Mr. Galligan’s website now points to this CNN piece. The title of his posting is, “Army Attempts Last Minute Changes to Sanity Board.” The CNN piece makes several observations.

1. The defense objects to the timing.
2. The defense alleges this is an attempt to distract the defense from preparations.
3. The effort to do a review is generated, “after the defense said in court last month that it may introduce mental capacity evidence for consideration in the case — after previously saying it would not raise the issue of mental capacity or competency.” Mr. Galligan denies the statements.

He said he also objects to the military mental health professionals who make up the “sanity board” and would be charged with evaluating Hasan. The attorney said the current members of the board may not be objective, noting that one was on the faculty of the medical school while Hasan was a student there.

You will recollect a lot of consternation about what training Hasan received and a number of mental health professionals at Walter Reed Army Medical Center have been dragged over the coals. So I suspect some concern on the part of Mr. Galligan may be justified.

A top military official at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of duty and charged with knowingly falsifying his personnel records. Command Sgt. Maj. Stoney Crump, the senior enlisted officer for the Medical Center Brigade, had the “intent to deceive” when he submitted a false official record incorrectly stating that he had attended several military educational courses, according to the Army charge sheet.

Army Times reports:

A major federal investigation has found that dozens of military officials and defense contractors, including some with top-level security clearances, allegedly bought and downloaded child pornography on private or government computers.

Here is a link to the Boston Globe article on this subject.

Many of those apprehended were swept up in a much broader probe initiated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2006. Operation Flicker identified an estimated 5,000 people who had paid money over the Internet to access websites operated overseas. But until now, it has not been disclosed that a sizable number of cases were referred to the Defense Department for investigation because they involved military personnel, intelligence officials, or defense contractors.

Army Times reports that:

An influential group of five senators has asked Army Secretary John McHugh to justify the Army’s decision to exonerate officers in command when the battle at Wanat, Afghanistan, left nine soldiers dead and 27 wounded.

The former military surgeon and Medtronic consultant accused of falsifying research about the benefits of a bone-growth product used on soldiers injured in Iraq is now under investigation for a possible court-martial, officials at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center said Wednesday. The investigation will determine if there is sufficient evidence to call the surgeon, Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo, back to active duty to face court-martial charges.

The military will formally discipline at least six officers, mostly from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, for failing to take action against the officer accused of carrying out last year’s deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, according to people familiar with the matter. In announcing the findings, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he had directed Army Secretary John McHugh to take “appropriate action” against Maj. Hasan’s past supervisors. Mr. McHugh, in turn, appointed Gen. Ham to investigate whether specific officers should be punished for failing to raise the alarm about Maj. Hasan.

Wall Street Journal reports.

The military will formally discipline at least six officers, most from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, for failing to take action against Fort Hood gunman Nidal Malik Hasan, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials said the move reflects the military’s belief that the Nov. 5 assault could have been prevented if Hasan’s superiors had alerted authorities to his increasing Islamic radicalization.

Dallas News reports. Judge Pohl has been scheduled to start the Article 32, UCMJ, hearing on 1 March.