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| Army general tried to hunt down whistleblower who criticized Biden admin |
| 2023-08-03 |
| [Mil News] Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais, Army Training and Doctrine Command Deputy Commander, and Army Maj. Jessica Dawson, a West Point associate professor, used their authority and government access in an attempt to unofficially investigate and punish an active-duty whistleblower for criticizing the Biden administration and various Army leaders. According to private text messages and emails obtained by Breitbart News, Gervais and Dawson used official government resources to hunt for the anonymous whistleblower, identify them, and have them punished for speaking against the Biden administration and Army leadership, despite a lack of evidence. Despite lacking evidence, Gervais and Dawson reportedly labeled the whistleblower an "insider threat" and repeatedly accused him of serving as "counterintelligence." Breitbart News noted that the accusations by Gervais and Dawson were seemingly used as an effort to involve the Army Criminal Investigative Division (CID), which has the power as an independent agency to investigate serious felonies. According to Pat Wier, a Navy reservist and civilian defense attorney, an investigation by CID would first require the designation of a significant threat. He described Gervais and Dawson’s accusations as "wrongful." "His alleged actions did not rise to the level of a serious crime, or any crime at all," Wier said. Instead, Breitbart reported that based on private communications, the investigation seems to have been an attempt by military officials to utilize government powers to punish the whistleblower for political dissent. According to Breitbart, Gervais and Dawson’s investigation lasted almost a year, aided by current and former progressive military members. The investigation resulted in the public identification of the suspected whistleblower, an Army general’s former aide filing an inspector general complaint against the whistleblower, and the inspector general’s system being politically weaponized against the whistleblower’s social media posts that criticized the Biden administration. The inspector general complaint resulted in a 15-6 investigation into the whistleblower, which led to Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Samuel Shoemate being charged for violating Army Regulation 600-20 by "posting derogatory and disrespectful images/memes on multiple social accounts ... towards different Senior Officials and Military Leaders." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 My experience is that officers are outranked by Congressmen. If it was whistle-blowing, the unofficial investigators can be blocked from promotion. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-08-03 15:19 |
| #6 She looks, uh, manly. |
| Posted by: Zorba Spaing7172 2023-08-03 12:53 |
| #5 M. Murcek, it only applies to officials currently in office. So if Milley said something contemptuous about Trump after Trump had left office, it wouldn't count. BTW, from what I understand, Article 88 also applies to regular RETIRED officers - in theory they can be recalled to active duty and court martialed. For some reason, it doesn't seem to apply to retired reserve officers, so I can say anything I want about Biden, Harris, and all the other idiots in command. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2023-08-03 12:14 |
| #4 ^ When does Milley get charged? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-08-03 10:48 |
| #3 Article 88 of the UCMJ prohibits officers from using "contemptuous words" against the President, Vice President, and a variety of other officials. "Service members convicted of an Article 88 violation face a maximum punishment of dismissal, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and 1 year of forced confinement." |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2023-08-03 10:47 |
| #2 Best Practices for Working with Whistleblowers |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-03 07:07 |
| #1 Any involvement or investigation outside CW2 Shoemate's immediate chain of command would have been inappropriate and possible a violation of the UCMJ. TRADOC and USMA? WTF? Perhaps Maria and Jessica had other axes to grind. An Article-32 investigation into their 'year long conduct' (and potential co-conspirators) is obviously warranted, but will likely never happen. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-08-03 03:11 |