Sputnik- Retired Gen. James Cartright has been pardoned for making untrue statements to US federal investigators, outgoing President Barack Obama announced.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� Cartright, a former vice chairman of�the US Joints Chiefs of�Staff, was pardoned for�leaking information about�the US cyber operation that implanted the Stuxnet virus into�Iran's nuclear centrifuge program.

"[Cartright is pardoned] for�false statements to�federal investigators," the announcement said on�Tuesday.