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Here are the facts prepared by the Victory Institute:

SEAL 3 Special Courts-Martial
Last Updated: Jan. 11, 2010

3 SEALs from SEAL Team 10 are charged with allegedly abusing an al Qaeda detainee Ahmed Hashim Abed
• Most-wanted al Qaeda terrorist, captured by SEALs in Sept. 1 nighttime raid
• Suspected mastermind of 2004 ambush on Blackwater security contractors
◦ All 4 were former commandos, including a former SEAL
◦ Men were shot, burned, desecrated, and hung from a bridge

Extent of Injuries, Lack of Evidence
• Military charge sheets(1) state his wound amounted to a punch in the stomach
• Al Qaeda training manual(2) tells members to claim they have been tortured and mistreated
◦ Documented that detainees abuse themselves and each other to accuse their captors
• Medical personnel determined that the injuries were not from the operation
◦ Source says3 that Abed was armed during his capture (no shots were fired)
▪ SEALs could have hit him then, but didn’t
◦ Abed was initially turned over to the Iraqi police
▪ If Abed’s alleged abuse took place, how do they know the SEALs did it?
• No corroborating evidence(4)
• Military has been withholding evidence like photographs, medical reports5

The SEAL 3:
• SO2 Class Matthew V. McCabe, 24, of Perrysburg, Ohio
◦ Only SEAL charged with striking Abed
• SO 1 Julio A. Huertas, Jr., 28, of Blue Island, Ill.
◦ Charged with impeding an investigation
• SO 2 Jonathan E. Keefe, 25, of Yorktown, Va.
• All SEALs charged with dereliction of duty and making a false statement

Judicial Process
• SEALs were initially faced with “Captain’s Mast” (Article 15)
◦ Non-judicial punishment – Commanding officer determines their guilt
▪ Viewed as an admission of guilt
▪ Permanent mark on their career
▪ Could have ended their career as SEALs
◦ SEALs opted for trial by courts-martial
▪ Could face up to a year in military confinement, discharge for bad conduct, and forfeiture of two-thirds of their pay for a year
▪ Could also be exonerated
• Military and political leadership’s handling has already had a negative effect6 on our national security
• Instead of being treated as heroes, they are being tried as criminals
• Where is the line between being awarded a medal and being court-martialed?

Now, the military judge has moved the trial of 2 of these SEALs to Iraq so the Iraqi terrorist will be able to testify lie about the alleged abuse.

SEALs should face accuser during trials, military judge rules

If the government won’t bring a suspected Iraqi terrorist to the United States to testify about alleged abuse at the hands of a Navy SEAL, the trials of two commandos accused of not safeguarding him will be held in Iraq, a military judge ruled Monday.

In back-to-back hearings at Norfolk Naval Station, Cmdr. Tierney Carlos said Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Keefe and Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas each deserve to face their accuser – alleged terrorist Ahmed Hashim Abed.

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Free the SEALs, SEAL Team 10, Ahmed Hashim Abed, SO2 Class Matthew V McCabe, SO1 Julio A Huertas Jr, SO2 Jonathan E Keefe

A nice New Years gift to the members of the Blackwater team who were accused of killing civilians in Nisoor Square incident in Baghdad in 2007. Two of the members of this team, Dustin Heard and Nick Slatten, are from Tennessee so a big Happy New Year to both of you and your family. This has been a travesty of justice from the get go, when you’ve got DOJ prosecutors with a grudge going after the employees of a specific company, Blackwater.

Here are some previous posts regarding this story:

Justice “shoehorning the facts” to indict Blackwater Contractors

Justice Dept. Advising Iraqis to sue to Blackwater???

Website now set up for Indicted Blackwater Contractors

Blackwater Down

Judge Dismisses Blackwater Case

A federal judge cited repeated government missteps in dismissing all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a case that inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad.

U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed the case against the guards accused of the shooting in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007.

How these Blackwater guards ever get back their reputations or careers after this legal assault by these prosecutors is the question?

Raven 23, Nisoor Square Incident, Donald Ball, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nick Slatten, Paul Slough, DOJ, Iraq

Zach Wamp who is running in the Tn Republican Governor Primary is continually calling his credentials as a fiscal conservative, free market supporter and pro-US Constitutionalist. I’m finding that Wamp is more a political animal than any of the positive principled values noted above. This pro union, anti states rights push with H.R. 413 shows the farce of the Wamp Campaign. We do have the vote of Zach Wamp for H.R. 1586 to Impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients. Apparently, Wamp has no problem in targeting specific individuals for a 90% tax on bonuses. This vote was especially interesting to me since I’d sat through a bloggers meet up with Zach Wamp just before this vote and he was espousing his free market principles and conservative values while also expressing his regret for voting for the TARP bill. Who can possibly believe what Zach Wamp has to say since he seems to have situational Conservative principles. That phenomenon also seems to apply to Tennessee’s Blue Dog Democrats. It all depends on whether they are in Tennessee meeting with their constituents or in D.C. having to cowtow to their exalted leader Speaker Nancy Pelousi.

I will note there are other Republicans sponsoring this bill: Judy Biggert (R-IL13),David Camp (R-MI4), Shelley Capitao (R-WV2), Geoff Davis (R-KY4),Charles Dent (R-PA15),Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL21),Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL25),John Duncan (R-TN2),Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO8),Elton Gallegly (R-CA24), Jim Gerlach (R-PA6), Samuel Graves (R-MO6), Duncan Hunter (R-CA52), Walter Jones (R-NC3), Peter King (R-NY3), Steven LaTourette (R-OH14), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ2), John McHugh (R-NY23), Tim Murphy (R-PA18), Thomas Petri (R-WI6), Todd Platts (R-PA19), Ted Poe (R-TX2), Dennis Rehberg (R-MT), Dave Reichert (R-WA8), Micahel Rogers (R-MI8), Thomas Rooney (R-FL16), Peter Roskam (R-IL6), Ileana Ros-Lehtinien (R-FL18), Paul Ryan (R-WI1), John Shimkus (R-IL19), John Sullivan (R-OK1), Lee Terry (R-NE2), Todd Tiahrt (R-OH12), Michael Turner (R-OH3), Don Young (R-AK).

Then of course we have to include other TN ‘Blue Dog Democrats’ in this list: Lincoln Davis (D-TN4), Bart Gordon (D-TN6).

So much for Republican and Tennessee Blue Dogs who cherish the US Constitution and our TN Right to Work laws.

H.R. 413 – PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE COOPERATION ACT OF 2009

Yet another misnamed, blatant attempt to payoff the labor unions for the vast amounts of money “donated” to corrupt labor friendly politicos. The bill would force municipalities and special districts to recognize and negotiate with a police or fire department union.

Forget states rights and any concept of home rule. Forget that the people who pay the bills, the local taxpayers, might like a say in how their money is spent. Forget that these public service employees already have a valid employment contract, willingly signed, and that in many cases the voters approve unionization if asked.

Nope, not enough according to the unions desperate for new members. We need a federal law because the people might not agree with us. Very democratic!

Hopefully this abomination will die in committee and we’ll see another payback quashed.

H.R. 413:Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009

I had some other surprises in looking at the sponsors of this bill. I heard Rep Paul Ryan of WI give a rousing speech at CPAC 2009 espousing the US Constitution and Conservative principles. Then there’s Duncan Hunter who took over his father’s district, ran on Conservative principles and adhering to the US Constitution. Funny how nuanced that US Constitution must be!

Rep Zach Wamp, TN Governor Candidate Zach Wamp, Tn Blue Dog Democrats, HR 413, Federal Unionization for police and fire fighters, HR 1586, 90% tax on executive bonuses, Lincoln Davis, Jim Cooper, Bart Gordon, Zach Wamp, Rep Paul Ryan, Rep Duncan Hunter

I guess reality just hit these cops in the face in Cambridge, MA. When you vote for someone just because of the color of their skin and ignore the history expect to be slapped into reality.

Black Cambridge Cops Back Crowley- “I Won’t Vote For obama Again”

If by now you haven’t heard that Henry Gates just happens to control or own a non-profit charity called Inkwell Foundation and there just ‘happens’ to be quite a few questions of impropriety on the dealings of the charity. Dan Riehl did the investigating with links here, here and here where it seems that Gates has just filed an amended tax return for 2007.

Coincidence? I think not.

Henry Louis Gates Jr, Obama, Inkwell Foundation, Sgt Crowley, Cambridge

And this woman is going to be a Supreme Court Justice?

Sotomayor Let Wrongly Convicted Man Languish in Prison

One person who is not so thrilled about the prospective elevation of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court is a man named Jeffrey Deskovic. Mr. Deskovic spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit — the last six years, Deskovic claims, being a direct result of the actions (or, rather, the inaction) of Judge Sotomayor. Surprisingly, he chose to tell his story last night to, of all people, Amy Goodman, the far-left host of Democracy Now!

Deskovic says he was falsely charged and convicted of rape and murder at the age of sixteen and was sentenced to life in prison. A number of years later, after DNA tests showed that semen found in the victim did not match his own, he appealed his conviction to Judge Sotomayor and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite the strong evidence that seemed to exonerate him, Sotomayor let the conviction stand. According to Deskovic, this was mainly the result of two factors: pressure from a District Attorney with political aspirations, and the fact that Deskovic filed his appeal four days late.

The statement from Sotomayor is especially telling!

SCOTUS, Sotomayor, Jeffrey Deskovic, second circuit court of appeals

How crazy is this? I heard this twice yesterday on radio news and thought, Obama and his minions can’t be this nuts! Aw, how wrong can a person be. I even messaged with a friend who is Special Ops in Afghanistan to ask about it and he had heard nothing. Now I know why.

U.S. Lawmaker Says Obama Administration Ordered FBI to Read Rights to Detainees
The move is reportedly creating chaos in the field among the CIA, FBI and military personnel, according to Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.

A senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing the Obama administration of quietly ordering the FBI to start reading Miranda rights to suspected terrorists at U.S. military detention facilities in Afghanistan.

The move is reportedly creating chaos in the field among the CIA, FBI and military personnel, according to Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. The soldiers, especially, he says, are frustrated that giving high value detainees Miranda rights — the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney — is impeding their ability to pursue intelligence on the battlefield, according to a story first reported by the Weekly Standard.

“What I found was lots of confusion and very frustrated people on the front lines who are trying to, well, make Afghanistan successful for the United States and its allies,” said Rogers, who serves on the House Intelligence Committee.

It’s becoming more and more obvious to me that Obama and crew care more for Islamic jihadists than American Soldiers. That was supremely evident with the shooting of Pvt William Long at the Little Rock,Ar. recruiting office by Carl Beldsoe/Abdul Hakim Muhammad. To Obama, this was nothing more than a “senseless act”.

When Robert Gibbs was questioned about this today:

Asked if the Obama administration had ordered that Miranda rights be read to certain detainees, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, “I have no reason to disbelieve a member of Congress. But I don’t know any of the circumstances that are involved around it.”

But Gibbs acknowledged that it wouldn’t be a surprise to find out that it was happening.

Yet Obama in his March 60 Minutes interview said that detainees didn’t deserve Miranda Rights. Another situation with Obama where it isn’t what he says, it’s what he does. He’s like the magician, diverting your view to the other shiny object so you miss the illusion of the trick.

Afghanistan, Miranda Rights to Detainees, Obama, FBI, Rep Mike Rogers R-MI

What a difficult interview to watch by KATV (Little Rock). This just tears at your heart for this family. Link from Blackfive.

Keep the Long and Ezeaqwula families in your thoughts and prayers.

Crickets again from Obama on this shooting. It took only hours for Obama to speak out on the Dr. Tiller (late term abortionist) shooting. It is quite apparent by Obama’s silence who is more important to him, an abortionist over an American Soldier murdered by a Muslim Jihadist. Not terribly surprising.

Pvt William Long, Quenton Ezeaqwula, Carlos Bledsoe, Abdul Hakim Hujahid Muhammad, Ark Recruiting Center Shooting, Obama

But Sheriff Arpaio is not going to be bowing down to the Obama Administration on his illegal immigration enforcement policies. In fact, Sheriff Arpaio is demanding an investigation of the Deptarment of Justice and Department of Homeland Security ulterior motives in investigating his office.

AZ – Arpaio wants investigation of his own

On March 10, the DOJ announced it was launching an investigation into Arpaio and his illegal immigration policies to see if he was racial profiling the Hispanic community.

Arpaio says since the investigation began, the DOJ investigators have lied to senior sheriff’s office officials and engaged in an orchestrated scheme designed to acquire documents and witness testimony surreptitiously in order to discredit Arpaio and his office.

In a letter to U.S Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Arpaio voiced his concerns about the DOJ’s investigation into his office.

One concern was that the DOJ and DHS officials obtained interviews and documents from senior sheriff’s officials who should have been entitled to legal counsel but were denied.

Another concern Arpaio has is that in the “100 Day Report” to the Obama Administration, DOJ investigators bragged about the accomplishment of the investigation into Arpaio before they even had any evidence or facts.

Arpaio also says the DOJ admitted it based its investigation into Arpaio solely on “media reports”. He says even Congressman John Conyers, Chairman of the Judicial Committee, said he had no facts or evidence other than what he read in the paper before he asked the DOJ to launch its probe.

Arpaio’s attorneys say they are certain this investigation is not about justice but rather about a new Washington D.C. administration that wants Arpaio to do things the president’s way, for the president’s purpose.

It’s nice to see one official with some cajones instead of submitting to the Chicago thug political machine now occupying the White House.

AZ, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, DOJ, DHS, AG Eric Holder, Secr Janet Napolitano, Rep John Conyers, House Judicial Committee

Turns out this Muslim convert was already being watched by the FBI.

Warner Todd Huston at Redstate has another twist on looking at this story.

The heinous act of Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 24, formerly Carlos Leon Bledsoe, a prison convert to Islam, is a perfect example of why terrorism cannot be fought using police procedures and is more effectively fought under military auspices. The fact that Muhammad was under FBI surveillance and already under suspicion of possible terrorist activities but got away with murdering one soldier and seriously injuring another is a lesson of how police procedures are prone to failure in stopping terrorism.

Go here to read more.

Comment on this heinous act from Obama? Crickets…

Carlos Bledsoe, Abdul Hakim Nujahid Muhammad, Ark Recruiting center shooting, William Long, Quenton Ezeaqwula

This is from Deputy Sheriff Becky Coyle of the Williamson County Sheriff’s office.

God Makes No Mistakes

God Makes No Mistakes, Becky Coyle, Williamson County TN