Article

2014-05-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Lt. Gen. William Boykin, past Delta Force commander, hit with Army reprimand

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Compare this to the bullshit soft approach of this administration on Gen Shinseki. Some of what's there are ops so old that I was privy to info or involved in support. We are talking 25 years or more for some of it, long past the declas for operational details classification. Even sources and methods are being declas at 25 these days.

I think the outrage and prosecution is selective.

All that aside, I wonder why his TS/SI clearance related prepublication statement he signed (just like mine) didn't kick in hard? Mine was for 25 years with the date pushed out every time I got read in and then debriefed, even recently, didn't matter if it was DIA, NRO, JSOC mil, DISA or no such agency, all of them got a date reset when I was working for any of them. I got a "lid lock" that's likely going to be in place the rest of my life.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-05-24 04:28|| 2014-05-24 04:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Boykin's book 'Danger Close' had a very supportive cover review by former DIA Director LTG(Ret) Sam Wilson. Boykin's 'Never Surrender' was given a strong review by former Republican Presidential Candidate and Fox News Anchor Mike Huckabee. The selective release to Hollywood and the MSM of intelligence sources and methods appears to be no problem for the regime.

One of the earliest assertions against Boykin was that he was the architect of the anti-terror tactics used by then SECDEF Rumsfeld and President Bush. A New Yorker article compared those efforts to the USA's Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War. Of course after the Champ went 'all in' with his drone targeting campaign, the Phoenix Program analogy was quietly dismissed.

A reprimand can either verbal or written and can be issued for nearly anything. The suspension of a security clearance by DIS for violation of a non-disclosure agreement, or an action under the UCMJ requires formal investigation and findings.

Just a guess, but I suspect Boykin's problem with the regime is his fundamentalist religious beliefs, pro-Israel stance, and statements/writings against Islam.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-24 07:07|| 2014-05-24 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 What happened to Sandy Burglar in the end?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-05-24 09:09|| 2014-05-24 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Of course the current regimes work with film and documentary makers to cover the operation to take out OBL has never been subject to the same standards.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-24 09:46|| 2014-05-24 09:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I will always believe the Bin Laden takedown was pre-election theater. The parallels of diversion and blame between Pakistani polio Doctor Shakeel Afridi and Anti-Islamic video maker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula are striking.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-24 10:04|| 2014-05-24 10:04|| Front Page Top

23:58 Zenobia Floger6220
23:48 Bubba Graiting8281
23:44 Bubba Graiting8281
23:03 Bubba Graiting8281
22:56 Zenobia Floger6220
22:31 Sonny Omavitle6490
21:57 SteveS
21:27 Skunky and Tenille1759
21:19 SteveS
21:17 SteveS
21:06 Skunky and Tenille1759
20:38 Secret Asian Man
19:48 badanov
19:46 Besoeker
19:45 Zenobia Floger6220
19:45 Besoeker
19:45 linker
19:42 Shipman
19:39 Shipman
19:39 Shipman
19:38 Shipman
19:24 CrazyFool
19:21 Alaska Paul
18:51 OldSpook