[Winona Online Democracy]
Evert...I'm replying to your post hoping no one
will get mad at me for addressing a national issue. We have a group for
non-Winona issues, don't we? For sure and certain no one has used it for a
long time...I forget these details...I'm a big picture kind of guy
:-)
Evert, this young man did wrong, even if he was a
very small fish...and the government has accelerated his prosecution so that he
can act as a government witness at the trial of others. His sentence is
expected to be reduced as a reward for this participation.
My understanding is that it was a standard plea
agreement. The government chose to pursue a special, rather than general,
court martial against the specialist because the maximum penalty it can mete out
is what he got. A general court martial can sentence you to death or
anything it wants. Now if this soldier does what the government wants him
to do as a witness, his sentence will be reduced or perhaps
commuted.
That's my understanding. I want to know what
happens to Richard Sanchez. He put military intelliegence in charge of
that prison, but contends that the military police still managed the
facility. That makes no sense to me.
The young man who actually blew the whistle is
being glorified in the press, and getting anonymous death threats, as
well. There are also now new photos...two of which purport to show two
soldiers gloating over the corpse of a dead Iraqi who had been injured
during capture by Navy SEALS. The body was packed in ice. This
is a Reuters report. There apparently is a new whistle
blower.
Bob Sebo
Winona
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