I didn’t plead guilty; LTC Lakin did.
I didn’t admit, under oath, that the orders LTC Lakin disobeyed were legal orders; LTC Lakin did.
Army ‘Birther’ Pleads Guilty at Trial
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“I wrongly chose to disobey all orders,” Lakin told Judge Col. Denise R. Lind, who questioned him at length before accepting his guilty plea. Lakin drew a distinction between the charge he pleaded guilty to — failing to report for duty — and the charge of missing movement by skipping the flight to Fort Campbell.
Though the court-martial is not going to weigh Lakin's arguments about Obama, the colonel's brother said Lakin "is looking forward to making a statement at the end of the trial."
"He has always had strong convictions," Greg Lakin said. "I'm not saying we all [in the family] support the decision he chose, but we support him."