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\f0\fs24 \cf0 >> THERE IS A NEW TWIST IN THE\ STORY.\
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WANTS\ TO DISCHARGE TWO MARINES,\
MENDOZA AND DE LA CRUZ BECAUSE\ THEY LIED TO MILITARY OFFICIALS\
BEFORE THE TRIAL.\ THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS WAR\
CRIMES TRIAL THAT CAME OUT OF\ THE IRAQ WAR.\
7 MARINES WERE EXONERATE OR\ ACQUITTED AND ONE PLEADED GUILTY\
TO ONE COUNT OF NEGOTIATE\ NEGLIGENT DERELICTS.\
HIS ATTORNEY HAS JOINED US.\ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.\
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.\ >> I WONDER IF YOU THINK THE\
LATEST MOVE BY RAY MAVES IS THE\ MILITARY COURT DIDN'T DECLARE\
JUSTICE.\ >> I'M NOT SURE HOW CLOSE THE\
CON VISION OF THOSE AT HADITHA\ AND THIS ACTION IS SEEN.\
\page I THINK IT'S MORE OF A JUSTICE\ REACTION BY THE SECRETARY OF THE\
NAVY TO PERHAPS HAVE BEEN\ BRIEFED AS AN AFTER ACTION\
REPORT ABOUT THE HADITHA CASES\ AND DISCOVER THE PROSECUTORS\
RELIED FALSE TESTIMONY TO BUILD\ THEIR CASES.\
SECONDARILY, SEEING THE FALSE\ TESTIMONY CAME FROM MARINES\
LAWSUITER PROMOTED TO THE NON\ COMMISSIONER STATUS.\
INTEGRITY IS A PRIMARY VIRTUE IN\ THE MARINE CORP, THEY DON'T TAKE\
LYING VERY LIGHTLY.\ >> WELL, THERE WAS DISPUTE OVER\
THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED\ THAT DAY.\
SEVERAL DIFFERENT DETAILS.\ ONE OF THE LIE THAT'S DE LA CRUZ\
TOLD THE INVESTIGATORS IS THE\ SIX MEN BY THE WHITE PICK UP\
WERE RUNNING AWAY WHEN THEY WERE\ SHOT.\
ON THE STAND HE SAID THEY WERE\ NOT.\
DO YOU BELIEVE THERE WERE MORE\ LIES TOLD BY WITNESSES NOT YET\
ADMITTED ?\ >> WE KNOW FOR A FACT THERE ARE.\
IN FACT AT LEAST HALF OF THE\ WITNESSES TESTIFIED WE KNOW\
LIED.\ WE HAVE CONDUCTED OUR OWN MORE\
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION THAN THAT\ OF NCIS.\
THE THING THAT IS PERHAPS MOST\ DISTURBING IS THESE TWO\
INDIVIDUALS, SERGEANTS, LIED AT\ THE COURT MARSHAL AND LIED IN\
2007 AT THE ARTICLE 32\ INVESTIGATION.\
BOTH ADMITTED LYING.\ THEN TO FIND OUT BACK IN 2006,\
THE NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION\ SERVICE AGENTS TOLD THE\
PROSECUTORS THAT THESE TWO\ INDIVIDUALS PARTICULARLY DE LA\
CRUZ WAS LYING ABOUT HIS\ VERSION OF EVENTS.\
\page YET THEY CHOSE TO PROCEED WITH\ THE FALSE AND PERJURED\
TESTIMONY.\ THAT RAISES ETHICAL CONCERNS FOR\
US AS ATTORNEYS.\ >> LOCKED LIKE THEY WERE WORKING\
TO PIN THE BLAME ON YOUR CLIENT,\ WOODRIDGE.\
HE CAME ACROSS AS A FAIRLY\ RESPONSIBLE AND THOUGHTFUL\
INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS DOING WHAT HE\ THOUGHT WAS BEST AT THE TIME.\
DO YOU THINK THE STRATEGY THERE\ WAS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE OFF\
THE HOOK AS POSSIBLE.\ >> WELL, I THINK IT WAS JUST THE\
OPPOSITE.\ I THINK THE STRATEGY WAS TO TRY\
TO PORTRAY WHAT HAPPENED AS THE\ ACTIONS OR DIRECTED ACTIONS OF A\
SINGLE ROUGE INDIVIDUAL WHO THEY\ DECIDED WAS GOING TO BE SERGEANT\
WOODRICH.\ THEY THEN TRIED TO SHAPE THE\
EVIDENCE BACK TO A THEORY THAT\ SERGEANT WOODRICH REACTED\
EMOTIONALLY AND WENT BREZERICK\ AND COULD THEN DISTANCE THE\
MARINE CORP AS A INSTITUTIONAL\ FOR FAILURES IN TRAINING OR\
SUPERVISION OR TACTICS THAT WERE\ TRAINED TO AT THE TIME.\
CERTAINLY AS IT GOES TO RULES OF\ ENGAGEMENT ENFORCED AT THE TIME.\
>> SO, QUICKLY AS THESE TWO\ OTHER MARINES ARE DISCHARGED\
FROM THE MARINE CORP HOW CAN THE\ GENERAL PUBLIC FEEL SATISFIED\
JUSTICE WAS DONE ESCAPING A\ COURT SENTENCE?\
>> I DON'T THINK THEY CAN FEEL\ JUSTICE WAS DONE.\
THE CHARGES WERE NOT -- AGAINST\ THEM OR HAD THEIR CHARGES\
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.\ THEY COULDN'T BE REFILED IN THE\
CASE OF DE LA CRUZ.\ ALL MARINES CHARGED AND HELD FOR\
THEIR OWN ACTIONS INDIVIDUALLY\ PERHAPS JUSTICE MAY OF BEEN\
\page FOUND IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM\ THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION OF THE\
HADITHA INCIDENT.\ >> THANK YOU, NEAL PUCKETT FOR\
BEING WITH US.\ >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.\
>> THAT WAS NEAL PUCKETT THE\ ATTORNEY OF FRANK WOODRIDGE.}