[RedRover]

Nazario is charged federally under the Military Extra Territorial Jurisdiction Act. He had been out of the Marines for two years when the feds opened its investigation so he could not be court-martialed.

The MEJA was passed by Congress in 2000 (I believe). It was originally intended as a means of punishing military contractors committing felonies in a war zone.

There's MORE at the link.

[Girlene]

“Military Extra Territorial Jurisdiction Act. “

Every time I read that, I read Extra Terrestrial, which actually makes more sense to me.