Lets see now, the chief witness against OUR man is the interpreter.
You almost have to go back to WWII when the CO of a Japanese Submarine was called to testify AGAINST the CO of the USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35) in the sinking of the Cruiser. Capt McVay eventually committed suicide and I think the only thing that kept him out of Leavenworth was the public outcry and a couple of Pols going to bat for him.
They also tried to ‘railroad’ LCDR Lloyd BUCHER, CO USS PUEBLO (AGER2) and like in the McVay situation, the majority of his crew and Senior Naval Officers stood behind him.
On the other hand, we can take some REMF Army Major, shoot up Ft Hood and we don’t want to embarrass anyone so he remains untouched.
When it comes to granting a full pardon, whom do you think BO will release?
Has this interpreter been tagged as Muslim? Some of them are Arab Christians.