We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:43:11 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification It's dropped out of the news, but I've been keeping an ear to the ground regarding Lieutenant Watada's case. And I've developed an... "anonymous source" speaking on background. Ooooo, sexy. Let's use the whole email (I am *not* a participant in the quoted discussion, btw, this is reprinted with permission). From "someone I know": I asked my former Brigade Trial Counsel what happened in terms that a "NUG" could understand and received this explanation (in RED) this morning. Now I get it…… It's hard to tell what is exactly going on from this newspaper article, but what I suspect happened... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:18:40 -0600 I've heard just the opposite. Lt. Watada understood his stipulations, it was the prosecution who made the mistake. It that is true than there may not be another trial. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57075 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57075 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:04:29 -0600 Not only recharge him with ALL of the original charges but also let the stipulation stand and admit those items into court as fact. 2 strikes right there. Third one gets him good time at Leavenworth. Sounds good to me. I've also heard the same things as your source about the civilian defense attorney. Sneaky and underhanded were two of the adjectives used to describe him. Not the two most colorful ones but they were used. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57071 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57071 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:44:59 -0600 I would like to see something along these lines: Me holding a pic of Lt. Watada and standing outside the courtroom, waiting for him to arrive. When he does, and sees me, I will spit on his picture. Symbolic, free speech and no assault. Would that be called spitting by proxy? One can dream... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57067 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57067 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:28:03 -0600 btw, we just got new into my unit one each 1LT coming off Active, who coincidently happens to have just come from stateside Stryker land. i'll be grilling him all next weekend for any poop he may have on the topic. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57056 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57056 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:44:34 -0600 Actually, I thinkthe situation is fairly simple. Watada freely entered into a negotiation with the government regarding the stipulated facts in return for dropping some of the charges. He then reneged on the deal, and thereby broke his word. I would reccharge his with everything and add a charge of conduct unbecoming for violating his sworn agreement. He ought to get a fair court, and then lock his sorry ass up in Leavenworth for the maximum. His actions bring disrespect to every honest man and woman who has taken the oath and lived (and died) according to that oath. Marine6 - Sends http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57051 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57051 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:58:34 -0600 guy. At least Watada didn't run away. At least the other guy eventually accepted that what he did was a breach of faith more than a 'valiant moral stand'. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57024 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57024 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:37:01 -0600 I think the govt should re-file all the charges, included those dropped for the stip. Then the govt should request a change of venue - to Iraq, where all the witnesses are. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57001 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-57001 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:48:44 -0600 if you'll remember, this same kind of "offering a statement in defense that is not in keeping with the stipulations" thingie is what caused some early hiccups in the Lynndie England court martial... i'm not getting excited. i say we should let the "t"s be crossed and the "i"s be dotted ever so carefully, lest we inadvertantly stumble down the road and cause a future invocation of double jeopardy. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-56995 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-56995 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:53:06 -0600 OFS! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-56988 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/just_a_little_s.html#comment-56988 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:36:51 -0600