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jhetley ([personal profile] jhetley) wrote2005-05-03 08:29 am

Maybe I missed it

Has the army (or any other service) charged even _one_ officer in the Abu Ghraib abuse investigation? Even for sleeping on duty?

As I have mentioned before, based on my own military experience, I find the description of a PFC as a "central figure" in _anything_ military rather . . . boggling. Way back when, a PFC or Specialist had about enough operational leeway to wipe his or her own ass without command supervision....

[identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That is entirely possible Jim. Can't try someone twice for the same offense. So getting the troops into court first means that they can't invoke Article 31 on the stand.