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    Default IG Investigating General Who Brought Pre-Med. Murder Charges

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/...849249469/1001

    General accused of overreach on killings


    December 19, 2007

    By Sara A. Carter - After months of congressional pressure, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General has opened an investigation of an Army general who tried to bring murder charges against U.S. troops.

    The investigation, requested by Rep. Walter B. Jones, North Carolina Republican, will probe whether Lt. Gen. Francis H. Kearney III overstepped his bounds and/or compromised legal proceedings in two Afghanistan incidents, one involving Marines and the other involving two Special Forces soldiers.

    The general's orders, to redeploy a Marine unit and probe the soldiers, were first reported in The Washington Times in October.

    "I am troubled by the premeditated-murder charges levied against Master Sergeant Troy Anderson and Captain Dave Staffel" of Special Forces, said Mr. Jones, in an October letter to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. "Based on his own statements, Lieutenant General Frank Kearney directed that charges be brought against these two American heroes despite the fact that the two soldiers were exonerated by the Army's Criminal Investigation Command."

    Mr. Jones was notified this month that the IG Office had opened an investigation and was reviewing documents and conducting interviews.

    The IG "has been provided with a copy of Representative Jones' letter to the secretary of defense regarding Lieutenant General Kearney and is looking into the matter," said Gary Comerford, spokesman for the office. "Since this matter is under review, it would be inappropriate to make any further statements."

    The three-star general angered many Army Special Forces and Marine Special Operations Command members when he tried twice to bring legal actions against U.S. forces.

    In June, Gen. Kearney directed that charges of premeditated murder be brought against Sgt. Anderson and Capt. Staffel, even though the two Special Forces soldiers had been exonerated in the shooting death of an Afghan man, whom military authorities determined was a legitimate target.

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    I get the idea that kearney has an agenda.
    When I die I'm sure to go to heaven, cause I spent my time in hell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gaffer View Post
    I get the idea that kearney has an agenda.
    Yes he does and it isn't complimentary to the administration, hence his being investigated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by April15 View Post
    Yes he does and it isn't complimentary to the administration, hence his being investigated.
    Oh, the vast right wing conspiracy thing again

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    Quote Originally Posted by April15 View Post
    Yes he does and it isn't complimentary to the administration, hence his being investigated.
    So these soldiers are exonerated by the CID and some general says fry them anyway and its about the administration? How so?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 82Marine89 View Post
    So these soldiers are exonerated by the CID and some general says fry them anyway and its about the administration? How so?
    I love it John Murtha refuses to answer questions if he intends to apologize to the troops he slandered when he called them cold blooded killers

    The liberal media defends him, since they see our troops as war criminals, as does much of the left

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    Quote Originally Posted by 82Marine89 View Post
    So these soldiers are exonerated by the CID and some general says fry them anyway and its about the administration? How so?
    Cause it irritates the conservative ditto heads.
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    Quote Originally Posted by April15 View Post
    Cause it irritates the conservative ditto heads.
    Let me say it a different way...

    So these soldiers are exonerated by the CID and some general says fry them anyway and its about the administration? How so?
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