Posted on 03/14/2015 9:11:55 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
A SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT by Major Glenn MacDonald, Editor of MilitaryCorruption.com revealed an American “Dreyfus Affair” taking place in the U.S. Army as Major Erik Burris is railroaded by his former JAG colleagues.
Major MacDonald writes of:
RETALIATION AGAINST [BURRIS] FOR TELLING TRUTH IN PREVIOUS COURT-MARTIAL ABOUT HOW ARMY PUSHES ALL FEMALE SEX CHARGE CASES TOWARD COURT-MARTIAL EVEN IF NO PROOF – DECEPTIVE PRESS RELEASE AT CONCLUSION OF MAJOR’S TRIAL AND CONVICTION FOR RAPE FAILED TO SAY ARMY’S OWN INVESTIGATIVE OFFICER FOUND BURRIS’ WIFE ACCUSER TO BE “UNTRUTHFUL” RECOMMENDED MAJ NOT BE COURT-MARTIALED NONETHELESS, HE GETS 20 YEARS IN PRISON
If a tree falls in the forest at midnight, who is there to hear it happen? That’s an unwritten axiom from the public affairs office handbook.
When the Army PAO at Fort Bragg released a terse statement to the media at the conclusion of MAJ Erik Burris’ recent court-martial that the former JAG prosecutor had been found guilty of rape and sentenced to 20 years in prison, they deliberately and deceitfully left out one very important fact.
The JAGs own female investigative officer – LTC Jessica Halling – not only found the major’s accuser – his estranged wife – was “untruthful” and “embellished” her charges, but recommended at the Article 32 (preliminary) hearing that the case NOT proceed to court-martial.
Here is a sample of what she wrote:
“My assessment is that Ms. Burris’ allegations . . . her statements to the CID . . . were driven by a combination of motives. The evidence in the case files and testimony suggests she embellished and made untruthful and/or inconsistent claims . . . her displayed emotion . . . didn’t appear genuine . . . I am left with no other alternative but that Ms. Burris is fabricating her...
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
No good deed goes unpunished.
Bttt
Prayers up for the good Major.
spreading the word.
If you are in the military and are a good man. Get out as soon as you can by any legal means.
It has gone to crap... all of it from what I can see.
Run by a bunch of communists and sodomites.
went to facebook to notify all my military friends and saw that Dakota Meyer is engaged to Bristol Palin.
say what?
back to contacts.
What a filthy attempt to derail this thread. A man lost 20 years of his life, wrongly and through defamation, as punishment for exposing the truth, and you use your efforts to keep people from focusing on that issue on the very thread that addresses it?
I truly wonder if people like you are even human. If I could, I’d set this man free and sentence you to serve the 20 years you are trying to make sure he is buried under.
And your point is?
Was he found guilty by a tribunal in which he was afforded the opportunity to mount a defense?
Was there any physical evidence presented, or was he sentenced to 20 years solely on the basis of the claims of a witness found to be unreliable?
If it had been female on female or male on male sex abuse charges they would have been swept under the rug.
Cover of the Rolling Stone ping.
over here. : (
This is a comment made at http://www.caaflog.com/2015/01/26/media-reports-on-the-court-martial-conviction-of-army-major-erik-burris-formerly-the-chief-of-justice-for-the-82nd-airborne-division/ , based on the Article 32 Report that was uploaded to scribd at http://www.scribd.com/doc/254466182/Investigating-Officer-s-Report-US-v-Burris :
ContractLawyer says:
February 3, 2015 at 2:34 PM
“Tickle Torture” and “Tushie Squeeze.” This was one of the assaults against one of the children. There are no redactions here. Not sure if that is normal to release this without redacting vicitims’ names, even the children.
It appears that one of the children is from the ex ex wife, so it is the case of two ex-wives, though the first ex became involved only after the allegation of the second ex. One of them went to the doctor for a rash around her privates and difficulty/pain while urinating. This is something that can inflame the situation regardless of the merits of the case.
The main victim, ex-wife #2, claims that she was a virgin even though she was previously married and divorced. Her ex-husband testified that this is BS (or words to that effect). The claim is pretty much continuous rape from the marriage all the way up to the report to CID. The victim was dissatisfied that MAJ Burris did not continue to send her flowers and give her bubble baths like he did when they first met on Match.com. The victim testified that she did not have access to a bank account set up for her by MAJ Burris, but yet bank statements showed that she made withdrawals and wrote checks on the account. MAJ Burris was also guilty according to the victim of “unsafe gun storage,” though the only photo produced was a picture of ammo and a cleaning kit. Ironically, the facts state that MAJ Burris even purchased his wife a 9MM. If ten percent of what she claims is true, she should have used it (on him). Testimony shows MAJ Burris was passed over for promotion and had some performance issues, though that is not an indicator of guilt. The victim testified that their daughter is a result of a rape and that she informed her mother the day after that rape, though the mother testified she did not hear of it until the hearing for the protective order. Generic allegations about bathtub abuse. There are other references that are not described in the report.
Though the IO did not recommend court-martial, she did recommend an Art. 15 or GOMOR and a Show Cause Board for some of the charges.
We do not have the transcript here and I am not sure if this will be coming, but this does show more information than I have seen so far. If additional transcripts of the 32 or ROT become available, I am not reading it except to review the victim testimony to see how all the factual inconsistencies were handled on direct and cross. Or perhaps there motions to avoid most of the damaging testimony? In any case, if the Government managed to keep out the damaging information, then the Art 32 experience allowed them to improve their case.
One thing is for sure, regardless of guilt or innocence, any man who considers dating or marrying this woman should give this a read.
Some of the comments at the other site talk about the ex-wife first using these claims in the divorce. She had never intended to move when he got stationed elsewhere and was filing for divorce so she could have sole custody of the kids. She made these claims in family court and couldn’t get anybody to take them seriously so she went to the military, which - according to Burris’ testimony in the other court-martial - pressures for courts-martial and convictions even without evidence. She must have thought she’d have it made there. Seems like the military is INVITING women of her caliber to do exactly what she did.
And the sad thing is that it appears that Burris’ colleagues just confirmed what Burris had testified...
What was the high-visibility court-martial where undue command influence was claimed by the defense? The high-ups wanted convictions of war crimes after some bigwig (Kerry?) made some political statement and they wanted to give his claims credibility. What case was that? There’s just too much to remember - all of it big, important stuff but each instance overshadowed because of the sheer bulk of big, important instances of lawlessness.
Then of course there’s the Lt Col Lakin court-martial. After that it would be really tough to claim that the military justice system has much integrity. He wasn’t even allowed the opportunity to defend himself. I wonder if Denise Lind is driving a Corvette these days...
What is your point in pinging me to this thread?
Of course Obama is purging hundreds of officers from the military if they refuse to sign statements agreeing with his positions on homosexuality, transgenderism, etc.
Well, if you can’t connect the dots from our earlier conversation about the military, and this article, I can’t help you.
In the future, just ignore my comments on the military. I don’t close my eyes and cheer like an idiot when the military is abusing soldiers.
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