The exact content of any briefings (and who gave them) will be a central issue in the deposition. And Murtha will perjure himself if he tries to answer questions as he did on TV.
Murtha has already admitted that the commandant of the Marine Corps did not say it was cold blooded murder. So unless Murtha pulls a rabbit out of his hat, he can’t use a military briefing as his defense.
That other thread was pulled as it was not excerpted. But I wanted to follow up on Col. Watt. He and Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli (both Army) accused the Corps of lying. 15 families qualified for and received solatia payments based on the Corps’ findings, but Chiarelli came around, and made sure everybody got some.
If it is given that Murtha is a liar, then he could have lied to protect the commandant, to prevent an automatic “command influence” disqualification, or he could have lied about when he heard it.
If, however, he heard any thing remotely negative from the Commandant toward these troops, then that will be a command influence issue with the lawyers for Wuterich, Chessani, and perhaps, Grayson, depending on how his case goes.
The big issue at this point is that they have not convicted ANY of the troops who were actually doing the shooting of murder. Every one of them have been able to show that their actions were in the context of active, deadly battle.
The only hope left for the liberal hate-America crowd is to call into question the split second decisions made by our troops when fighting for their very lives.
Therefore, they claim the issue is lack of evidence. Well, I disagree. There’s plenty of evidence; enough that Gen Mathis was able to say to LCpl Sharratt that he was INNOCENT.