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Saturday, 06 January 2007

Haditha: Marines’ lawyers outraged by leak of NCIS report
Allahpundit

Someone slipped WaPo the Navy inspector’s file, which led to this blockbuster dropping earlier today. And now:

An N.C.I.S. spokesman declined to comment on the report, which it has not officially released, and said the agency was troubled by the leak of it to The Post. “N.C.I.S. strives to ensure the integrity of every investigation and finds the idea that someone might leak any of its investigative products to be deeply troubling,” the spokesman said.

Several lawyers representing the accused marines expressed anger at the Defense Department, which they blamed for allowing the report to be given surreptitiously to a newspaper and, they said, potentially damaging their clients’ cases.

“The defense lawyers are extremely upset,” said Mark Zaid, a lawyer for Sergeant Wuterich, the squad leader who is charged with killing at least a dozen Iraqis. “The release of the entire evidentiary set is unethical and appears to have been done by certain Pentagon officials with the intent to harm the defendant’s defense.”

How bad does it look for the defense? According to WaPo, this bad: ...

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Kit Jarell has more here.

Posted by Bill Faith on January 6, 2007 at 10:36 PM in Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, US Marine Corps | Permalink

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