Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Did Top U.S. Marine General Manipulate The Legal System And Showed Favoritism

 

Complaint Alleges Marine General Influenced Video Probe -- USA Today  

Allegations target Gen. Jim Amos' involvement in cases stemming from insurgent urination video.

WASHINGTON -- The top Marine general and four of his legal advisers are implicated in a complaint to the Defense Department Inspector General charging they inappropriately inserted themselves into the prosecution of cases stemming from the infamous video showing scout snipers urinating on dead insurgents in Afghanistan.

The complaint, filed by Marine Maj. James Weirick, an attorney assigned to Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Va., alleges Commandant Gen. Jim Amos, or others acting on his behalf, deliberately sought to manipulate the legal process, effectively stacking the deck against the scout snipers in the video.

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My Comment: If these allegations are true .... this is very disturbing.

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