Posted on 04/04/2007 6:33:20 PM PDT by SandRat
Two Bay-area Catholic priests facing prison time for trespassing at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista pleaded innocent in federal court in Tucson on Tuesday morning. The priests — the Rev. Louis J. Vitale and the Rev. Steve Kelly — are scheduled to go to trial June 6 and June 4, respectively.
The pair are accused of trespassing at Fort Huachuca, about 75 miles southeast of Tucson, on Nov. 19 while protesting military intelligence training.
They were set to deliver a letter to the post's top commander, Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, stating that the facility trains personnel in torture methods, a claim the Army denies.
Vitale, a 74-year-old Franciscan priest, and Kelly, a 58-year-old Jesuit priest, both have been locked up previously for acts of civil disobedience.
Before the priests' arraignment Tuesday morning, about 30 people held a vigil and rally for them outside the U.S. District Courthouse, reading from Scripture and singing songs about social justice.
Supporters say they're planning a public-awareness campaign about the fort's military intelligence school for the weeks leading up to the trials.
Trespassers will be violated.
Ah, my old stomping grounds! Wonder if the Spice Rack is still behind the USAICS barracks? Anyone?
The Spice Rack? You’re dating yourself. That building hasn’t been used for much more than storage in years.
MI Ping
I’d heard rumors that Fort Huachuca had something to do with sneaky spy stuff. Now we know, huh :-) At least it’s still functional. I just looked up Fort Devens, where I spent a few weeks. It’s a museum now.
We knew Ft. Devens would be turned into a museum as soon as possible after MI destroyed ASA.
Book’em Danno!!
It would be more fun to experiment on them.
MOS 96B (Intelligence Analyst) Class 78-9. Everyone else went to Germany, while I shipped out for Korea.
Got that short tour out of the way quick, didn't ya'?
At least you didn't go as a 17K. (snicker, snicker...)
I wonder if they’ll turn us ASA vets into museums too :-) I think I’d cut a fine figure, stuffed, mounted on a pedestal and put out for public viewing on the town square. They’ll never get my uniform back on, but that’s a detail.
Huachuca. Huachuca.
I got nothing to add...I just like saying... Huachuca.
“Got that short tour out of the way quick, didn’t ya’?” Hell, I reenlisted to go back to Korea! Didn’t like the motorpool at Fort Hood vs. actually doing my job.
Ft. Riley was no better. That wasn’t really mud out along the tank trails...
I guess I got lucky doing my overseas tours in Germany. Three years surrounded by the Sovs in Berlin...yeah, good tour.
OBTW, thanks for your service!
Lots of times my uniform was a pair of flip flops, cut off ragged jeans, and a hole filled t-shirt.
Fort We-Gotchya?
Does the Vatican have anything to do or say about this, assuming that the archdiocese of Tucson and San Francisco do not? I am tired of priests getting away with illegal acts, and you all know what I am talking about. I ask this as an angry Catholic. I want my religion back before I bolt. (I will wait for their trials and verdict, but I am peeved, dangnamit.)
I wonder if the Ozone is still around.
I remember some wild nights there. I’m told I don’t remember a few that were wilder.
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