Posted on 12/14/2010 9:25:59 AM PST by Smokeyblue
An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questions Barack Obama's eligibility to be president has pleaded guilty to 1 of 2 charges against him.
At a court-martial proceeding Tuesday in Maryland, Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, Colo., pleaded guilty to not meeting with a superior when ordered to do so and not showing up at Fort Campbell in Kentucky where he was supposed to report.
(Excerpt) Read more at wkrn.com ...
So, in other words, you’re making an assertion based on no evidence.
Two contemporaneous birth notices for Obama appeared in local Honolulu newspapers for the week following Obama’s birth. Kapi’olani Medical Center has claimed Obama as being born there in that hospital’s 100 anniversary magazine and Dr. Rodney T. West has been named as Obama’s delivery doctor by one of Dr. West’s good friends. Dr. West died a few years ago.
Thus far, judges have trusted the above evidence as being good enough to establish place of birth.
Finally, thus far no one has been able to produce any credible evidence that Obama was born anywhere else.
http://www.safeguardourconstitution.com/news/update20101214.html
Today at his Court-Martial, Army LTC Terry Lakin pled guilty to four specifications of refusing to obey lawful orders, one of which was then dismissed as duplicative. In so doing, he stood before Judge Lind and over and over told her that he was wrong to have disobeyed his orders, which were lawful.
He then pled not guilty to the most severe charge against him, missing the movement of US Air Flight 1123 on 12 April 2010. His sole defense to that charge will be that he was never ordered to board that flight, but instead that his orders required him to report to Ft. Campbell, KY and did not specify the means of transportation.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2642812/posts
All of that and a buck and half would buy you a cup of coffee.
But it wouldn’t be anywhere near sufficient to get you a security clearance from the US government.
If you’re right, why won’t Obama just show the country his long form?
You should have realized long ago that you constantly are dealing with a handful FINOs and “Fifth Columners” that are acting as their mentor John sKerry!!!
Nope. The Sanity Squad doesn’t participate in “group think.” We have differences of opinion lots of times. But we’re able to disagree politely without launching personal attacks.
Would it be reasonable for me to hold you responsible for every dumb thing some of the more fringe birthers blather on about? Nope.
So was your dear SOS Hillary's dissertation ALSO!!!
I think he plead guilty because the judge denied him the chance to make his case heard in court.
That having been said Article 66 of the UCMJ calls for an automatic appeal in any case in which the approved sentence extends to death, confinement for one year or more, or dismissal, dishonorable or bad conduct discharge (BCD) of a service member.
So despite assertions by the so called sanity squad that LtCol Lakin has lost all rights to an appeal by pleading guilty, he gets one anyway.
Ok.
I expect from you no less than attack me because some birther wounded your ego months ago.
When you decide not to be part of a group think tank maybe we can discuss this issue rationally.
LOL Thanks Buckeye! LOL
To be honest, I am not sure what the Sanity Squad is... When I have classes going, I don’t have as much time to pay attention to the boards. Instead of 16 week normal courses, I take the 8 week condensed classes and start a new one every 4 weeks... so I get a little distracted from FR... But I really DO have a 4.0 GPS hehe. I just LOVE having that! I really do!
LOL Thanks Buckeye! LOL
To be honest, I am not sure what the Sanity Squad is... When I have classes going, I don’t have as much time to pay attention to the boards. Instead of 16 week normal courses, I take the 8 week condensed classes and start a new one every 4 weeks... so I get a little distracted from FR... But I really DO have a 4.0 GPA hehe. I just LOVE having that! I really do!
It’s over for Lakin.
Members do not waive their rights to appeal when entering an unconditional guilty plea, but they do waive their right to appeal some> issues. In fact, just like in a finding of guilt by a jury panel or MJ, the appeal will be automatic. But, (and I'm speaking generally) with such a plea, what is reviewable by the appellate court becomes limited, which is why such appeals can be expedited - what is reviewable in a plea of guilty relative to a finding of guilty is much more narrow.
It is likely that to have preserved for appeal Lind's ruling (a pre-trial ruling) with respect to the disallowing of the affirmative defense on the Art. 92 specifications, Lakin would have had to have pleaded "not-guilty". He didn't. As such, it's unlikely he can appeal that particular ruling. He can appeal other rulings made subsequent to his naked plea - like sentencing and the like.
Roberts' resume is irrelevant. Hopefully the court won't be discussing that.
(2) The prosecution has on its witness list for sentencing, the wife of the doctor who took Lt.C. Lakin’s place in Afghanistan.
Definitely an irrelevant witness. We've been told repeatedly that Lakin WASN'T ordered to deploy to Afghanistan, so there would not be a doctor who took his place, much less his wife. If the prosecutor is admitting that Lakin WAS being deployed to Afghanistan, then they are admitting that Obama's authority over that deployment is indeed relevant. Lakin then has a legal right to challenge that authority.
(3) Colonel Lakin requested and took his pre-deployment leave AFTER he refused deployment.
Again, the official charges do not say anything about Lakin refusing deployment. This is more irrelevant detail.
So if I understand you correctly, President George W. Bush is still our Commander-in-Chief, or does it goes way back to the 41/Bush???
Most likely so.
But, as I’ve already said, there’s no predicting
the fallout and unintended consequences from
this if he’s sent to jail. It will be an ongoing
saga that won’t be forgotten.
God bless him and his family.
I doubt these folks will forget.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2642492/posts?page=115#115
***Video - Anderson Cooper - Ltc Lakin trial
‘Birther’ Army officer goes to trial
Watch how he goes thru the approved birth cert
litany, and presses Rep. Posey, then Rep. Neugebauer,
then shows the spitting Chrissy relentlessly pushing
Rep. Campbell.
Any doubter gets attacked. They’ve got their
threats out there.
***Video - Anderson Cooper - 2nd segment - Ltc Lakin trial
On same page:
‘Birther’ army officer refuses to report
Jeffrey Toobin and a former military JAG comment.
Any doubter gets attacked. They’ve got their
threats out there.
Just a FReindly warning, when you go in combat with ms. WKA, your head will soon be spinning in unbelief!!!
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