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"Prosecutors, however, point to the statements the enlisted men made in Iraq and the guilty plea by a Marine corporal last week in an unrelated homicide case as sufficient evidence of wrongdoing.

On Jan. 18, Cpl. Trent Thomas pleaded guilty to murder and related charges in the April 26 shooting death of a 52-year-old Iraqi man in Hamdania. Thomas also pleaded guilty to assaulting one of the men that Phan also is accused of beating, and made reference while being questioned by the judge presiding over his case to seeing the lieutenant place a pistol in the mouth of an Iraqi detainee."

Red, this is part of what I talked to you about, They needed time to work on Thomas before the hearing today, If you were told you were going to jail for 20-25 years if you did not play the game and get half with good time to go home, with no other options, What would you do!

This is what they do to get plea deals, Its not about truth, They do NOT want any of this in a courts-marshal, They would be exposed and so would the media for there reporting. This is why NCIS and the media are working in tandem, Then add Murtha and his connections. A libel suit would open doors to a further look to his connections and past. BIG odds at stake for the Gov. and the media at the ex pence of our hero's, They are not left with options.

I was thinking the same thing this morning. The accusations about false statements by NCIS re. Lt. Phan came out on the 11th or 12th. Thomas has been locked up since last May or June and pleaded not guilty. All of a sudden about the 18th or 19th, he pleads guilty and miraculously his testimony about Phan with the gun in the mouth is produced. Just in time save the NCIS agents from their false evidence.

From the Boston Globe, "Thomas is to be sentenced in the coming weeks. He faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole, though under his plea agreement he is likely to receive a more lenient sentence."

So long story short, NCIS plead out another case to get an independent statement to cover their lies/mistake in Phan's case. Hmmmmm.