Haditha Marines you can do so by going to these sites.
Posted on 06/20/2007 3:06:06 AM PDT by RedRover
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Marines should pursue a less serious administrative charge against a captain accused of failing to probe the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians because he was "selectively singled out" for prosecution while more senior officers escaped charges, an investigating officer said.
Capt. Randy W. Stone, 34, who is a lawyer, was charged with violation of a lawful order and dereliction of duty for failing to report and investigate the 2005 deaths in the Haditha assault. He faced up to 2 years in prison if convicted of those charges at court-martial.
After reviewing evidence at a preliminary hearing last month, Maj. Thomas McCann recommended that the criminal charge be dismissed. But he also recommended that prosecutors draw up a new charge of failing to obey an order.
In a report obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, McCann wrote that Stone was "derelict in the performance of his duties," and negligently failed to inform his bosses that the way the Iraqis were killed posed a "possible use of force issue."
McCann recommended the new charge be handled administratively. Non-judicial punishments for officers can include forfeiture of pay and an official admonition.
Stone's attorney, Charles Gittens, did not return several phone calls seeking comment, but in a written response to McCann, he said the recommendation for a new charge was unfounded.
"It took the investigating officer five pages of tortured reasoning to manufacture this highly implausible theory of criminal liability," Gittens wrote.
McCann's recommendation for a new charge is nonbinding. A final decision will be made by Lt. Gen. James Mattis, the commanding general overseeing the case who will also decide whether to dismiss the other charges.
Many of those killed were women and children, who died when Marines threw hand grenades into bedrooms then opened fire with machine guns. Three enlisted Marines charged with murder in the case say they were clearing homes the way they had been trained.
As you’ll recall, Gen Mattis requested the IG investigate leaks in this case. That was six months ago and there’s been no word since.
I’ve written the IG’s office twice, hoping for an update. Nada.
Maybe I should e-mail again and pretend to be Tim McGirk. That might get some answers.
This is maddening. Can he do that?
DeVos is President & CEO of Ameriserve Financial (stock ASRV);
AmeriServ Financial, Inc. (the Company) is a bank holding company, organized under the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law. The Company became a holding company upon acquiring all of the outstanding shares of AmeriServ Financial Bank (the Bank) on January 5, 1983. The Company's other wholly owned subsidiaries include AmeriServ Trust and Financial Services Company (the Trust Company) formed in October 1992, AmeriServ Life Insurance Company (AmeriServ Life) formed in October 1987, and AmeriServ Associates, Inc. (AmeriServ Associates), formed in January 1997.
He's in the financial business, not military hardware research.
I am curious for the reason for CTC. The DOD already has SBIR/STTR.
Where do scumbags like McCann come from?
Yep, we will soon see what the great Lt. Gen. Mattis is made of these days....
By the way did you laugh and shake your head at the way this simple mouse, Thomas Watkins, ended his AP story? The typical “women and children” clause is in there, of course, but absolutely no mention that a Marine was blown in half and another seriously wounded by insurgents and collaborators in those houses.
Hmmmmm. Wonder if CTC has an office in Johnstown? Wonder how much they’ve contributed to Murtha’s “campaigns”?
MAIN & FRANKLIN STREETS,
P.O. BOX 430, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Oops. That’s Ameriserve’s address, not CTC...afaik
Here’s some locations and points of contact for CTC.
Pittsburgh, PA David A. Schario (814) 269-6465
Johnstown, PA Jerry R. Hudson (814) 269-2592
Harrisburg, PA Gregory W. Hafer (717) 565-4402
Here’s the link.
http://www.ctc.com/contactctc/LocationPOCs.cfm
Looks like primarily R&D, but pretty good sized. I’ll check into it more later, got lots to do today.
This is Looneyland. So the “bosses” heard a story from Time magazine that was different than what they heard from down the chain.
Well, the LCpl Sharratt hearing exposed a major part of the Time story as BS. Forensics showed that the four men were NOT herded into a closet and executed.
So what did Capt Stone fail to report?
Well, what a surprise! Must be all the specialized talent CTC has access to in Johnstown. /sarc
That company is tanking fast, but they do have unionized employees, and invest union steelworkers funds in projects that union members work on....probably a coincidence. At least the union will save their jobs when the bank implodes under their own weight.../s
I’ve heard all about the ringmaster, Lt. Gen. Mattis; now let’s see him hustle this circus up and fold the tent.
Wonder who we might find on their board of directors?
Wonder who we might find on their board of directors?
There’s an echo in here.
Sometimes those echoes just pop up. :-)
I’m sure there wouldn’t be any relatives, friends, drinking buddies or campaign donors of al-murthawi on the board. Nah, there couldn’t be! /s
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