Bob McCarty Writes

One week ago today, officials at the Thomas More Law Center announced they had filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) against Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and the Federal Reserve Board to stop all bailout funds from going to American International Group, Inc., the insurance giant many know better as “AIG.” According to the lawsuit, the U.S. [...]

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While I’ve been following the investigation and prosecution of the so-called “Haditha Marines” for more than a year now, the case became more interesting after it was revealed that an “extraordinarily unusual oversight body” comprised of high-ranking administration officials had been set up by former Secretary of Defense Donald R. Rumsfeld to oversee the Haditha [...]

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Sunday is always a great day to catch up on news that doesn’t always show up in the mainstream news media headlines. Below are a few of those items. The FBI provides links to some interesting stories from across the nation under the headline, FBI’s Top Ten News Stories For The Week Ending March 21, [...]

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Bob McCarty Writes has reported on the case of the so-called “Haditha Marines” several times during the past 12 months, focusing primarily on the case of Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani. In a UPI report today, we learned that Colonel Chessani, 42, and Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum, 26, will face courts-martial related to the 2005 [...]

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Since charges have been dropped against half of the Marines facing legal proceedings in connection with the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, one military law expert believes Marine Corps leaders are putting the burden of responsibility on senior Marines and those most directly involved in the incident. The news above appears in a [...]

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In an article today, Nathaniel R. Helms provides insight into the ongoing Article 32 hearing of Marine Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani. Among other things, Helms exposes the selfishness of some 1st Marine Regiment senior general officers in a piece that begins this way: Evidence currently before Lt. Gen J. N. Mattis reveals that senior [...]

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In previous Bob McCarty Writes posts, I wrote about the case of Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, a career Marine Corps officer facing a possible court-martial for doing his job to the best of his ability in Iraq as leader of the so-called “Haditha Marines”. Now, I bring you an update. At this time, Colonel Chessani’s [...]

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