US Secret Service prostitution scandal widens as five soldiers accused
By Peter Foster, Washington 3:27PM BST 15 Apr 2012 The five service members violated their curfew and may have been involved in inappropriate conduct, according to a statement released by the US military’s Southern Command. Eleven secret service agents were being interviewed in Washington over the weekend after being sent home in disgrace from the historic city […]
Soldiers bring death home
Soldiers bring death home Nick O’Malley March 19, 2012 – 12:00AM LAST Tuesday in Orange County, California, Abel Gutierrez shot the 11-year-old sister he had helped to raise, Luna Lucero, and then himself. His mother, Martha, has not been seen since, and few seem to believe she is alive. Today a court in Pennsylvania will […]
US Soldier’s Friends Stunned at Afghanistan Rampage Charges
Afghan rampage suspect Robert Bales was a soldier strained by deployments By Joby Warrick, Carol Morello and Krissah Thompson, Three days before the shooting rampage, as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales marked his 1,192nd day of combat deployment, the Army sniper’s house in suburban Tacoma, Wash., was put up for a short sale in the local […]
Accused Wiki-leaker faces judgment Friday
Accused Wiki-leaker faces judgment Friday By Ashley Fantz, CNN December 15, 2011 (CNN) — More than one and a half years have passed since a boyish-looking 22-year-old Army private was arrested, suspected to be behind the biggest intelligence leak in U.S. history. Much has been written about him. Politicians, pundits, celebrities and protesters have had […]
Military’s newly aggressive rape prosecution has pitfalls
November 28, 2011 Marisa Taylor and Chris Adams / McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — By the time Marine Staff Sgt. Jamie Walton went to trial on rape charges, his accuser had changed her story several times. A military lawyer who evaluated the case told Walton’s commander they didn’t have enough evidence to go to trial on […]
Bureaucracy has blossomed in military’s war on rape
Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor – McClatchy Newspapers Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 WASHINGTON — Under the political gun, the Pentagon has bulked up its anti-rape campaign far more than many people realize. It’s expensive, aggressive, and imperfect. Training on preventing and dealing with sexual assault has proliferated. Sometimes it’s tainted juries. Budgets have ballooned. So […]
The Good Wife: Season 3, Episode 9
The Good Wife: Season 3, Episode 9 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (20 Nov. 2011) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103915/ Storyline Alicia and Will return to military court and again have to face military Judge Col. Leora Kuhn. This time, they are defending Sgt. Regina Elkins who is charged with disobeying orders and launching a missile attack in Afghanistan that resulted […]
The Good Wife: Season 3: Episode – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
The Good Wife: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot November 20, 2011 For a second season, Mr. Waddington consulted with the Emmy award-winning staff of the CBS series, “The Good Wife,” as they created an episode for the Fall 2011 season. To watch the full episode go to iTunes SUMMARY OF THE SHOW: By Kate Linnea Welsh Lockhart/Gardner […]
The Kill Team: How US Soldiers in Afghanistan Murdered
Rolling Stone Plus: An exclusive look at the war crime images the Pentagon tried to censor by MARK BOAL MARCH 27, 2011 Early last year, after six hard months soldiering in Afghanistan, a group of American infantrymen reached a momentous decision: It was finally time to kill a haji. Among the men of Bravo Company, the notion […]