Gen. Petraeus pleads guilty to federal charge

Gen. David Petraeus pleaded guilty Tuesday to one federal charge of removing and retaining classified information as part of a plea deal, court documents show.

According to CNN, Petraeus admitted he gave so-called black books - notebooks in which he kept classified and nonclassified information from his tenure as the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan - to his lover and biographer, Paula Broadwell.

He resigned from his CIA post in November 2012, citing personal reasons.

Petraeus allegedly provided classified intelligence to his Broadwell while he was director of the CIA. The married mother of two and former military officer was writing a book about the general at the time.

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