The US Justice department has recommended felony charges against former CIA chief general David Petraeus. In 2012 he left the agency after it turned out he revealed secrets to his biographer and lover Paula Broadwell. Reports say the woman had access to the general's corporate emails. So far it's been three years of investigation without indictment. And as his charges turned into an option, a chorus of outrage is coming from Petraeus' cheerleaders in Washington, including Senators John McCain and Dianne Feinstein, who call him a hero. But when it comes to Edward Snowden, he's described as a traitor by the very same people.

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