Regarding Servicemen and Justice...
the terms shouldn't be mutually exclusive. I get the feeling that in today's world they are.
Lawyers: Threats Used Against Marines By THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press Writer shows some of the tactics used to intimidate these Marines in an attempt at acquiring self-incriminating statements.
Shackles removed from confined Marines, sailor By Gidget Fuentes, Marine Times staff writer demonstrates that the stories about shackling are true. Wonder what the real reason is that the shackles can come off. Are these men suddenly less dangerous or less guilty or more politically connected.
Frankly, if I was arrested by military authority I would feel compelled to react as though I'd been captured by enemy forces. Name, rank and serial number are all they would get from me. It is sad that in today's world, Marines who defend the nation have less rights than the temporarily elected representatives in Congress.
From the second article,
David M. Brahms, a retired brigadier general and attorney in Carlsbad, Calif., who's met with many of the families, is representing a 21-year-old lance corporal.
The men are "shafted and shackled in the worst conditions being imposed," Brahms said June 14. "Saddam [Hussein] has a better circumstance than these guys."
