Another Former Obama General Pleads Guilty to Lying to Feds in Leak Case
The Department of Justice announced Monday that retired Gen. General James E. Cartwright pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI, while trying to obscure his role in passing along top secret information to journalists. As the former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Cartwright occupied an influential seat in the Obama administration until he stepped aside to join the private sector in 2011. “General Cartwright violated the trust that was placed in him by willfully providing information that could endanger national security to…