BREAKING: This week's @nytimes weekend recommendations include @soniakennebeck's riveting documentary #EnemiesOfTheSate, a film about the American surveillance state and the unbridled vengeance it takes against those who dare to challenge it.
‘Enemies of the State’ Review: Seeking Proof Shrouded in Shadows nyti.ms/3yeq3s6
THREAD: Let's compare and contrast how General Petraeus and Reality Winner, both convicted of leaking classified information to the press, were treated by our criminal justice system. We'll examine the content of their leaks, the potential damage to our national security of /1
the leaks, their motives, how their cases were prosecuted and their sentencing.
General Petraeus leaked eight binders full of highly classified materials that he had illegally retained from when he was the top military commander in Afghanistan. When questioned by the FBI /2
about the binders he lied to them, a crime for which he was not prosecuted. He turned the binders over to a woman with whom he was having an illicit affair at the time. According to prosecutors the binders contained the names of covert operatives, /3