Former CIA director David Petraeus fined $100,000

Former US military commander and CIA director David Petraeus has been sentenced to two years' probation and fined $100,000 after pleading guilty to mishandling classified information.

The retired four-star general, who gave the information to his mistress who was writing his biography, admitted the unauthorised removal and retention of classified material.

The judge in the federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina, raised the fine from the original $40,000 agreed in a plea deal, noting it needed to be higher to be punitive.