From the Associated Press:

NASHUA, N.H. — A senior adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Cinton has agreed to plead guilty to drunken driving after the arresting officer was ordered to Iraq, making a more serious charge impossible, police said Monday.
Under the plea, Sidney Blumenthal, a journalist and former White House adviser to President Clinton, will lose his right to drive for 16 months….
The plea deal was reached after the arresting officer was activiated by the military and ordered to Iraq, [a police spokesman] said, adding that without the officer’s testimony a trial would not have been possible.