[brityank]

I don't know where, but I firmly recall Conlin stating that "in his opinion" that Chessani should have been out in the field instead of "looking at grainy images at the CP".

Seems we now have confirmation that they were anything but "grainy images" and gave him and the rest of his chain of command a far better tactical vision than could be had by radio riding around from hot-spot to hot-spot. And if everyone up to and including Mathis could have monitored real-time, and I'm sure watched replays -- WHY THE HELL ARE THESE MEN ON TRIAL? Winter and Walker both deserve to walk the plank.

[jazusamo]

It’s evident to me at this point in the hearings that much of what has come out in these hearings wasn’t turned over to the defense in a timely manner.

IMO it has been that some of the evidence was classified but should have been made available to the defense, some of the NCIS investigators were and are inept and/or biased and lastly the prosecution is guilty of misconduct. All three reasons should be enough to dismiss all charges against all these Marines.

I agree that Winter and Walker should be fired and that a full investigation of the NCIS be conducted.

[freema]

Hell yeah, ping.

[Shelayne]

I don't know where, but I firmly recall Conlin stating that "in his opinion" that Chessani should have been out in the field instead of "looking at grainy images at the CP".

Yes, that statement is bugging me. Wouldn't Conlin actually be AWARE of the technology capabilities of the Scan Eagle? And if he was, why would he spout off something so ridiculous, on its face?

[RedRover]

You raise a very important point. The "grainy images" that Conlin referred to were the result of compressed images. As has come to light, Conlin was not shown the video in its original state. The version he saw had degraded image quality to save on storage space and download time. That's what gave the impression of "grainy images".