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| Senator McCain says could subpoena U.S. sailors held by Iran |
| 2016-02-15 |
| [Reuters] U.S. Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday he would subpoena 10 U.S. sailors to testify about their brief detention by Iran if the Obama administration does not provide the findings of an investigation into the incident by March 1. "It's an option that I do not want to exercise," McCain, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters as he was returning to the United States from an international security conference in Germany. The sailors were detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after their two patrol boats strayed into Iranian waters on Jan. 12. U.S. officials later blamed a navigational problem. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 For the Naval Academy OIC of that fateful encounter - let's hope that Ernest E. Evans is up there somewhere, nodding his approval. John D. Bulkeley would be more appropriate. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-02-15 20:57 |
| #4 RLTW |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-02-15 10:02 |
| #3 It was pretty clear to me that the boats in question were seized after they had finished delivering some sensitive cargo somewhere. All the indignities that they endured were endured for the benefit of safeguarding the "package" that they had recently delivered. Not fun, but necessary. I just hope that the package was not compromised. Best to leave remaining stones un-turned. I can just imagine the living hell that the enlisted sailors have to suffer - in silence - and if they are men (and woman) enough to endure the slurs, and keep secrets safe that need to stay safe - they have my utmost respect. For the Naval Academy OIC of that fateful encounter - let's hope that Ernest E. Evans is up there somewhere, nodding his approval. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2016-02-15 09:59 |
| #2 Like they weren't already interrogated enough. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-02-15 07:48 |
| #1 How about we subpoena POTUS, the Central Command Combatant Commander, and the Chief of Naval Operations instead ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-02-15 05:18 |