Posted on 04/26/2007 1:12:18 AM PDT by Cornpone
I’m willing to give any member of our armed forces the benefit of the doubt.
But if it turns out he’s guilty... execute him.
Different person. The Mike was the first name of the Steele in BHD.
The guy at Mogadishu was named Cpt. Michael Steele. Col. Michael Steele is also the guy that gave the orders to kill all military age males to his troops.
Thanks for posting that Seattle link. More details for people who don’t click on links (from the above article):
“Lt. Col. William H. Steele was accused of providing “aid to the enemy” by supplying an unmonitored cell phone to detainees, a U.S. statement said.”
“The other charges included unauthorized possession of classified information, fraternizing with the daughter of a detainee, maintaining an inappropriate relationship with an interpreter, storing classified information in his quarters, as well as possessing pornographic videos, the statement added.”
There are other charges as well.
US soldiers are not allowed to have pornography? Don’t they sell Playboy and Penthouse on base?
He was having "sexual relations", perhaps?
WTFIGO
Depends on the type of pr0n, I would think.
Ex-commander of US prison in Iraq detained-military
26/04/2007
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=8771
BAGHDAD, (Reuters) - The former commander of a major U.S. military detention centre in Baghdad has been detained and charged with “aiding the enemy”, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Steele is also charged with having an improper relationship with a translator and with the daughter of a detainee, providing mobile phones to prisoners, and unauthorised possession of classified information. “He has been in detention in Kuwait since last month pending an Article 32 hearing, which is a preliminary hearing where evidence will be presented to determine whether this should go to court-martial,” U.S. military spokeswoman Lieutenant-Colonel Josslyn Aberle said.
Aberle said Steele was commander of Camp Cropper, a detention facility near Baghdad international airport that holds more than 3,000 detainees. They are reported to include former senior members of Saddam Hussein’s regime.
The U.S. military said in a statement that Steele faced charges under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice. The date of the alleged offences ranged from October 2005 to February 2007. No personal details of Steele were available.
Steele was accused of “aiding the enemy” by providing detainees with unmonitored mobile phones between October 2005 and October 2006, it said.
Other charges included:
— knowingly and wrongfully fraternising with the daughter of a detainee, wherein such acts constituted conduct unbecoming an officer in the armed forces.
— wrongfully providing special privileges to and maintain
an inappropriate relationship with an interpreter.
— having unauthorised possession of classified information ... and wilfully retaining the same and failing to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States.
— wrongfully and knowingly storing classified information in his living space.
— wrongfully and knowingly possessing pornographic videos.
“These charges are merely an accusation of wrongdoing. Lieutenant-Colonel Steele is presumed innocent unless and until he is proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of any alleged offence,” the U.S. military said.
Camp Cropper was made famous by media reports that Saddam was held there during his three years of incarceration. But for the first time, the military said on Thursday the former Iraqi leader had been held in another, secret facility. He had visited Camp Cropper only for medical checkups and stayed there in the days leading up to his execution on Dec. 30. “Saddam was occasionally detained at Camp Cropper but it was not his full-time residence. We won’t say where he was held for operational reasons,” U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Garver said.
It depends on what the definition of "was" is.
The other charges included unauthorized possession of classified information, fraternizing with the daughter of a detainee, maintaining an inappropriate relationship with an interpreter, storing classified information in his quarters, as well as possessing pornographic material, the statement added.
I’m still waiting for the charges against them!
IF he’s guilty, he’s just aping the Congressional Democrats, who are All giving aid and comfort to the enemy. The penalty for treason should be death by hanging.
I think it would depend on the pornography, or where he kept it (in with the classified stuff on his office PC?).
But I’d say the charges above that are pretty serious. Also included, according to the article, are failing to obey an order and mismanagement or careless financial accounting for funds.
Preferably with Reid and Murtha standing side by side with him.
Depends on whose daughter...from the article, I’d say he was apparently trading favors at the jail, such as unsupervised cell phone use, for said “fraternizing” with a detainee’s daughter. And remember, this is a prison where the high-value prisoners go.
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