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Title: Lawyer For Soldier Who Shot 17 Afghans Says The US Government Is Blocking His Investigation
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Published: Mar 31, 2012
Author: Michael Kelley
Post Date: 2012-03-31 10:28:49 by tom007
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Lawyer For Soldier Who Shot 17 Afghans Says The US Government Is Blocking His Investigation Michael Kelley | Mar. 31, 2012, 9:15 AM | 74 | 5 inShare10 A A A Bales AP See Also Robert Bales Afghan Shooting Suspect Officially Charged With Premeditated Murder afghan elders Days Before The Massacre, Afghans Say US Troops Told Them They 'Would Pay' Robert Bales Sgt. Robert Bales' Wife Said She Doesn't Believe He Killed 17 People The lawyer of Robert Bales claims that U.S. authorities are blocking his ability to investigate the incident, as reported by Bill Rigby of Reuters. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales has been officially charged with the premeditated murder of 17 Afghan civilians and could face the death penalty. The 38-year-old soldier's lawyer, John Henry Browne, released a statement Friday that said that the defense team is "facing an almost complete information blackout from the government, which is having a devastating effect on our ability to investigate the charges preferred against our client." Browne said his investigators spoke with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan but were obstructed from speaking to any witnesses. From Reuters: "When we tried to interview the injured civilians being treated at Kandahar Hospital we were denied access and told to coordinate with the prosecution team," Browne said in the earlier statement. "The next day the prosecution team interviewed the civilians injured. We found out shortly after the prosecution interviews of the injured civilians that the civilians were all released from the hospital and there was no contact information for them." That means potential witnesses will scatter and could prove unreachable, Browne said. Prosecutors had not shared their investigative findings with his team, and would not share images captured by a surveillance camera on a blimp above the base which the Army says shows Bales returning to the camp after the alleged shooting, he said. Bales is accused of walking off a U.S. military base in Panjwai district of Kandahar province before dawn on March 11 with his 9mm pistol and M-4 rifle and killing nine Afghan children and eight adults as well as burning some of the bodies. Afghan villagers doubt Bales acted alone, but other reports suggest Bales left his base twice during the night. Read more: www.businessinsider.com/a...tion-2012-3#ixzz1qhkoHooU
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
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Well no shit. What else are they going to do to cover up for the rest of the murderers? I wonder if those witnesses are dead right now. -------------------------------------------------------- No, the military is not corrupt.
You just blew up my brand new sarcasm detector. Blew it all to hell. -------------------------------------------------------- Yeh, that would do it.
Where the hell is Major Colin Powell when the military wants a whitewash job???????
The witnesses are alive and talking. I posted this yesterday, but the embed code does not work. Here's what happened in the words of those that were there. (Ignore the stupid 15 second advert.) A people that would and could throw the bums out in the voting booth never has to. - Prefrontal Vortex
Busy forging Nigiarian Uranium export licences'? ? "The next day the prosecution team interviewed the civilians injured. We found out shortly after the prosecution interviews of the injured civilians that the civilians were all released from the hospital and there was no contact information for them." That means potential witnesses will scatter and could prove unreachable, Browne said.
Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll
#2. To: PSUSA2 (#1)
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
#3. To: tom007 (#2)
Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll
#4. To: PSUSA2 (#3)
"Satan / Cheney in "08" The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
#5. To: tom007 (#0)
"The next day the prosecution team interviewed the civilians injured. We found out shortly after the prosecution interviews of the injured civilians that the civilians were all released from the hospital and there was no contact information for them." That means potential witnesses will scatter and could prove unreachable, Browne said.
#6. To: Cynicom (#5)
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#7. To: Cynicom (#5)
Where the hell is Major Colin Powell when the military wants a whitewash job???????
"Satan / Cheney in "08" The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
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