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Navy Officer Fired, Probe Involves Affair, Suspicious Death
ABC News ^ | January 21, 2015 | By LOLITA C. BALDOR

Posted on 01/21/2015 4:05:06 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The Navy captain in charge of the naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired and is being investigated in connection with an alleged affair with a woman on the base and the recent death of her husband, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Capt. John R. Nettleton was relieved of duty Wednesday due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command, the Navy said in a press release.

The Navy would not comment on the details of the investigation. But U.S. officials said Nettleton is under investigation in connection with the death of Christopher Tur, who was found dead on Jan. 11. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.

Tur, a civilian, was found dead in Guantanamo Bay waters on the western side of the base by the U.S. Coast Guard. He had been reported missing by his wife, also a civilian, the day before, officials said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gitmo; gitmoscandal; military; navy; obamagitmo
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1 posted on 01/21/2015 4:05:06 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ruh, roh.


2 posted on 01/21/2015 4:10:48 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Odds are if he was a Fellow Traveler we wouldn’t even be hearing about it.


3 posted on 01/21/2015 4:13:36 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

” The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation. “

There’s that ‘phrase’ again.


4 posted on 01/21/2015 4:15:32 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Dippin' his wick in the company inkwell and hubby of playmate turns up at room temp?

Not a good situation for Captain Romeo.

5 posted on 01/21/2015 4:16:48 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: 9thLife

Odds are, everyone there is under the microscope because Obama wants to create a scandal, close the base, release the terrorists, and return the land to his buddy Castro.


6 posted on 01/21/2015 4:17:53 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

At least he’s familiar with prison routine. Should be of help in his future.


7 posted on 01/21/2015 4:17:57 PM PST by Dagnabitt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is so close to the typical NCIS script that I wouldn’t be surprised if an expert on the show could identify the episode.


8 posted on 01/21/2015 4:18:55 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Under the current leadership, who knows if it is true or not.

Guantanamo Bay has new importance, now that Obama has a deal with Castro. The timing here is a bit suspicious.


9 posted on 01/21/2015 4:19:47 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: TheThirdRuffian
Odds are, everyone there is under the microscope because Obama wants to create a scandal, close the base, release the terrorists, and return the land to his buddy Castro.

Too bad the C.O. of the whole damn base obliged him by acting like a 2nd Lieutenant.

10 posted on 01/21/2015 4:28:54 PM PST by Cry if I Wanna
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Tur

Anyone know the origin of that? It's one I've not run across before.

11 posted on 01/21/2015 4:42:58 PM PST by PAR35
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Obama is not going to shut down the prison at Gitmo. He’s going to give Gitmo back to the Cubans. It’s already a done deal.


12 posted on 01/21/2015 4:43:34 PM PST by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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I think ALL of us NEED to MAKE our congress critters aware of what WE
think is going on here with Gitmo and Cuba!!!! WE NEED to let them know we are NOT STUPID!!!!!!!!


13 posted on 01/21/2015 4:46:47 PM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: PAR35
Anyone know the origin of that? It's one I've not run across before.

Prussian.
In German, it means door.
Die Tür = The door.

Also the name of a city, now in Poland. Tur.

Was Prussia, then Germany, now Poland.

Lots of people have the name of the town their ancestors hailed from.

14 posted on 01/21/2015 4:49:16 PM PST by Bon mots (American Exceptionalism becomes American Acceptionalism under this regime... :()
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Anybody got a picture of the woman in question? She’d have to be some looker to be worth killing over.


15 posted on 01/21/2015 4:51:07 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: PAR35

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.0841324,17.7411796,15z


16 posted on 01/21/2015 4:51:23 PM PST by Bon mots (American Exceptionalism becomes American Acceptionalism under this regime... :()
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To: Bon mots

Viel danke.


17 posted on 01/21/2015 5:25:12 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Bon mots

Belfast :)


18 posted on 01/21/2015 6:17:23 PM PST by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Tur worked at the Navy Exchange on the base and that his wife is the director of the Navy Fleet and Family Services Center.

She sure serviced the fleet.

19 posted on 01/21/2015 6:36:17 PM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: Bon mots; PAR35

“Lots of people have the name of the town their ancestors hailed from.”

I suppose it could be a German name, but it is more likely Spanish or Jewish:

http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=tur

I checked a few German name lists and it doesn’t appear.


20 posted on 01/21/2015 7:59:54 PM PST by vladimir998
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