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  • TRUMP PARDONS ARMY LT. MICHAEL BEHANNA, CONVICTED OF MURDERING AL-QAEDA DETAINEE

    05/06/2019 10:24:54 PM PDT · by bitt · 17 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 5/6/2019 | amber athey
    President Donald Trump issued a full pardon Monday to former Army First Lieutenant Michael Behenna, who served five years in prison after being convicted of murdering a suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist. In May 2008, Behenna was questioning Ali Mansur Mohamed, a suspected terrorist who had allegedly been involved in an IED attack that killed two U.S. soldiers. The interrogation ended when Behenna fired two rounds into the terrorist — which the 1st Lt. claimed was in self-defense after Mansur lunged for his pistol. A military court convicted Behenna of unpremeditated murder in a combat zone in 2009. The prosecution said Behenna...