Talk:Clint Lorance/@comment-2600:8801:A80:37D0:E897:277D:5025:BD1B-20191118204559

Doesn't matter if you are a Republican or Democrat or whether you agree or disagree with the President's November 15, 2019 pardons of Army Major Matt Golsteyn, Army 1LT Clint Lorance, or Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher - one FACT remains as was expressed in almost every news cycle report over the past three days:  The military "justice" system is totally corrupt.

"Fortunately, the defense team in the Gallagher case did an incredible job of uncovering prosecutorial corruption before the case reached the jury.  Gallagher’s attorneys uncovered deliberate attempts by overzealous Navy prosecutors and NCIS agents to spy on his defense team. This involved an illegal search without a warrant –violating Gallagher’s rights under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution – and also threatened his right to effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment. In addition, the Navy violated the sacrosanct privacy of the attorney-client privilege. Such misconduct cannot be defended in any way, shape or form."

"Corrupt military investigators and prosecutors follow a simple formula:  Prosecute a high-profile case, make national news, and then punch your ticket when you leave the Judge Advocate General's Corps."

"The prosecution hid evidence that the motorcyclists were Taliban bomb makers, then ordered Lorance’s men to testify against him or face murder charges themselves."

"When the Army charged Lorance with murder, the message rang out loud and clear: Defend yourselves in battle and you may be prosecuted for murder."

"As an ex-Navy JAG attorney, I'm ashamed of what corrupt Navy prosecutors and NCIS agents did to war hero Gallagher and his family. But I'm proud to say that a clearheaded United States Navy jury put a stop to the insanity, at least in this case."

"But without a meaningful overhaul of the military justice system, rogue military prosecutors are still likely to target prominent warfighters like Chief Eddie Gallagher. What a slap in the face to the men and women who put their lives on the line for our country."

"Sadly, the corrupt 'deep state' has infected the military justice system, depressing overall military morale."

I could easily give you 50+ more quotes on this and that is just over the past three days.

But just as I experienced with US Army lawyers, you get some self-serving, mealy-mouthed, pencil-necked, geek lawyer who sees it as a way to advance his career over his peers. Just like now US Army lawyer lieutenant colonel  (he was a captain when it happened back in 2004 so he has since been promoted TWICE) Matthew Fitzgerald  who LIED to his state bar multiple times after threatening me to do something which he knew was clearly against Army regulations. All so that he could boast this as a "success" on his annual officer efficiency report - to which I have a copy of his report (and posted on my Facebook page noted below).

"Deep state" even back then maybe? After the Army JAG (Lieutenant General Dana Chipman as the top Army lawyer) appointed a friend of Fitzgerald's to do the investigation and found no wrongdoing, I wrote to the Inspectors General of both the Army and DoD, the Secretary of the Army, The Secretary of Defense, The Attorney General, and eventually the President (Obama) - and each no less than three times.

Nobody ever bothered to even answer the mail. And why is that? Because the military lawyers are all part of the "swamp."

Or as a retired Army JAG Colonel friend said to me over this matter:  "Forget it if you ever think that something is going to happen - the Army lawyers are as thick as thieves."

See it all to include evidence at https://www.facebook.com/people/Feres-Doctrine/100011369043077