Guest #1 September 4, 2004 He's going to Federal "Pound-Me-In-the-Ass" Prison for at least 20 years... "One of most powerful pieces of evidence was a video, secretly recorded three days before his arrest, showing Anderson share information on troop strengths, tactics and methods of killing U.S. soldiers and destroying M1 Abrams tanks and other vehicles with undercover agents he believed were al-Qaida operatives. Anderson's arrest came just weeks before his unit, the 81st Armored Brigade, deployed for a yearlong assignment in Iraq. 'A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious, but it cannot survive treason from within,' " Maj. Melvin Jenks said, quoting philosopher Cicero, as he asked jurors for the maximum sentence. "Members, here is the traitor within the gates." Story in today's Seattle Times. mh . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 September 4, 2004 Tell me again why he didn't get the death sentance?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozthebum 0 #3 September 4, 2004 From what I understood he was convicted, but the military hasn't set the punnishment yet. "Jurors deliberated another 3 1/2 hours before recommending early Friday that Anderson be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole and a dishonorable discharge. The post commander is expected to decide on a sentence in four to six months"--New York Times on the Web, from the "Early Bird" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickjump1 0 #4 September 4, 2004 Quote Tell me again why he didn't get the death sentance? Execute him twice just to make sure.Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #5 September 4, 2004 http://www.adlusa.com/treasdef.htm Quote A breach of allegiance to one's government, usually committed through levying war against such government or by giving aid or comfort to the enemy. The offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance; or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power. Treason consists of two elements: adherence to the enemy, and rendering him aid and comfort. Cramer v. U. S., U.S.N.Y., 325 U.S. l, 65 S.Ct. 918, 9327 89 L.Ed. 1441. See 18 U.S.C.A. § 2381. A person can be convicted of treason only on the testimony of two witnesses, or confession in open court. Art. III, Sec. 3, U.S. Constitution. I don't know, I'd say it qualifies. String the fucker up and let him swing.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #6 September 4, 2004 Quote I don't know, I'd say it qualifies. String the fucker up and let him swing. I'l wager we'll be reading about his "accidental" death in prison before too long. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jazzjumper 0 #7 September 4, 2004 Quote Tell me again why he didn't get the death sentance? Because he wasn't convicted of treason, but of... Quote ...for attempting to give aid and intelligence to the enemy. Why he wasn't charged with treason probably has a lot to do with amount of evidence required to get a conviction. The burdeon of proof is extreme under the UCMJ. The list of charges is here. He can get up to life, but it isn't considered a capital offense under the UCMJ. No matter how good she looks, someone, somewhere is sick of her shit! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #8 September 5, 2004 Quote Tell me again why he didn't get the death sentance? John Walker was directly responsible for the lives of US servicemen lost in SE Asia as a result of all the intel he was handing the Russians, who in turn supplied it to the North Vietnamese. Oddly enough, he'll be a free man soon. I have a sneaking suspicion that he won't live very long on the outside. IIRC, he has been kept in the medical ward at Marion this whole time, because he wouldn't survive a day in the general population of a Federal Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison (maximum security, BTW, but not super max)...seems that criminals don't like traitors, whatever their stripe. Betrayal of one's comrades is the ultimate sin, right up there with molesting children in a hardened con's eyes. As for Ryan and Leavenworth - who knows? He's up for 20 big ones minimum, but time and circumstances change things and people. I'm guessing he'll do less than ten, and will disappear. If we're lucky, it'll be to the Middle East. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
