[Nachum]

High up the food chain did this order go?

[BigEdLB]

his noncommissioned officer ordered him to destroy the two videos on Nov. 5
Demote the noncomm to Private, and send him to duty in Northwest Alaska.

[Carling]

We can’t have him screaming “Allah Akbar” being captured on film, can we?

[Semper911]

Accomplice, or just an idiot?

[sam_paine]

Are videos allowed of military bases in general?

[Badeye]

I know an illegal order when I hear one, and I would have told the NCO absolutely no way am I ‘deleting this’.

But thats just me.

[wilco200]

Post it to youtube, send it to friendly media sources, back it up to flash drive, put it in a safe deposit box.....then delete it.

[montag813]

Why did he comply? Was it a Army-issued cell phone? 1st Amendment applies here, imho. He should have refused the “order”, which should never have been given. the officer should be disciplined.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

BTW, I believe that was an illegal order. Officers and NCOs have no charge over privately held property of enlisted soldiers. Just sayin.

[yesca]

Sneakyman Inc. is being exposed by the very technology they help create.

[FrankR]

Since when can noncomms issue legal orders?

[Diogenesis]

Hasan was with Obama.

“Army Major (Hasan) Played Role in Presidential (Obama) Transition”

Hasan and his protectors are with al Qaeda.

Hasan's protectors helped him rise, "educate", have seminars,
murder, commit treason and support jihad. (The new DADT?)

[KarlInOhio]

I could understand confiscating it and handing it to the MPs, but ordering deleted is destruction of evidence of a crime. Stupid on every level.

was ordered by an officer to delete both videos, a military court heard Friday.

Odd wording. I know the official term for ranks E-4 and above is "non-commissioned officer", but usually officer by itself refers only to commissioned officers of rank O-1 and above.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The footage could have been vital evidence at the military hearing to decide if Maj. Nidal Hasan should stand trial in the shootings.

Which is exactly the reason the non com gave the order. But...from whom did he receive his orders from?

[Carry_Okie]

It is illegal to destroy evidence, and was therefore an illegal order.

[Cicero]

Well, this is certainly troubling.

On the other hand, there must have been several hundred witnesses to what happened. Are they saying they need a video to convict a multiple murderer who shot his victims before numerous witnesses?

[Candor7]

Investigate right up the chaon of command to see where the order originated.Make the buck stop where it should.

Secondly, if the video was ordered destroyed, then the assumption should be that the accused did indeed do the murdering,we have enoughlive witnesses to that effect. Death penalty should definitely be sought.

[driftdiver]

Probably policy after the prison fiasco in Iraq.

[Texas Fossil]

Prosecutors have not said whether they'll seek the death penalty if the case goes to trial.

Something is seriously wrong with the way this is written.

[Freddd]

Wow, just wow.