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| Active Duty, Retired Naval Intelligence Members Told They Cannot ‘Disrespect' Biden Over Afghanistan Debacle |
| 2021-08-28 |
| Just like Turkey.[Daily Wire] Top leadership at the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) informed active duty and retired service members that they cannot condemn President Joe Biden amid the chaotic — and now deadly — pullout of American troops from Afghanistan. I wonder what prompted this action. In an email from the ONI’s Chief of Staff, ONI members were reminded that per a Uniform Code of Military Justice and Department of Defense Directive clause they cannot disrespect senior government leadership. Wait, we have "leadership"? Not from what I'm seeing. We don't even have adult supervision. This includes the President, Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, and more. It should be easy to identify the culprits. Just do a systemwide search for "impeach", "traitor", "catastrophe", "disaster", "gutless", "clusterfook", and "goat rodeo" and their names should pop right up. ONI members cannot participate in partisan political activity or distribute partisan political literature. An internal ONI member told The Daily Wire that these policies were more relaxed under the Trump administration and recalled retired officers condemning the former President. That tells me all I want to know about the "leadership" of this organization. |
| Posted by:Matt |
| #19 Just because they allowed it against Trump doesn’t make it right now. The guy said what had to be said and new the risks and I support him but he should expect to be fired publicly embarrassing your leaders that way. I hope he gets a well paid gig on Fox or something though. |
| Posted by: Ruprecht 2021-08-28 21:31 |
| #18 Well, they did get rid of the Lt. Colonel of the Marines who made a video degrading the leadership. Guess the missed a few during the Obama purge. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-08-28 18:22 |
| #17 As was pointed out elsewhere, compare and contrast with how Vindman was treated. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-28 18:14 |
| #16 Many thanks, I appreciate it! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-08-28 18:05 |
| #15 I can. Hawaiian judge. 9th Circus Court. The punishment is a tax, and *BLAM*, Chief Justice Bob's your uncle! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-28 16:52 |
| #14 /\ And were it to come down to brass tacks, I can't imagine a court in the land tolerating a recall for a GCM when it involves a First Amendment issue. Nor can I. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-08-28 16:44 |
| #13 ^ #12 OK, I'm impressed. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-08-28 16:16 |
| #12 ^7 - NoMoreBS, For decades the law was considered by the Government to mean exactly that- 'retired' status is legally accepted as reduced duty for reduced pay and therefore one can still be brought back for court-martial. It is rare, and used as more of a cudgel than anything else (One of the things that got David Petraeus to finally give in on his charges was that the Army was dropping hints they'd bring him back to court martial him for his indiscretions). However, last year the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in Larabee v. Braithwaite that: "...Congress’s grant of court-martial jurisdiction over military retirees in the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve for offenses committed after their retirement is unconstitutional. While the Court did not explicitly determine that court-martial jurisdiction over all military retirees is per se unconstitutional, the practical reach of the Court’s decision is likely to significantly curtail such jurisdiction over retirees for crimes committed after their retirement from active-duty service." The article I linked to is blessedly straightforward and comprehensible. The bottom line is that the ONI COS doesn't have the faintest goddamned idea what he's talking about, or worse, he does and is hoping nobody else does. And were it to come down to brass tacks, I can't imagine a court in the land tolerating a recall for a GCM when it involves a First Amendment issue. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2021-08-28 16:00 |
| #11 Disrespect |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-08-28 15:54 |
| #10 Shut up cause that's different? Of course. 'Cause Trump. He's to blame. And white supremacy |
| Posted by: Waldemar Creretle6465 2021-08-28 14:26 |
| #9 For #7 - Agree Please Point Me Toward the Pentagon |
| Posted by: Thumper Flosh4732 2021-08-28 13:30 |
| #8 ..Retired Naval Intelligence Members Told They Cannot ‘Disrespect'.. What about those 700 former senior military and intelligence officials and their penned denunciation of Trump last year? One set of rules for me and another set for thee. Shut up cause that is different? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-28 13:03 |
| #7 Department of Defense Directive 1344.10 This is the cited basis for the assertion that RETIREEs cannot be critical. I'm not a lawyer, but it seems that unless I'm recalled to active duty in some federal status, or make an assertion that implies my retired status somehow is connected to official authority to speak for DoD, I'm immune from this directive. This seems to be an attempt by inference to silence people like me who hold a deeply adversarial attitude towards the current administration. Thoughts my friends? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-08-28 13:01 |
| #5 An attempt to suppress the truth whistle blower protection status from Hillary's henchman |
| Posted by: boomerc 2021-08-28 03:09 |
| #4 Really like to keep the lid on. Don't dig around and discover the dead and injured may have been victims of Taliban small arms fire as opposed to a suicide vest. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-08-28 01:53 |
| #3 They're not allowed to. |
| Posted by: badanov 2021-08-28 01:17 |
| #2 Quite to the contrary. They are sworn ultimately to defend the US Constitution. Not to you, your fraudulent dear leader who they will soon remove from office, and you arseholes. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-08-28 01:06 |
| #1 As Insty noted yesterday, they sure didn't follow such an ideal when Trump was President. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-08-28 00:16 |