To: RedRover
Wow. This is Verrrry suspicious and interesting. From the article,....
Captain Stone, 34, of Dunkirk, Md., is accused of failing to investigate reports of the civilian deaths. In an interview that repeated similar frustrations voiced by lawyers for other accused officers, Captain Stone said he did not investigate the killings because his superiors told him not to.
The regimental judge advocate informed me that we dont do investigations for troops in contact situations, said Captain Stone, referring to the regiments lawyer, Maj. Carroll Connelly. Troops in contact is military language for combat against enemy fighters.
Thats my understanding of what higher wanted, Captain Stone said, referring to his superior officers, and thats why there was no investigation.
I dont think I did anything wrong, he went on. But he added, There is a certain level of disappointment that the Marine Corps decided that, in the entire chain of command, that I am the one who should be held accountable.
Major Connelly, who was not charged with any crime, has been granted immunity to testify at the coming hearings, said Captain Stones civilian lawyer, Charles W. Gittins.
8 posted on
05/05/2007 6:57:36 PM PDT by
Girlene
To: Girlene
Major Connelly, who was not charged with any crime, has been granted immunity... It figures, he's a lawyer after all. No doubt his pals took care of him.
To: Girlene
It’s not clear to me where these quotes by Capt. Stone originated. Are they what the captain told investigators or from some other source? I can’t make it out. Can you?
Also, if you’ll allow me to speculate...
This article isn’t unfavorable to Capt. Stone, but it is unfavorable to the Corps. One can wonder if all the leaks in the Haditha case are coming from people who want to hurt the accused—or the Corps itself.
13 posted on
05/05/2007 7:12:13 PM PDT by
RedRover
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