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Finding supports rights of press over prosecutor's desire for all of '60 Minutes' Wuterich interview. Good for the Judge. The Judge is for American Marines.
1 posted on 03/13/2009 12:06:57 PM PDT by Dubya
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2 posted on 03/13/2009 12:08:20 PM PDT by Dubya (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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They need to drop this BS prosecution altogether.


3 posted on 03/13/2009 12:08:28 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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There is a qualified newsgatherers privilege and it is applicable here based on concerns about a chilling effect on the press

Axis Sally's legal team wasn't smart enough to try this defense after WWII when she was convicted of treason for her broadcasts in Nazi Germany (while she engaged in criminal and deceiptful exploitation of American POWs in Germany, she was ultimately convicted of treason for a fictional drama).

4 posted on 03/13/2009 12:10:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ("I certainly hope he (Bush) doesnÂ’t succeed" - Democratic strategist James Carville 9-11-2001)
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To: Dubya

I misread this at first, and thought the judge was denying the defense the right to see everything. But he’s denying the prosecutors.

Yes, good for him.

The ONLY reason these marines are being prosecuted is because the press made a big thing of it and lied about it. And now the prosecutors don’t want to admit that they were wrong. The press seems to have dropped Haditha like a hot potato.


5 posted on 03/13/2009 12:11:00 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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So the authority to measure and satisfy the public’s right to know is solely the property of the media?


6 posted on 03/13/2009 12:13:52 PM PDT by RonF
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To: Dubya

Semper Fi to Judge Meeks.


9 posted on 03/13/2009 12:20:31 PM PDT by Semper Mark (Communism is Socialism with a gun to your head.)
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Semper FI

WOW, as a Former Marine with a journalism degree, rarely do I feel like the interests of free speech, the MSM, and the Corp are all served by one decision!

This is great!

10 posted on 03/13/2009 12:25:07 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Dubya
Semper FI

WOW, as a Former Marine with a journalism degree, rarely do I feel like the interests of free speech, the MSM, and the Corp are all served by one decision!

This is great!

11 posted on 03/13/2009 12:25:08 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Dubya

60 Minutes did a hit piece on a military weapons system I worked on ... What 60 Minutes did was, in my mind, criminal-propaganda misreporting.


12 posted on 03/13/2009 12:31:38 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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This is JAG Corp run wild. These useless bastards have been trying to screw these Haditha Marines for so long that they refuse to lose face by ending this BS. When this Marine gets off JAG and asshat Murtha will be shown to be the jerks they really are.


16 posted on 03/13/2009 1:45:55 PM PDT by mortal19440
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HEADLINE NEWS: US Judge covers for real killers!


18 posted on 03/13/2009 8:48:00 PM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: RedRover; jazusamo; smoothsailing

Wuterich Haditha ping


19 posted on 03/13/2009 8:52:25 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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