” An NCIS agent, no matter what his or her status, has no responsibility to the Army hierarchy.”
Correct - So would NCIS assign a “lead” investigator to do this, or someone who gets assignments like “assisting and note-taking” ?
“You have no problem with her testimony?”
I’m not sure of the importance of her testimony, - but I’ll address what you seem to feel is important.
She didn’t have a recorder with her ... she bad. Maybe the lead investigator should have issued her a tactical pack.
Do you suspect that SHE made up the story that the men were taken out and shot ?
You’re still trying to say that the case agent for the Haditha investigation is just an office manager?
Her supervisor, SA Cranfill, considered himself a team coordinator. His own testimony about the reporting relationship doesn’t support the hierarchy above Mannle you keep suggesting. He wasn’t, by his own testimony, bustling around giving orders to flunkies.
If you don’t consider Mannle a lead investigator, you’ll have to explain why she was assigned to interview crucial witnesses, for starters.
And, yes, she interviewed women but she also interviewed men.
You’re right that this bit of testimony was not important to LCpl Sharratt’s exoneration.
It’s just a sidebar that provides a window into NCIS procedures and mentality. A little comic relief for people who’ve been following the case for the past 18 months. Sorry it failed to amuse.