Courts-Martial

Review: 'We Steal Secrets' a thriller about WikiLeaks

2013-05-23 18:30:00

"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" may be a documentary, but director Alex Gibney gives the film the feel of a propulsive espionage techno-thriller played out in the real world. The movie is in some sense two films in one. It's partly a study of...

Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults

2013-05-07 21:30:00

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...

Court-martial opens for sergeant who killed 5 U.S. troops in Iraq

2013-05-06 20:39:00

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell opened fire on U.S. mental health workers at a combat stress center in Iraq out of revenge after doctors said he was not eligible to leave the Army, prosecutors said Monday at the opening of...

Female Marine gets reprimand, loss of pay in adultery case

2013-04-25 12:25:00

SAN DIEGO — A military judge Thursday sentenced a female Marine convicted of attempted adultery and lying to investigators to a letter of reprimand and the loss of $3,000 in pay. Lt. Col. Leon Francis could have sentenced her to a year in the brig...

Female Marine convicted of 'attempted adultery' and lying

2013-04-24 20:17:00

CAMP PENDLETON — A female Marine was convicted Wednesday of "attempted adultery" and lying to investigators in a case involving allegations of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse in the enlisted ranks. The Marine, a staff sergeant with 17 years'...

As Navy rape case unravels, questions of homicide appear

2013-04-06 21:15:00

The night began like many at Boorda Hall, a five-story barracks at Naval Station Great Lakes, the Navy's premier training base on the shore of Lake Michigan in Illinois. Somebody announced a party, and the hard drinking and beer pong began. A 21-year-...

Bales to face sanity review this weekend in Afghan massacre case

2013-03-13 19:10:00

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 villagers and wounding six more in Afghanistan, will undergo a government sanity review this weekend to determine his mental state, his attorneys said. Bales...

WikiLeaks case: What's fair?

2013-01-12 00:00:00

After ruling last week that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was subjected to overly restrictive confinement at a Marine Corps brig, a military judge postponed proceedings in Manning's court-martial until June. The Army should use that delay to consider a plea...

General admits failure in Lackland sex scandal; 32 alleged culprits

2013-01-23 10:23:00

HOUSTON -- A top Air Force general testifying at a congressional hearing Wednesday about the growing sexual scandal at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas said officials "clearly failed" to establish order and discipline among instructors at the...

Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Afghan corpses

2013-01-16 17:12:00

A Marine who urinated on the corpses of Taliban fighters in a video seen worldwide pleaded guilty Wednesday to several charges at a court-martial at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola admitted desecrating the remains and posing with the...

Army general to face court-martial on sexual misconduct charges

2013-01-21 14:43:00

In a rare case of an active-duty general charged with criminal offenses, a brigadier general at Ft. Bragg, N.C., is scheduled to face a court-martial Tuesday on charges of forcible sodomy, sexual misconduct and compelling female officers to perform sex...

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair defers plea at court-martial

2013-01-22 11:41:00

FORT BRAGG N.C. -- Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, a veteran of five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, deferred entering a plea to criminal charges including sexual misconduct at his court-martial Tuesday. In a rare case of an active-duty general...

Soldiers assisting with communications and security tasks stand outside the building at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., during the court-martial for Army Sgt. John Russell.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Soldiers stand guard outside a building at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. A court-martial is underway that will help determine the sentence for Army Sgt. John Russell, who killed five fellow service members at a mental health clinic in Iraq.

2013-05-06 00:00:00