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No. 2 nuke commander suspended amid casino probe
AP ^ | 9/28/2013 | ROBERT BURNS

Posted on 09/28/2013 6:57:33 PM PDT by markomalley

The No. 2 officer at the military command in charge of all U.S. nuclear war-fighting forces is suspected in a case involving counterfeit gambling chips at a western Iowa casino and has been suspended from his duties, officials said.

Navy Vice Adm. Tim Giardina has not been arrested or charged, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation special agent David Dales said Saturday. The state investigation is ongoing.

Giardina, deputy commander at U.S. Strategic Command, was suspended on Sept. 3 and is under investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a Strategic Command spokeswoman said.

The highly unusual action against a high-ranking officer at Strategic Command was made more than three weeks ago but not publicly announced at that time. The command is located at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: casino; gambling; giardina; militarypurge; navy; offutt; offuttafb; purge; timgiardina; usn; viceadmiral; viceadmiralgiardina
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To: canuck_conservative

No, the gambling problems do not always show up early. I’m retired out of Offutt and we might go to the same casinos once or twice in a year. Many go a lot more often. There was a big trial recently involving one of the multi-millionaire family that started Oriental Trading Co. He hid the problem and was sheltered by the casinos in some ways for a number of years. There are other instances of people in responsible jobs who embezzle from local companies to support their gambling. There are also a number of lower-ranking military members who are caught doing these types of things every year but they don’t get the same media attention as a flag rank officer does.

Now, does this mean there isn’t more going on? That’s always a possibility. This bunch of Nazis is going for the complete purge and takeover but I’m not sure they are purging the military first. This is not the type of action that would set well with the military in general, up and down the ranks. This is not the Soviet Russian military in the 20s-30s.


21 posted on 09/28/2013 7:58:24 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: laplata

For a minute there I thought you said “Fag” officers.


22 posted on 09/28/2013 8:03:56 PM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: JohnnyP

LOL


23 posted on 09/28/2013 8:19:00 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: driftdiver
Sure seem to be a lot of senior commanders getting purged errr caught.

Could this really be happening?

24 posted on 09/28/2013 8:20:25 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Politicians who fear the people seek to disarm them. - - Bill St. Clair)
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To: Mr. K; canuck_conservative; Nachum

how many naval commanders have been framed so far by Obama?
*********

14 Navy commanders relieved of duty, prompting conduct memo
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/19/navy.commanders/index.html

Navy commanders relieved of duty in 2012

http://www.stripes.com/news/navy/navy-commanders-relieved-of-duty-in-2012-1.168999

Naval Military Officers Relieved of Duty under Obama administration in 2012. Foreword by Fred Brownbill.

http://www.saveamericafoundation.com/2012/12/04/naval-military-officers-relieved-of-duty-under-obama-administration-in-2012-foreword-by-fred-brownbill/


25 posted on 09/28/2013 8:24:43 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: James C. Bennett
Obama appointee?

The next one will be...

26 posted on 09/28/2013 8:49:27 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: markomalley

Where I work the chips never leave the table. Smells like a setup anyway.


27 posted on 09/28/2013 8:49:50 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: markomalley

One of many. Lt. Col. Randy Olson, Col. David Lynch, Col. Stephen H. Williams

http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130825/NEWS/308250009/Security-Forces-chief-removed-Malmstrom-s-Lynch-relieved-command

http://www.10news.com/news/military/malmstrom-afb-nuclear-missile-wing-fails-safety-security-inspection08142013

http://newsok.com/military-removes-commander-of-nuclear-weapons-unit/article/feed/582449


28 posted on 09/28/2013 8:55:10 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: markomalley

The rot goes from top to bottom.


29 posted on 09/28/2013 9:11:27 PM PDT by LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
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To: Lancey Howard

>> but I am beginning to think it’s something more than just that.

The infamous litmus test allegations?


30 posted on 09/28/2013 9:23:53 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

I think there is a serious contingent of career people in the US military that still has some pride and deeply, DEEPLY resents that their Commander-in-Chief is an African communist metrosexual faggot-hugging piece of sh**.


31 posted on 09/28/2013 9:28:21 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

No doubt.


32 posted on 09/28/2013 9:34:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

Here’s an odd comment in the official announcement:
“The suspension is yet another blow to the military’s nuclear establishment.”
Like they are trying to defame or hobble the command structure of our nuke forces. Something rotten is afoot.


33 posted on 09/28/2013 9:34:55 PM PDT by batterycommander (a little more rubble, a lot less trouble)
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To: Mr. K

how many naval commanders have been framed so far by Obama?

or set-up?


Hard to determine; they have graduated from the throw down baggie.


34 posted on 09/28/2013 9:35:03 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Case back hoe for sale or trade for diesel wood chipper....Enforce the Bill of Rights. It's the Law!)
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To: Lancey Howard

Maybe replacing them with officers who will go to war if the UN security council decrees it.

Apparently Obama thinks they are the government and met with the UN last week to get them to wage war against Syria and Iran.


35 posted on 09/28/2013 9:38:33 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

“Apparently Obama thinks they are the government and met with the UN last week to get them to wage war against Syria and Iran.

Or Israel...


36 posted on 09/28/2013 9:42:04 PM PDT by batterycommander (a little more rubble, a lot less trouble)
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To: Lancey Howard

There are way too many high ranking officers who will do anything their CIC tells them to do. I truly believe there are those who would nuke Texas if ordered to do so. And they will order attacks on civilians. The scary thing is the local cops will be right beside them.


37 posted on 09/28/2013 9:46:47 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: canuck_conservative
"And if he really did have a gambling problem that bad, it would have shown up long before now, and he wouldn’t have been promoted this far up to begin with."

Agreed.

38 posted on 09/28/2013 10:47:40 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: batterycommander

I regret not having the confidence that all is well.


39 posted on 09/28/2013 11:54:10 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: markomalley

This is a weird one indeed.


40 posted on 09/28/2013 11:57:02 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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