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Norbrook has a good piece here on Blue Wave News about Conscience and Duty. Worth a read. And TPMMuckraker has this piece. In the lead-up to the court martial, the American Patriot Foundation, the group that set up his legal defense fund, launched “Terry Lakin Action Week,” and invoked Nuremberg to argue Lakin’s case[.]

The APF has launched it’s new campaign – Terry Lakin Action Week — to persuade members of Congress to get involved in establishing a new concept, that military officers may refuse duty at their whim. With Congress back for the “lame duck” session we are urging Terry’s advocates to make calls to Capitol Hill- and…

Thanks to a jab from RealityCheck. Let’s parse the current defense information release from LTC Lakin’s defense counsel. His previous civilian attorney complicated his case and is partially responsible for two of these charges by advising LTC Lakin to refuse to report to his superior officer. I posted a while back about the TMLUTB defense.…

Here courtesy of Obama Conspiracy Theories is the Congressional Research Service legal opinion on, well . . . . . . .. Members of Congress Memo–What to Tell Your Constituents in Answer to Obama Eligibility Questions

Some years ago LCDR Walter Fitzpatrick was prosecuted and convicted at court-martial and later retired. After that he began a website called JAGHunter. Initially he used the site to lambast any of the Navy JAG’s involved in his case along with his commanders. Over the years there have been other oddities from the retired LCDR.…

World Net Daily quotes Neal Puckett as follows: He confirmed to WND that there will be new directions for the defense, but could not elaborate. “All I can really say is the case is going to be handled differently from here on out,” he said. He said “all possible courses of action” will be reviewed…

It appears that LTC Lakin may be feeling victimized? safeguardourconstitution reports: In facing court-martial, LTC Lakin is just the latest victim of the determined effort of the President not to provide simple proof of his eligibility under the constitution to hold office. Thanks Dr. Conspiracy for catching that.

I happened to have business at MDW today so I stopped by to take LTC Lakin’s pulse for his upcoming court-martial and watch today’s Article 39(a), UCMJ, session. The writ was denied today. A straight line standard denial [thanks to CAAFLog for a copy]. 1. Mr. Jensen was excused from further participation in the case…

safeguardourconstitution has this item: Next court event: Wednesday, October 13 at Ft McNair- 12:00 pm Wednesday’s court appearance will address LTC Lakin’s change of counsel and should be only a brief session. Fort McNair is located at 4th and P streets, SW, near the Waterfront/Marina. Some landmarks are the Waterfront Metro, the EPA building at…

Lots of political rhetoric, name calling, and pithy evaluations continue about this court-martial case. But putting the chaff aside there have been and can be a number of teachable moments. It is unclear what role if any APF will continue to have in this case. The website and a recent email indicate a role limited…