Media Interviews
Below are some of the more high-profile cases I’ve been called on by the media outlets for opinions and interviews.
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian (UK)
Bradley Manning hearing date set as court-martial process finally begins. Bradley Manning, the US soldier who has been held in confinement for the past 18 months on suspicion of having leaked a huge trove of state secrets , is to go before a military panel on 16 December at the start of the most high-profile prosecution of a whistleblower in a generation.
Robert Klink
Minot Air Force Base Shooting
North Dakota prosecutors at the insistence of the military declined to pursue criminal charges against a Minot Air Force Base staff sergeant who shot and severely wounded a subordinate airman during a weapons training exercise at an off-base gun range near the city.
www.valleynewslive.com
Military: No Charges in Minot Off-base Shooting
The Air Force told The Associated Press that it won’t seek charges against Robert Klink, who remains on active duty at a unit that provides security for 150 Minuteman III missiles sunk in hardened silos in central and western North Dakota.
www.wdaz/com
www.wday.com
www.kxnet.com
Military: No criminal charges in October shooting near Minot base
A military law expert called the Air Force’s action atypical, and said that such cases almost always result in a court-martial. “It is an unusually lenient disposition of the case under the circumstances,” said Philip Cave, a mil…”
www.bismarktribune.com
Lt. Col Terrence Lakin
Birther Army Doctor Court Martial May Yield No New Document
Military authorities announced on Thursday that they would press charges against Lt. Col Terrence Lakin, who announced in a You Tube video that he would refuse to be deployed until Obama produces his birth certificate and verifies that he is a natural-born citizen of the U.S. — and thus eligible to be president.
www.foxnews.com
Army Calls ‘Birther’ Doc’s Bluff
It’s guts ball time for an Army surgeon who has vowed not to deploy to Afghanistan with his unit unless President Obama provides evidence that he’s a “natural born” citizen of the United States.
www.military.com
Lakin receives support from retired Army General
Vallely was asked whether he believed Lakin would have the right of discovery during a court-martial. He replied “Absolutely. Sure, he has a right to discovery. There’s no doubt about that.” However, some military attorneys believe Lakin would not have such a right. In an interview with Fox news, Philip D. Cave…
www.greeleygazette.com
Major Nidal Malik Hasan
Defense Seeks Delay In Fort Hood Shooting Case
A military hearing opened Tuesday to determine whether the case of the man accused in the killing of 13 people last year at Fort Hood, Texas should go to trial, with the investigating officer quickly adjourning the proceedings before any witnesses were called.
www.npr.org
Suspect Could Face Death Penalty in Fort Hood Shooting
American-born Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has yet to be charged but is expected to face at least 13 counts of murder, one for each of the victims who died, as well as numerous assault and weapons charges in a court-martial.
http://www.foxnews.com
Case against Hasan probably will result in death penalty trial, experts say
The case against Hasan will almost certainly result in a death penalty trial, not only because of the number of victims — 13 people died in Thursday’s attack — but also because it happened on a military post where soldiers thought they were safe, several former military lawyers said.
http://www.statesman.com
Spice Crackdown
Officials cope with new drug craze
Following anecdotal reports from post commanders that soldiers were using spice, Training and Doctrine Command commanding general Gen. Martin Dempsey issued an Army-wide warning in 2009 calling attention to the growing problem and empowering commanders to pass their own policies.
http://www.armytimes.com
Murder Charges
US soldier pleads not guilty in contractor’s death
The 32-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier is charged with two counts of murder, three counts of assault and one count of fleeing apprehension in the death of Lucas Vinson of Leesville, La., on a U.S. base near Tikrit in September.
http://www.omaha.com
Allowances fraud – TCS / BAH / travel fraud cases
Military reservists face tougher scrutiny on housing pay
…He acknowledges that there probably are people abusing Army entitlements, and noted the Navy is also pursuing cases against sailors who claim more housing allowance than they’re entitled to. But McCormack said prosecutors have been “extraordinarily aggressive” with TCS cases, even when defendants clearly did not intend to deceive officials.
http://hamptonroads.com
US -VS- Daniel King
CSPAN Video
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces heard oral arguments in the case of the United States vs. Daniel King. Mr. King was charged with passing National Security Agency secrets to the Russians while working in the United States Navy. The bulk of these arguments centered around the legality of .. Read More
http://c-spanvideo.org/
Bush weighs release of abuse photos
Some veteran Washington analysts suggested that it’s in President Bush’s interest to reveal the pictures all at once, rather than risk having public attention focused on them indefinitely as the images slowly leak to the news media.
www.baltimoresun.com
In Iraq, American military finds it has an alcohol problem
In May 2004, Specialist Justin Lillis got drunk on what he called “hajji juice,” a clear Iraqi moonshine smuggled onto an army base in Balad by civilian contractors. He began taking potshots with his M-16 service rifle.
www.nytimes.com
Civilian challenging his expected court martial
In what could be a landmark case, a Las Vegas-based aircraft mechanic is challenging whether it’s constitutional for the U.S. military to court-martial civilians.
www.lasvegassun.com
A Videotape Offers a Window Into a Terror Suspect’s Isolation
Mr. Padilla’s situation, as an American declared an enemy combatant and held without charges by his own government, was extraordinary and the conditions of his detention appear to have been unprecedented in the military justice system.
www.nytimes.com
