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| 2010-12-17 | |
| FORT MEADE, Md. – An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief was sentenced by a jury Thursday to six months in a military prison and will be dismissed from the Army. The military jury spent nearly five hours deliberating punishment for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin on Thursday after three days of court martial proceedings at Fort Meade, outside Baltimore, Md. Lakin was convicted of disobeying orders — he had pleaded guilty to that count — and missing a flight that would have gotten him to his eventual deployment. An army commander, Maj. Gen. Karl Horst, still has to approve the sentence returned by the jury and has the option to reduce it. Lakin could then appeal. Lakin said Wednesday that despite his questions about Obama's eligibility for office, he was wrong not to follow Army orders. He acknowledged that the Army was the wrong place to raise his concerns about Obama, asked to keep his job and said he was now willing to deploy. "I don't want it to end this way," Lakin told the jury Wednesday under questioning from his lawyer. "I want to continue to serve." Military prosecutors disagreed. On Thursday morning, a military prosecutor asked the jury to sentence Lakin to at least two years in a military prison and to dismiss him from the service. It was a sentence he "invited and he earned," military prosecutor Capt. Philip J. O'Beirne told the jury.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 Nice to see the usual members of the Birther Brigade have shown up in support of this twit. Not. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-12-17 21:16 |
| #11 Deathers - those who demand orders issued by an individual who refuses his eligibilty to be issuing those orders, orders that has resulted in the largest number of Death Certificates in a conflict that the One intends to unconditionally surrender in the coming months. |
| Posted by: wr 2010-12-17 15:08 |
| #10 The truely distressing aspect of this Courts Martial is the fact that had LTC Lakin privately stated his objection to the war, he would have no doubt simply been re-assigned with reprimand, or discharged. No great lengths were initiated to correct the traitorous rants, 'failure to repair' or 'conduct unbecoming' of Major Malik Nadal Hasan at Walter Reed, he was simply re-assigned, albeit with tragic results. IT was LTC Lakin's invocation of an "unlawful order" and the status of emporer Gaius doomed him to the cross. The cost is now clearly established not only for future presidential eligability doubters, but at the same time those who would defy the legalization of sodomy in uniform. In totalitarian regimes, examples must be set for the peasants lest they grow accustomed to too much disobedience. Our betters are not to be befooled. Thank you for your service LTC Lakin. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-12-17 14:50 |
| #9 My personal view is that history will exonerate this officer. I despise Obama and his obfuscation of his background much more than this Doc. Obama has made the truth (whatever it may be) about his background unnecessarily unclear. Honest men don't have to hide something. This Doctor, although disobeying orders, did what he felt was lawful and in line with his principles. Obama is the lying murderer here. |
| Posted by: Fire and Ice 2010-12-17 13:33 |
| #8 My personal view is that history will exonerate this officer. Indeed. No Doctor was able to save the lives of more killed under the command of Obama than were killed in Afghanistan than in the entire e terms of Bush. And the spin by MSM orchistrated by Obama's party is doom and gloom for Afghanistan. Obama, America's first un-documented President has far more of our troops blood on his hands than there should be and that will continue until the scheduled cut and run action begins this summer. |
| Posted by: wr 2010-12-17 12:42 |
| #7 Something to think about possibly. The urology clinic at Martin Army Hospital has only ONE, that is ONE staff urologist and his schedule is filled into February. My personal view is that history will exonerate this officer. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-12-17 11:38 |
| #6 if his education and training was done on the Army's dime, he will likely have to pay back as well... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-12-17 10:23 |
| #5 "I don't want it to end this way," Lakin told the jury Wednesday under questioning from his lawyer. "I want to continue to serve." It doesn't sound like he wants to be freed to become a rich civilian doctor, but rather his intellectual intelligence is limited to those areas necessary to succeed in the medical profession... perhaps a bit of an idiot savant. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-12-17 09:39 |
| #4 Unless the state licensing board decides to sanction him. Pro'ly won't but I live in hope ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-12-17 09:25 |
| #3 Soon he will be a civilian doctor making six figures. But he is still a moron. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-12-17 08:21 |
| #2 Looks like he found an easy way out of the Army given they won't let go of anyone these days. Back to his money-making civilian practice! |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-12-17 01:10 |
| #1 Well, he has his conviction. (all two meanings of conviction) |
| Posted by: Fire and Ice 2010-12-17 00:11 |