SEAL Courts-Martial Update
Two of the three SEALs who turned down an offer of nonjudicial punishment and demanded court-martial in connection with allegations that a high-value detainee was assaulted have been acquitted of the charges against them. The detainee, Ahmed Hashim Abed is suspected of masterminding the brutal 2004 killings of four American contractors in Fallujah. PO1 Julio Huertas and PO2 Jonathan Keefe were found not guilty by a military panel (a jury) on April 22, and a military judge on April 23, respectively. Both were tried in Iraq.
The court-martial of the last SEAL, P02 Matthew McCabe started on May 3 in Norfolk, VA, and is ongoing.
Recent news stories covering the cases follow.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/22/navy.seal.verdict/?hpt=T2
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.navy.seals.trial/
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ibDgeSewqxKBSkY-nlLNquLk1UYwD9FG9QDO0
