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I attended the court martial of LTC Terrence Lakin. Needless to say I was very disappointed as to how the court martial was conducted in that no discovery or witnesses were allowed to be presented about the underlying reason that LTC Lakin believed he had no constitutional choice to faithfully live up to his solemn oath to the Constitution but to disobey orders involving his second deployment to Afghanistan to call attention to a very serious constitutional crisis facing our nation. That reason was the very constitutional lawfulness of the putative president and commander-in-chief to issue orders to surge 30,000...

I attended the court martial of LTC Terrence Lakin. Needless to say I was very disappointed as to how the court martial was conducted in that no discovery or witnesses were allowed to be presented about the underlying reason that LTC Lakin believed he had no constitutional choice to faithfully live up to his solemn oath to the Constitution but to disobey orders involving his second deployment to Afghanistan to call attention to a very serious constitutional crisis facing our nation. That reason was the very constitutional lawfulness of the putative president and commander-in-chief to issue orders to surge 30,000...

Army doctor half done with prison term for questioning Obama eligibility A military doctor who was court-martialed and sent to prison after questioning Barack Obama's eligibility to be president and refusing to follow orders that descended from the commander-in-chief is more than halfway through his sentence. And now he has asked the nation in his writings to ponder the question of whether it is bound by the Constitution. Dr. Terry Lakin, an Army doctor who refused to deploy again to Afghanistan when his chain of command refused to verify that Obama legitimately is president, is serving a six-month term at...

A military doctor who was court-martialed and sent to prison after questioning Barack Obama's eligibility to be president and refusing to follow orders that descended from the commander-in-chief is somewhere past half-done with his sentence. And now he has suggested in his writings the nation ponder the question of whether it is bound by the Constitution. Dr. Terry Lakin, an Army doctor who refused to deploy again to Afghanistan when his chain of command refused to verify that Obama legitimately is president, is serving a six-month term given him at his court-martial at Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas. He remains under...

In spite of overwhelming evidence that only one of Obama's parents was an American citizen thus making him ineligible to qualify as a natural-born-citizen a conspiracy of silence has swept across the political landscape. Is it possible that an entire country was 'punked' by a Certification of Live Birth and we have a usurper in the White House? The courts refuse to hear the case on its merits and politicians avoid the issue like the plague. Not one governor, senator, congressperson or judge has investigated or even questioned the issue. Only one man, an Army doctor, went to the mat...

. . . . . LTC Terry Lakin, M.D.  sits in a cell at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for daring to ask. Tonight we talk with his brother Dr. Gregg Lakin and Marco Ciavolino, trustee for the Terry Lakin Action Fund. The ANDREA SHEA KING SHOW9 pm EThttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/askshow/2011/01/21/the-andrea-shea-king-show Please if you can, make a donation to the Terry Lakin Action Fund to help support his wife and children while he is in prison. He stood up for us and our Constitution. Now its our turn to stand up and help him. http://www.terrylakinactionfund.comCDR Charles Kerchner (Ret) http://www.protectourliberty.orgVideo: Brother of Lt. Col. Terry...

"Via Terry Lakin Action Fund and Some; - Prison Diaries: Jan 2, 2011: Terry's First Letter from Prison: Dec 21, 2010 - Hope all is well. Don't know how to start a letter or what to say. I hope I made a difference in a very important matter. It cost me a lot. But I now have to believe it turned out okay. There certainly are no do-overs. The important thing is for the work to carry-on so we never have this situation again. Today is my fourth day at Leavenworth and my first day with supplies to write and...

A retired military officer who pursued all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court a legal challenge to Barack Obama's occupancy of the Oval Office says the conviction and sentencing of an active duty officer who raised similar questions signals the end of the "rule of law" in the United States. Cmdr. Charles Kerchner's legal case, handled by attorney Mario Apuzzo, alleged that Congress failed its constitutional duty to examine the legitimacy of a successful candidate during the Electoral College vetting process on Capitol Hill. The Supreme Court ultimately decided not to hear arguments, leaving standing a lower court's dismissal.

Army asks for mercy from clemency callers- Lakin supporters flood phone lines; need to redirect messages ### Army public affairs officer Lt. Col. Rob Manning today asked WND readers appealing for clemency for imprisoned "birther" Dr. Terrence Lakin to send their pleas to Lakin's defense counsel, not to the officer with authority to free Lakin, Maj. Gen. Karl Horst. "We're getting a lot of calls," said Manning, the director of public affairs for the Joint Force Headquarters, National Capital Region. Manning emphasized clemency requests should be sent to Maj. Matthew Kemkes, Lakin's defense counsel. Kemkes' e-mail address is matthewkemkes@us.army.mil. *snip*...

Marco Ciavolino...is scheduled to be interviewed by Tom Kovach during tonight's "America's Summit" conference call.  Marco is also the webmaster for the site "Safeguarding Our Constitution", which has kept the plight of Dr. (LTC) Lakin in the public eye since the release of a video last March, in which Lakin explained that he would refuse military orders to deploy again to the war in Afghanistan until he was satisfied that those orders were issued lawfully.  Ciavolino also produced that video.   The call begins at 9 pm Eastern.   The call numbers can be found here:   http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=7216&posts=7&start=1 Tom Kovach...

Private First Class Corey Claggett, United States Army, has been sitting for the past four years in administrative segregation (read that: Solitary Confinement) at Leavenworth Prison, for obeying a direct and apparently unlawful order from his superior officer to kill two suspected al Quaeda terrorists in Iraq. Lt. Colonel Terry Lakin sits in prison, doing six months and forfeiting his retirement benefits, for disobeying what he believed was an unlawful order vicariously issued by his Commander In Chief Barack Obama – who has yet to prove his Constitutional eligibility to hold office. Diana West, who has written extensively about the...

Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin didn't rush onto a battleground this week; he walked into a military courtroom. He didn't fire a weapon; he pleaded guilty to disobeying orders related to deployment, and not guilty to the more serious charge of "missing movement." But Lakin put his life, in the sense of his distinguished 17-year career as an Army surgeon, his income, his pension, and his personal freedom, on the line because of his sworn duty to the U.S. Constitution. All members of the US military take the following oath: "I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support...

With thanks to WorldNetDaily: Lt. Colonel Terry Lakin was just convicted, discharged from service and sent to a six-month prison term for refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan - until Barack Obama turns over his credentials and proves his Constitutional Eligibility to hold office. You thought it was all over, finally? Nope. Here comes another presidential eligibility lawsuit – scheduled for a January 7, 2011 conference in the U.S. Supreme Court. The suit was brought originally by Captain Connie Rhodes, U.S. Army, et al and her attorney, Orly Taitz. Here’s the link to the PDF Petition for Writ of Certiorari...

Just hours after being found guilty at his court-martial, Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin said he was ashamed and remorseful over his decision to refuse deployment to Afghanistan earlier this year, but he hedged on questions about President Barack Obama's citizenship. "I don't want [my career] to end this way," a tearful Lakin said to military jurors during the sentencing phase of his trial Wednesday afternoon. "I want to continue to serve ... It crushed me not to be on deployment. I can be on a plane tomorrow. I'd truly do that." Lakin, a 17-year Army physician, was sentenced to...

Good Soldiers, Marines, Navy SEALS, Airmen and other military personnel are fighting and dying every day in Afghanistan and Iraq – on behalf of every citizen of this Republic. My deceased father, a combat veteran of the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations during World War II, often said, “sometimes people get killed in wars”. Yesterday, Lt. Colonel Terry Lakin was convicted of four charges for refusing orders that would have sent him to the war in Afghanistan. He is a highly decorated Army Flight Surgeon who, until this decision he made to disobey his orders, had an unblemished record. He wears...

If his sentence is approved by the convening authority, Lakin’s case, because it includes dismissal, will be sent for automatic review by the Army Court of Criminal Appeals (ACCA), which has the authority to overturn his convictions. Maj. Gen. Karl Horst, Lakin's commanding general, could also grant Lakin clemency. If the ACCA upholds Lakin’s convictions, he can appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF). If the CAAF agrees to hear Lakin’s appeal but denies it, Lakin can appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which rarely grants review for appeals of military justice system decisions.

Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin apologized today for forcing the Army to court-martial him over his attempt to compel President Barack Obama to prove his constitutional eligibility to serve as commander-in-chief.

But Lakin said Wednesday that despite his questions about Obama's eligibility for office, he was wrong not to follow Army orders. He acknowledged that the Army was the wrong place to raise his concerns about Obama, asked to keep his job and said he was now willing to deploy. "I don't want it to end this way," Lakin told the jury Wednesday under questioning from his lawyer. "I want to continue to serve."

Lakin Sentenced 1545: Sentence announced. Dismissal, confinement for 6 months, total forfeitures. CAAFLOG

"New Details From LTC Lakin's Court-Martial The Media Will Not Report; Concern About Obama's Eligibility Throughout the Chain-of-Command This snippet posted below was published by Col. Sullivan from the CAAFlog blog(anti-Lakin). I'm very surprised Col. Sullivan was able to keep his ridicule of LTC Lakin down to a minimal in his latest writings on LTC Lakin's court-martial. What this blog shows is that there are real concerns about Obama's constitutional eligibility to be CiC all the way up the chain-of-command. I can't wait until the official trial transcripts are released. Snippet via CAAFlog; LTC Lakin continued that he became the...