Navy SEAL Officer Reprimanded Over Abuse

[Rose Siding]

SAN DIEGO -- A Navy SEAL lieutenant has received a punitive letter of reprimand for allowing men under his command to abuse an Iraqi detainee who later died during CIA interrogation at Abu Ghraib prison.

The lieutenant, whose name has not been released, was convicted of dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer during a nonjudicial hearing, the Navy confirmed Wednesday. He was acquitted of charges of assaulting the prisoner, Manadel al-Jamadi.
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"Yet again, we're concerned that nonjudicial punishment has been used in a case which was very serious," said John Sifton, a lawyer for Human Rights Watch. "It was a homicide, somebody died. Everybody's pointing the finger at everybody. Nobody's serving jailtime and this is becoming a pattern."

In the latest case, the lieutenant was the No. 2 in command of SEAL Team Seven's Foxtrot platoon, which captured al-Jamadi in November 2003. In a series of military court hearings, men who served under the officer testified that they or others punched, kicked and muzzle-struck the handcuffed and hooded prisoner. The lieutenant and others posed for photos that allegedly humiliated the prisoner.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-navy-prisoner-abuse,0,6041354.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[Technowitch]

1. Complicity in torture and murder = letter of reprimand?

Geez... Somebody should've told Charlie Manson he just needed to join the Armed Forces and get sent to a purported 'war zone'. Then he could've Helter Skeltered to his heart's delight, with only a 'letter of reprimand' to worry about.

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[ElectroPrincess]

4. Naw, how bout we elect you to "sign up" and make sure it's done right?

[ElectroPrincess]

3. And only a lowly LT at that ... What about his Company Commander?

[struggle4progress]

5. Fascists on the march.