I retired as an LTC. Believe me he probably will be offered an Article 15,non-judicial punishment, in lieu of a court-martial. If he refuses the Art15, next stop, Court-martial....and discovery. The beauty is that he can have civilian council,not military, if he wishes. That may be his intent...Bottom line, as an officer, he can DEMAND a court-martial. He cannot be quietly slipped over the side. I admire him...He should be wearing 4-Stars.
I wonder if the other posters on this thread who insist on dismissing this fine officer as simply throwing away his career for nothing have even served in order to make such judgments on how the military works in this type of situation. I believe every avenue for counteracting this usurper and every idea for removing him from office should be explored.
They will find some way to get rid of him without a possibility of defending himself. How? I don't know. They can't afford to have discovery. They can't afford to have this in a court. So far, they've been successful.
Maybe they'll have some kind of covert or extra-legal punishment or threat.