This “case” has always been a sack of Murtha....... Has it been dragged out intentionally to try to increase the pressure on one or more defendants to “roll” for the prosecutors in exchange for a lesser sentence, when there is no case at all? Why hasn’t this all been rolled up and stuffed down John al-Murtha’s lying throat by now?
Yes, the endless postponements in this case really do make you think the prosecution believes someone will snap and start confessing. Ain’t going to happen!
The lesson in the Haditha case for all Marines is this. If NCIS comes calling, do not forget your training. The thing that got you through fields of fire together was trust. Stay close to your brothers, tell the truth, and do not believe a word that an NCIS agent tells you—especially when he wants you to lie about a brother.
Broken bonds will haunt a Marine the rest of his life.