Military.com reports: A Navy intelligence specialist stationed at Fort Bragg is in custody after an investigation revealed he allegedly sold top secret documents to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign intelligence officer. Apparently there were two meetings at which approximately four documents were handed over in exchange for…
Air Force Times reports: A religion watchdog group is asking the Defense Department to investigate whether the Air Force Academy has given a Christian group improper access to the campus to proselytize cadets. This would not be the first time the AFA has had an issue with support to or…
Huffington Post has a piece about MEJA. In the perpetual debate over legal accountability of, and prosecution if necessary, of private military and security contractors one often sees the arguments reduced to two simplistic arguments. PMSC opponents argue the contractors argue in a legal vacuum and with utter impunity. This…
Lot here today. Catching up after a contested trial at Fort Bragg. I’ll update the Lakin page after today’s “events.” Kate Wiltrout reports the retrial of Richard Mott at NOB, NorVA. Almost two years after a Navy judge found Seaman Richard Mott guilty of attempted premeditated murder and sentenced him…
Army Times reports that: Experts say Fort Bragg likely violated the First Amendment when it sought to prohibit reporters from identifying accusers at a soldier’s arraignment. The Observer doesn’t publish names of victims of sexual crimes. But Pernell faces charges other than sex crimes. The FayObserver writes: Lt. Col. Dave…
FayObserver reports that: A Fort Bragg soldier accused of rape and break-ins on post, as well as in Cumberland County, is due in court Wednesday for an arraignment hearing. Aaron M. Pernell, 22, of Tulsa, Okla., is charged by the military with two counts of rape, one count of attempted…
I expect we’ll see several commentary’s about the Hennis trial. Here is one from Myron Pitts, FayObserver.com, which he calls, “Evidence adds up in support of Hennis verdict.” (Along with the article is a great list of links to prior reporting on the case.) I saw a military jury convict…
FayObserver reports that: An Army major who allegedly told another soldier that his fellow jury members in an October court-martial acted improperly and with an agenda testified Thursday that he never made such an allegation. Pvt. Justin A. Boyle – a sergeant before having his rank stripped – was convicted…
Washington Post reports that: A military jury has sentenced a soldier to die for killing a North Carolina mother and her two children in 1985.
FayObserver notes the issue yesterday where the members wanted answers about parole should he be sentenced to life. I found this piece odd. The jury left the courthouse at Fort Bragg about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening without a decision on a sentence for Hennis: life in prison or the death…