"Do you believe that you know as much regarding the facts and circumstances of this case as the five military officers who sat in judgment in this case? Or are we restricted to knowing only what the notoriously unreliable media has told us about it?"
I see your point but I think we all know enough to render an opinion on this one. The pictures are in the public domain and all of these cases have been extensively covered for over a year in the media. The Government has been quite clear about what she allegedly did. I can't imagine that the media has held anything back that was worse than what we have heard because they hate the military and will report anything to embarass it. It seems to me like the Army is being tougher on her than on cases that have not popped up on the media radar. But, you are right that, in the end, her sentence will be decided by the court-martial panel and I hope that they are immune from the influences that prompted her Commanders to elevate this to a Court-Martial.
We need to compensate for this embarassment. We need to spread horrific rumors about real torture and mistreatment. This is embarassing. We're supposed to strike fear in the hearts of our enemies.