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Not just a lie—a scurrilous slander. On her MSNBC show today, Joy Reid claimed that "during the Bush era, we were . . . starving people in Guantanamo."The truth is precisely the opposite. During the Bush era, Guantanamo officials took forceful measures to prevent people from starving. A number of prisoners had gone on hunger strikes to protest prison conditions. Among their complaints: "the prison authorities broadcast the call to prayers only four times daily, rather than the required five for religious obligations and . . . many of the detainees resented when women GIs broadcast the call to prayer."...

President Trump on Monday signed an executive clemency granting a full pardon to a former Army first lieutenant convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner. The White House released a statement announcing Trump's decision to pardon Michael Behenna, who was sentenced in 2009 to 15 years for shooting and killing Ali Mansur Mohamed. The move comes after repeated requests from Oklahoma's attorney general for Trump to pardon Behenna. "Mr. Behenna’s case has attracted broad support from the military, Oklahoma elected officials, and the public," the White House said, noting that more than two-dozen generals and admirals, as well as numerous Oklahoma...

"The family and supporters of a U.S. soldier convicted and sentenced to prison for shooting and killing a terror suspect who apparently lunged at him and tried to grab his weapon say they are preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the case and affirm the soldier’s right to self defense."

Last Thursday, yet another example of the corrupt attempts at appeasement of our enemies within and without was displayed in the rotten-to-the-core decision by three of a five-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to uphold the insanely unjust conviction of 1st Lt. Michael Behenna for unpremeditated murder of a known al Qaeda operative who was suspected of orchestrating a bombing that injured and killed members of Lt. Behenna’s platoon. You may recall this awful story of an American hero Army Ranger caught in the upside-down world of a military machine so compromised by leftist ideology...

By a 3-2 majority, the highest military appeals court has upheld Army Ranger 1st  Lt. Michael Behenna's conviction for the unpremediated murder of a detainee and al-Qaeda-operative in Iraq named Ali Mansur. While Michael still could receive clemency, his legal appeals are now officially exhausted. Barring clemency, Michael will remain at Leavenworth military prison until 2024. What a blow. What a disgrace.I just finished reading the majority opinion. It is a chilling document. It contains analysis of whether Michael had "the right to act in self-defense" when the detainee he was questioning about IED attacks that had recently killed two...

On July 5th, 2012, we learned that the majority on the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF), in a 3-2 split, upheld the unpremeditated murder conviction of our son 1LT Michael Behenna.

MILITARY PROSECUTORS WITHHOLD EVIDENCE; ARMY RANGER GOES TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS FOR SHOOTING AL QAEDA OPERATIVE

To keep former Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna behind bars until 2024 for the "unpremeditated murder" of an insurgent during the war in Iraq, U.S. military prosecutors have resorted to strange and disturbing twists of law, logic and morality. They were all on display again this week in Behenna's final plea before the military's highest court of appeals in Washington, D.C. It was enough to make the gold eagle on top of the American flag in the courtroom shake and then hang its head. Or so I imagined while listening intently as questions from the five civilian judges began...

On March 20th, 2009, Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing Ali Mansur, a known Al Qaeda operative while serving in Iraq. Mansur was known to be a member of an Al Qaeda cell operating in the lieutenant’s area of operation and Army intelligence believed he organized an attack on Lt. Behenna’s platoon in April 2008 which killed two U.S. soldiers and injured two more. Army intelligence ordered the release of Mansur and Lt. Behenna was ordered to return the terrorist to his home. During the return of Mansur, Lt. Behenna again...

* Lt. Behenna, who lost two members of his platoon just weeks earlier, was ordered to transport [terrorist suspect] back to his home * Lt. Behenna attempts a final interrogation of {the suspect] prior to his release * During the interrogation, Behenna is attacked by [the suspect] and is forced to defend himself. During the altercation, the terrorist is killed. * Prosecution expert Dr. Herbert MacDonnell is not called to testify in the case and instead is sent home. Just before leaving the courthouse he picks up his coat from the prosecution room and says to the three prosecutors (Megan...

The parents of Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna say there is a double standard in play here where enemy combatants are given mercy, but U.S. soldiers/Marines remain locked up.

I share a message from the parents of Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna in conjunction with his second birthday behind bars for killing an Al-Qaeda operative.

Less than 60 days remain in the appeals process to obtain Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna a new trial in the shooting death of a known Al-Qaeda operative.

The parents of Michael Behenna recall the scene one year ago after a judge denied their son's motion for mistrial and gave them 30 minutes to say good bye before going to Fort Leavenworth to serve a 25-year prison sentence (since reduced to 15 years).

To assist in the effort to deliver justice for Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, the Edmond, Okla., native who is serving a 15-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth after being convicted of unpremeditated murder in the May 16, 2008, shooting death of a known Al-Qaeda operative in Iraq, I designed the Unofficial Defend Michael Brochure shown.

The parents of Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna sent a message to supporters of their son in conjunction with the first anniversary of his incarceration.

During the past nine months, I've written and/or published 22 posts about the case of 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, an Army Ranger now serving a 15-year sentence after being found guilty of unpremeditated murder in the shooting death of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda operative operating. Today, I share three just-obtained photos which show the scene where a trail of injustice began in the area of Albu Toma, north of Baghdad.

Vicki Behenna knows what it's like to be involved in criminal cases over which allegations of Brady violations hang like a dark cloud. One involves her son, Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, who is serving a 15-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth for killing a known Al-Qaeda operative; the other, the Oklahoma City bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Below is a message Scott and Vicki Behenna sent to supporters of their son, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna following the Army Clemency and Parole Board decision yesterday to reduce his sentence from 20 to 15 years.

EDMOND, Oklahoma -- An Oklahoma mother is on a mission. Her son is now in a military prison for his role in killing an Iraqi detainee. She's not giving up her fight to win his freedom. Vicki Behenna leaves for Washington D.C. Tuesday and later this week, she'll speak on behalf of her son, Michael. She says until he's out of prison she'll continue to be his voice. "It's right in our face every day and it will be until he comes home," Vicki Behenna said. Vicki Behenna says life hasn't been the same since her son, Army Ranger 1st...