AWOL "officer" to get off light.
Published Tue, Jan 30 2007 10:02 AM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics, War on Terror
Lt. Watada just can't resist getting in another dig at the government that feeds and clothes him. Even as the Army has dropped two charges of conduct unbecoming an officer his lawyer just has to get in a dig at the government. From the Seattle Post Intelligencer:
A week before the court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada is to begin, the Army has dropped two charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, Fort Lewis officials and Watada's supporters said Monday.
The dismissal means Watada now could face a maximum of four years in prison if convicted instead of six. It also means two reporters subpoenaed to testify about statements Watada made in interviews with them will not be called.
He signed a statement agreeing to the authenticity of statements he made. That's how he got two of the charges dropped.
In a news release, Watada's lead lawyer, Eric Seitz of Hawaii said, "By agreeing beforehand to all of the facts the government would ask of the subpoenaed reporters, Lieutenant Watada shielded these journalists from the heavy-handedness of the government."
What a scum-bag. "Heavy-handedness"? Give me a break. Watada's not much better than a traitor. His defense tried to put the government and the war on terror on trial. That got thrown out. They still can't seem to get over the fact that civilian law doesn't apply here, and that they can't try this case in the media.
Watada faces one count of missing movement with his unit to Iraq and two of conduct unbecoming an officer for public statements he made to the media and at a Veterans for Peace national convention in Seattle last summer.
Lt. Watada is getting off light. Four years instead of six. He ought to be breaking rocks.
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