Okay, who all took pictures and why? I’m having a hard time figuring out how many took pictures, how many had pictures on their computers which were mere downloads, and are the official military photos intact? Briones said he took pictures but erased them becausem he thought they had been downloaded. An Andrew White (not sure if I’ve got his name right) said he took pictures and kept copies. Now SSGT Laughner says he took pictures and was told to get rid of them off his personal equipment by Grayson. Max Frank says he took pictures at the scene, but Mathes told him to get rid of them of his personal equipment.
Do the official photos still exist and were these guys just told to get them off their persoanl computers? This shouldn’t be so confusing, unless someone is TRYING to make it look like a coverup.
Sounds like Lt Grayson and others were telling sergeants to delete the pictures because it was improper for them to have them. It’s so easy to duplicate and e-mail pictures that no one as smart as those lieutenants would think it was destroying evidence. Especially when officers had them.
Jeez Louise.
And another thing...
The prosecution brought in Sgt Dela Cruz to testify in the Capt Stone hearing—even though it wasn’t relevant. Same thing here. The prosecutors just seem to be warming up for Lt Grayson’s hearing.
One can obviously see why ‘the Corps’ wouldn’t want these on personal computers (OPSEC), while one can just as easily see why these men involved would want to keep the originals (documentation). War in the age of technology.