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Navy SEAL Warrior Fund Sets Fundraising Record

May 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Fresh on the heels of good news that three Navy SEALs were found innocent of all charges stemming from accusations of abuse levied against them by an enemy combatant in Iraq, I share news that the Navy SEAL Warrior Fund raised a record $3.52 million yesterday at their sold-out 4th Gala Dinner onboard the USS [...]

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Navy SEAL Found Not Guilty on All Charges (Update)

April 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

NOT GUILTY x THREE! DETAILS IN UPDATE #2 BELOW. According to a report in Navy Times this morning, Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Julio Huertas, 28, of Blue Island, Ill., was found not guilty by a six-man jury of charges of dereliction of duty and attempting to influence the testimony of another service member. SO1 [...]

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Navy SEAL Court-Martial Begins at Camp Victory

April 19th, 2010 · Comments Off

Four months ago, I began covering the cases of three U.S. Navy SEALs who stand accused of roughing up a detainee in Iraq believed responsible for shooting and killing four American contractors in Fallujah, Iraq, and then dragging their bodies through the streets and hanging them from a bridge.  Today, the court-martial begins for one [...]

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Prosecution of One Navy SEAL Takes Good Turn

March 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

WARNING: This is good news. Three months ago, I published several posts about the cases of three U.S. Navy SEALs who face assault charges related to their capture of Ahmed Hashim Abed, the alleged planner of the March 2004 ambush, killing and mutilation of four Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, Iraq.  Abed, it’s alleged, was punched [...]

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Top BMW Stories the Mainstream Media Missed (Update)

December 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments

Below, in much the same manner as Fox News published a year-end piece, Nine Big Stories the Mainstream Media Missed in 2009, I highlight four seven subjects I covered that were, mostly or largely, ignored by the “lame-stream” media: 1.  The Chevron-Ecuador Lawsuit — My coverage began April 22 with the post, Blogger Investigating $27 [...]

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