I don’t need to read them. I expect that the personnel charged with investigating this case are familiar with them, though.
The people involved, the people that are there, close to the scene, who know the facts, came to a determination. I’m comfortable with letting them do their job.
They don’t need me, half a world away, to tell them what they should do.
Of course, we’re all entitled to our own opinion. You may be proven right in the end.
It just seems to me you are pretty certain about the case, and can’t possibly know the details like the investigating officer. You do have to admit that the people on the scene know more about the situation than you.
I know enough about the case and the UCMJ to feel comfortable with my opinion.
I am also, regrettably, all too aware of the propensity of many in the modern officer corps (particularly JAG types) to follow PC dictates.
I’ve seen no mitigating information in this case and think that the freaking traitor ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
I’m an old school hard-ass, spit-shined, squared away and 4.0. Punks like this Beauchamp are a pimple on the ass of our military and they should be popped at the soonest opportunity.