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The Law Firm of Puckett & Faraj, PC, is preparing the defense of LTC Lakin for trial currently scheduled for December 14, 2010 at Fort Meade, MD. LTC Lakin is being charged with missing movement, disobeying orders to report to a new unit, disobeying orders to report to his brigade commander and dereliction of duty. His previous civilian attorney complicated his case and is partially responsible for two of these charges by advising LTC Lakin to refuse to report to his superior officer. The defense team is now working to minimize the damage caused by this inappropriate legal advice and...

This page will be limited to discussion of United States v. Lakin. (In the event charges are not referred to trial, then we’ll see where we go from there). Please try to be polite and focus on the legal and procedural issues. I think it is pretty clearly said, and the reasoning, that a portion of the population does not think President Obama should have been sworn in as president — got it. Unfortunately life does not emulate the Snark. [n.1] Updated as of 6 August 2010. I had a chance to go to the Article 39(a), UCMJ, session today...

LTC LAKIN (A work in progress – 14June 2010) LTC Lakin is no longer pending an Article 32, UCMJ, hearing, most likely he is pending consideration for a general court-martial. Here is a link to the preferred charges pending against LTC Lakin which will be considered by MG Horst, Commander, Military District of Washington, the general court-martial convening authority. According to a press release from LTC Lakin and others he has waived his right to be present at an Article 32, UCMJ, hearing. The command could proceed with the hearing anyway. There have been times when an accused waives the...

PRESS RELEASE LTC LAKIN TO APPEAR TOMORROW ON CNN’S ANDERSON COOPER 360 PROGRAM ___________________________________________ DECORATED ARMY PHYSICIAN BEING COURT-MARTIALLED FOR REFUSING TO OBEY ALL ORDERS TO BE QUESTIONED ON TOP-RATED SHOW Washington, D.C., May 5, 2010. Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who is being court-martialled by the Army for refusing to obey orders to deploy to Afghanistan because the President refuses --even in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary-- to prove his eligibility under the Constitution to hold office, will appear with his attorney tomorrow night in a live interview on CNN’s top-rated “Anderson Cooper 360” program. The...

If you have been keeping up with the efforts of Americans across the country on the ineligibility issue of Obama, you will have undoubtedly heard about the serious situation involving Lt Colonel Terry Lakin. I had posted his video in a previous article.The latest update as of this writing is that the US Army is going to proceed with a Court Martial against him. He has been reassigned to Walter Reed Army Medical Center but stripped of the right to practice medicine. His computer has been seized. He was also on track to be promoted to full Colonel which of...

Why on Earth would we give up the security that the United States' nuclear threat has provided us for the last half century? Two words, really. Arab League. I also wonder how all this ties in to LTC Lakin and his fight to ensure the legitimacy of his chain of command