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I had an experience in the Army 30 years ago.I had gotten into a fight with five men from different parts of the world.Canada,Ireland,America,Germany and one other country I do not recall.I was happy to share a table with them as they all spoke English.But,as the night wore on,they became very drunk and abusive to the girls who were working.The were very scared of them and I was getting ticked,so the ladies asked me to ask them to leave which I did.As we got to the foyer which was not very large and with the doors closed,a very confining space.That is when things got interesting.A fight broke out and it was hot and heavy and one of them pulled a knife.When the realization set in that they were at a disadvantage,they split in a hurry.I went back in and the ladies were thanking me and doctoring me up.I had broken a front tooth,and scratched the cornea in my eye.The cut from the knife and the tooth hurt,but not as bad as the eye scratch.The next day,I had to report to the commander to explain my physical ailments.He was a jerk from hell.Threatened me with all kind of crap from destroying govt.property and so on.That night,I was awoken by two men who worked for the CIA.Now I’m thinking,I am screwed.Come to find out,the men I had been in the fight with were IRA men which made sense as to why they were from all the different countries,yet spoke good English.I was in Germany,by the way.The men that woke me up,wanted me to continue to frequent that same bar for two weeks.I explained to them that my commander was an asshole and I would be brought up on any charge he could nail me on.I also had a very high security rating at the time which was beneficial to whatever their intent was.Their words to me were,don’t worry about him,we will take care of that.And,under no conditions was I to speak to anyone concerning this matter.Especially the Capt.To me,this was an almost impossible request to fulfill.So,for two weeks during the day I was at the S-2[intelligence]poring over mugshots of unlimited numbers of people,and at night,I changed into street clothes to frequent the same bar.More or less bait as I look back on it now.But for two weeks,the commander was infuriated because after formation,a car picked me up and took me to look at more pictures.After three days,it definately got old.Hell from the Commander as he was put out of the loop,etc.It was driving him crazy.The only upside was I never had to buy a beer as long as I sat in that bar as the girls were very grateful for sticking up for them.Then,one day,the suits quit coming by,which was fine for me as two weeks of that,I had had enough.But the suits never took care of me.I went down to the office where I had spent two weeks,only to find it gone!!Then I had an OH OH moment.Of course I had signed the form where if I said anything about the incident,I was going to be,leave it to your imagination,DONE Man,what a mess I was in.No the suits never took care of me by providing me with alibi’s and such.Fortunately,the commander got drunk in a German bar and was relieved of his command[overnight I may add],but that is what saved me from Lord knows what.Do I,Would I,ever trust anyone in the CID,BCI,NCIS,NSA or any of our so called “Intelligence”units again.They hung me out to dry without so much as a warning.Do I think ANY of our soldiers will get a fair trial?? Not on your life.Sorry it is so long,but I felt the whole thing needed to be said to get the point across.