Posted on 09/30/2013 5:54:17 PM PDT by Perseverando
The Marine Corps officer who filed a complaint against the commandant for intervening in the Taliban urination cases against eight Marines is now the target of reprisals from superiors, his attorney says.
Retired Marine Col. Jane Siegel, who is representing Maj. James Weirick, said superiors have subjected the major to retaliations since it became known that he filed a whistleblower complaint against Gen. James Amos, the commandant and Joint Chiefs of Staff member.
“Headquarters Marine Corps is undercutting a hero,” Col. Siegel said. “He did the right thing, and they are trying to bury it and him.”
Maj. Weirick, a staff judge advocate at the Combat Development Command at Quantico, Va., accuses Gen. Amos of violating the military edict against unlawful command influence by urging guilty verdicts to the general overseeing the cases.
The major also told the Pentagon’s inspector general that Gen. Amos’ legal advisers unlawfully classified most of the evidence, including potentially embarrassing emails at headquarters, to keep the material away from defense attorneys.
Earlier this month, Maj. Weirick sent an email to a lawyer who had worked on Gen. Amos’ staff, urging him in pointed language to cooperate with investigators.
Marine higher-ups responded Tuesday with a series of retaliations against Maj. Weirick, Col. Siegel said.
• Marines escorted Maj. Weirick out of his office and seized his government computer.
• He was transferred to a nonlegal job as a training officer.
• His new commander suggested that he get a mental health evaluation and report for an interview with a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent, to whom he refused to talk.
• The major was ordered not to communicate with officials, including Gen. Amos, and was denied leave.
• He was told to turn over his licensed personal firearms kept at home, which he did.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
It appears the CMC, Gen. James Amos, had declared a fatwa on Maj. James Weirick and is having the Corps' Obama approved political officers go full jihad on him.
Charles Martel?
This is the legal officer who was involved in defending the Marines who peed on the dead Taliban fighters.
He has really peed off the CMC.
More at Pat Dollard:
Marine Corps Whistleblower Faces Vengeance: Relieved Of Duties, Computer & Guns Seized, Urged To See Shrink - http://patdollard.com/2013/09/marine-corps-whistleblower-faces-vengeance-relieved-of-duties-computer-guns-seized-urged-to-see-shrink/
I guess that we need to bake some Maj. Weirick cross buns.
The only way through this is to keep the light of day on the activities.
Also I wonder about the order to turn in his personally owned weapons. My ‘Conspiracy Meter’ went through the roof. What if bullets from one of them ‘someday’ shows up as having killed ‘someone’? Not a good thing at all from my point of view.
Mental evaluation? What’s next, the gulag. The job of the commandant’s flag judge is to tell him when he is about to break the law, not help him double down. The Commandant just got his pee pee smacked for the original case, then he targets the lawyer. Not smart.
Amos is over his head as CMC. He just relieved two major generals, which is his prerogative, but his command judgment is suspect. Put a grunt back in charge, please.
There needs to be some major courts-martial of a number of flag officers here....some flag officers need to be breaking rocks at Leavenworth as an E1 after this is done
the Commodant of the Marine Corps is actively aiding the enemy. That is Treason
IMHO, after all the stuff they’re pulling in the world, I’d be happy if the scumbags were beheaded and our Marines crapped down their necks afterwards.
It sounds to me like the White House and Leon Panetta ordered the persecution, uh, prosecution. This started at the very top.
An air wing guy, with no Combat record before the rank of General has no business as commandant.
...and you folks STILL think the armed forces wouldn’t fire on American citizens if so ordered by Zer0?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Lordy these political hacks that have the unmitigated gall to wear a uniform and pretend they are soldiers. It makes me want to vomit. Amos is a real piece of work
The Generals like Amos don’t know HOW to fire a weapon. They only know how to play politics
He doesn’t have to. He’ll just order others to do it....like the Marines that “escorted” Maj. Weirick out of his office and seized his government computer.
BTTT
This is why we have the Snowdens using “other alternatives” to inform the American people.
and those who did so wear a badge of shame. I don;t disagree with your over all point though, It is getting dangerous out there
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