Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Is the case against the "Haditha Marines" tanking?

Our good friend Beth over at Blue Star Chronicles has posted an important story which seems to indicate that the government's prosecution of the "Haditha Marines" is a "Duke Rape Case"-style miscarriage of justice. Here is a bit of it:

In a nutshell, the case exploded when an intelligence officer dropped a bombshell on prosecutors during a pre-hearing interview when he revealed the existence of exculpatory evidence that appears to have been obtained by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and withheld from the prosecutors.

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Confronted by the massive mounds of evidence that Marine Corps sources tell NewsMax proves conclusively that the cases against the Haditha Marines are baseless, the prosecutors were forced to postpone the Article 31 against Lt. Col. Chessani and two of the enlisted men in an attempt to regroup.

If this turns out to be true I hope that the Navy's Nifongs are dishonorably discharged and disbarred. If the rumors that this entire prosecution was cooked up because the Navy was being arm-twisted by certain left-liberal Democrat congressmen I hope that they are exposed and impeached.

Actually I HOPE that they are tried for treason and shot by firing squad, but since that ain't going to happen I'll settle for them being drummed out of office in disgrace.