled with kid gloves, particularly if there is no indictment at the end of all of this. This also smells a little bit of vindictiveness and double jeopardy. As always, political considerations are paramount.

All about the rank. I knew it.