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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 08:06 AM
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25.  He said it in public at a reception. Oh, and on camera.
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  -Military legal expert: Obama's comments on Bradley Manning represent "unlawful command influence"! Better Believe It  Apr-26-11 10:51 PM   #0 
  - Surprise, surprise.  EFerrari   Apr-26-11 11:09 PM   #1 
  - The President caanot be charged under the UCMJ.  William769   Apr-26-11 11:20 PM   #2 
  - So that doesn't make him commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces?  FLAprogressive   Apr-26-11 11:22 PM   #4 
  - Oy vey.  William769   Apr-26-11 11:28 PM   #6 
     - So why does "Command Influence" not apply to the commander of the U.S. Armed Forces?  FLAprogressive   Apr-26-11 11:31 PM   #9 
        - As I said show me in the UCMJ where it has jurisdiction of the President.  William769   Apr-26-11 11:34 PM   #10 
           - You're missing the entire point here. Obama didn't commit a crime, he tainted the judge/jury pool.  FLAprogressive   Apr-26-11 11:35 PM   #12 
              - Bullshit. You can't taint people with information they already knew beforehand.  phleshdef   Apr-27-11 07:42 AM   #20 
  - Are you saying, rules are for the little people and not for the leader  EFerrari   Apr-26-11 11:25 PM   #5 
  - I am stating fact.  William769   Apr-26-11 11:30 PM   #7 
  - Obama doesn't need to be charged  EFerrari   Apr-26-11 11:34 PM   #11 
     - Don't bother, it's way over his head.  FLAprogressive   Apr-26-11 11:35 PM   #13 
        - It well may be over my head  William769   Apr-26-11 11:38 PM   #14 
  - You rock!  robinlynne   Apr-27-11 12:43 PM   #37 
  - Please point out in the article where anyone said anything about prosecuting Obama  Ghost in the Machine   Apr-26-11 11:31 PM   #8 
  - "Why are people so fucking stupid." - Physician, heal thyself.  Bluebear   Apr-27-11 05:49 AM   #16 
  - That's not the point of the article! If you read the article you'll understand it!  Better Believe It   Apr-27-11 08:15 AM   #28 
  - They're not saying that he can be. They're saying that he's  ThomCat   Apr-27-11 08:31 PM   #42 
  - K&R  leftstreet   Apr-26-11 11:20 PM   #3 
  - Inexcusable for a constitutional scholar, serving as President, to make this error. n/t  Scuba   Apr-27-11 05:46 AM   #15 
  - Add it to the list.  FiveGoodMen   Apr-27-11 04:06 PM   #41 
  - K&R  crickets   Apr-27-11 06:20 AM   #17 
  - As a former Army JAG . . .  Rusticus Too   Apr-27-11 07:05 AM   #18 
  - The relevant portion of UCMJ is Article 37: "Unlawfully influencing action of court"  struggle4progress   Apr-27-11 07:40 AM   #19 
  - BINGO!  melm00se   Apr-27-11 08:12 AM   #26 
  - So a comment made during a personal conversation with a civilian is now undue command influence?  Azathoth   Apr-27-11 07:44 AM   #21 
  - He said it in public at a reception. Oh, and on camera.  EFerrari   Apr-27-11 08:06 AM   #25 
  - Wrong. He said it at a private fundraiser, and it was captured on a *cell phone*.  Azathoth   Apr-27-11 08:13 AM   #27 
     - A "private" event attended by the public media and people who are not campaign contributors!  Better Believe It   Apr-27-11 08:30 AM   #30 
     - Yes, a private, $5000 a ticket event  Azathoth   Apr-27-11 08:50 AM   #33 
        - So did that person break into that "private" event?  Better Believe It   Apr-27-11 01:14 PM   #39 
     - LOL, yes in public at a reception and on camera. n/t  EFerrari   Apr-27-11 08:31 AM   #31 
        - Apparently, it was a 1990s mobile phone w/o a camera.  Ignis   Apr-27-11 01:09 PM   #38 
           - People who are involved in active cases don't talk about them.  EFerrari   Apr-27-11 02:12 PM   #40 
  - Yes. It was a public statement by the Commander in Chief of the armed forces at his public event.  Better Believe It   Apr-27-11 08:25 AM   #29 
  - Right because no judge knew this admininstration believed Manning broke the law, beforehand.  phleshdef   Apr-27-11 07:45 AM   #22 
  - New plan...  Cid_B   Apr-27-11 08:01 AM   #24 
  - So, when did you serve as a JAG?  EFerrari   Apr-27-11 12:05 PM   #36 
  - Perhaps he is trying to give the defense grounds  Angry Dragon   Apr-27-11 07:53 AM   #23 
  - Right. He's real big on civil liberties.  Better Believe It   Apr-27-11 08:33 AM   #32 
  - maybe Obama did it on purpose....  spanone   Apr-27-11 08:51 AM   #34 
  - Don't make Obama mad. He might declare you a terrorist & have the CIA murder you w no due process.  Karmadillo   Apr-27-11 09:02 AM   #35 
     - !  Bluebear   Apr-29-11 05:25 AM   #43 
 

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