LTC Terry Lakin went to jail simply for questioning the validity of an order.
No, he didn't. He went to the stockade for deliberately disobeying an order to deploy to a combat zone. He was making a political statement. How'd it work out for him?
O'Brien said: “We’re not some banana republic where lieutenant colonels get together and decide what foreign policy is or should be.
Court-martial of Terry Lakin
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The court-martial of Terry Lakin (United States v. LTC LAKIN, Terrence L.) took place over December 14–16, 2010. Doctor Terry Lakin, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, announced that he would refuse deployment, and subsequently refused to deploy to Afghanistan because of his concerns over President Obama’s constitutional eligibility to be president.
It was Lakin’s hope that he could request a copy of Obama’s birth certificate as part of a court-martial, a goal that had eluded previous military defendants. Lakin had the support of three retired American generals.
Before Lakin went to court-martial, it was found by the judge that President Obama’s eligibility (and hence his birth certificate) had no bearing on the case. Lakin pleaded guilty to two charges while pleading not-guilty to one other. Despite recanting his original concerns and asking the jury for leniency, Lakin was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to dismissal from the Army, loss of pay and allowances, and a prison term of six months.
Lakin was released from the United States Disciplinary Barracks after serving five of his six months. He was later denied a medical license in Kansas as a result of his dereliction of duty.