[xzins]

If Dinsmore is not allowed to testify, then that seems like an error in law to me. He was Grayson’s technical chain supervisor and would be the one most knowledgeable of the requirements to delete battlefield pictures that did not have intelligence value. The same as with contraband “war trophies,” the Army takes a dim view of those who take pictures of the dead for reasons of prurient interest.

That these pictures were spread around the battalion demonstrates the validity of the Army’s insistance that this ghoulish practice not be allowed, and it adds credibility to Lt Grayson’s insistence that they be deleted. In my opinion, it really is SSG Laughner who should be in trouble for this. He obviously is the source of all the macabre pictures that were spread around this battalion.

[Girlene]

In my opinion, it really is SSG Laughner who should be in trouble for this. He obviously is the source of all the macabre pictures that were spread around this battalion.

I don't think anyone has ever said WHO was the source of the pictures that other Marines supposedly had. There was at least one other, possibly two, Marines who took pictures. What was interesting is that two others in SSgt Laughner's chain had ordered him to destroy the pictures. Bittersweet Memories

During Grayson’s Article 32 evidentiary hearing Laughner testified during cross examination by Casas that he had also been ordered to destroy the images by two senior non-commissioned officers on his team within days of taking them because they had no intelligence value.

It makes no sense to charge 1st Lt. Grayson with obstruction since he was the third person to order Laughner to delete the pictures. He just got the job done.

[RedRover]

Latest scuttlebutt is that Maj Dinsmore will not testify. Still trying to find out for sure.