"Stop trying to be an f'n sea lawyer, as we call them. This section does not confer jurisdiction where none existed."
BULL!
The instant he alleged "war crimes" the NIS door opened.
You protest too much.
Oh. Last time you accused him of treason. Probably with the war crimes claim is that the prosecutor still has to prove the case, and since there is little evidence that his statements were anything other than slander, it would have been a difficult charge to prove, even had the military decided to pursue this. Unfortunately a civilian's slander is not prosecutable under the UCMJ.