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Sad state of affairs when our brave men have to “plant” stuff in order to “cover up” their job. Seems to me they are more afraid of the courts then the enemy.

LI Pete nails this one! Bullseye.

The article says that Sandoval was convicted of planting evidence "to make it look as if the man was an insurgent."

He was planting evidence because of the prosecution of our troops by our side.

My GUESS: Every time there's a dead Iraqi, the family & locals turn it in to the Iraqi & American authorities. If the death appears to have been caused by any type of weapon the US uses, they turn it over to the investigators. I'd say it's automatic.

The investigators get to ask any command if any of their troops were in the vicinity.

Here we have the bizarre going on: our command sends our guys out to watch for suspected insurgents to shadow and shoot. They all know there will be an investigation, and that the troops are in jeopardy of prosecution.

This all raises the question: "What are the ROEs for a sniper when they are sent on a mission?"

a. Shoot on sight?
b. Shoot if you see them doing something wrong?
c. Shoot if you think they're doing something wrong?

Do the ROEs change from mission to mission for snipers? Who vetts these missions?

Would you want your young 18-24 year old, even if he is a sergeant, put in the middle of this crock!?