Lt. Col Jeffrey Chessani has been on trial on trumped-up charges in the so-called Haditha incident, in which brave fighting men were put in jeopardy of military prison and their careers ruined, to appease the global lynch mob left enraged at early and false media reports of execution of unarmed civilians. The Thomas More Law Center reports that the defense has won an important ruling from the judge in the case, one that vindicates the view that this was a media-driven unjust prosecution. Colonel Folsom [the military court judge] found that the defense met its burden of presenting "some evidence" of actual and apparent unlawful command influence.  His decision was based upon the evidence that the Generals who controlled the disposition of the case were apparently or actually impermissibly influenced by Marine lawyer Colonel John Ewers, who was permitted to attend numerous, closed-session meetings in which LtCol Chessani's case was discussed. Colonel Ewers was one of...(Read Full Post)