The Lt. Col. is under the UCMJ (unifomed Code of Military Justice). It’s not the same as for a civilian. Bottom line is this. The military can do whatever they want with anyone. They are following orders from the top.
The big mistake this Lt. Col. made was to think he would actually get a fair trial. Fair does not apply to UCMJ. They do whatever they want. It’s basically a Kangaroo Court.
Being that the majority of congress along with the majority of the Supreme Court are too chicken $hit to deal with this (probably because of political correctness) nothing will be done. Heck there are some people on Free Republic that truly believe that. So it’s pretty much a dead issue. I wish it would played fairly, but that is never going to happen. I know the saying, “Never say Never”, but I believe in this instance (well as long as Obama is in office) it will never happen. Perhaps down the road the truth will come out?
“The big mistake this Lt. Col. made was to think he would actually get a fair trial.”
Let’s never forget — Lakin knew this was going to turn out badly for him walking in. If anything, he was probably surprised it lasted as long as it did.