The regime must persecute this officer because it is such an easy way to keep the jungle-minded minions of little bathhouse barry bastard boy wiped up in a frenzy for deployment when a diversion from regime-aborting-the-Republic is needed. And of course the enemy (the media hyping this shyte) will dutifully focus upon the sham.
The justice dept. might make this a two-fer and include the Trayvonn Martin case which is also still being investigated.
The soviet-style show trials must commence to appease the lowest common denominator in our society.