Bob McCarty Writes

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Six days ago in my post, Appeals Court Upholds Army Officer’s Conviction, Ignores Evidence in Death of Al-Qaeda Operative, I shared news about Michael C. Behenna, the Army Ranger officer convicted of unpremeditated murder in the death of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad.  [...]

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Be sure to LISTEN LIVE Friday at 10 a.m. Central as I make another guest appearance on Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio, a program hosted by Beth Schoeneberg that airs ONLINE and on 43 stations in 19 states. I’ll be talking with Schoeneberg about stories of military justice: The first is the story of how the [...]

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I’m on the road right now, but when I came across some terrible news this afternoon that I simply had to share:  The U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the appeal of Michael C. Behenna of Edmond, Okla., and upheld his murder conviction and 15-year prison sentence at the U.S. Military Disciplinary Barracks at [...]

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The world premiere of Michael Wilkerson’s powerful, hour-long documentary about Army Ranger 1LT Michael Behenna and his platoon, entitled “PURPLE HEARTS – A REQUIEM FOR MAD DOG 5,” is set for June 11 at the deadCENTER Film Festival in downtown Oklahoma City. Lieutenant Behenna, the subject of some four-dozen posts on this blog during the [...]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1LT Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad.  Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company, 5th platoon of the Army 101st Airborne Infantry Division was convicted of [...]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad.  Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company, 5th platoon of the Army 101st Airborne Infantry Division was convicted [...]

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During 2010, I researched, wrote and published several stories about issues impacting people on the front lines in defense of this country.  I revisit some of those stories below: MICHAEL BEHENNA 1st Lt. Michael Behenna On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st. Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a [...]

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