Army subpoenas journalists over officer's (Coward's)quotes

S F Chron ^ | 18 DEC 2006 | Bob Egelko

[USNBandit]

The thing that made me suspect his motives for joining was that he was commissioned the summer after the invasion and his family is involved in democratic politics in Hawaii.

[Nailbiter]

ping

[metesky]

Funny how so many that say they want to stand up for what's "right" don't want to stand up at all when the rubber meets the road, eh?

[CatoRenasci]

Well, the lawyer in me says the evidence for his intention is only circumstancial, but the former artillery officer thinks the likelihood is motives were not bad is about the chance of my tossing the tube of an M114A1 for a caber.

[JCEccles]

perhaps he can spend the next 20 years or so breaking rocks in Leavenworth.

Unfortunately, he'll likely receive only a dismissal and a nominal prison term.

Then he'll go into politics in a big way.

[CatoRenasci]

Sigh! You're right, unfortunately, but one can always hope....

[SJSAMPLE]

And very depressing.

[bigfootbob]

Beautiful irony!