update....Army officer won’t accept Obama as chief

[spanone]

NBC News and news services
updated 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Army may be forced to court-martial a lieutenant colonel who refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he considers orders from President Barack Obama to be illegal, military officials told NBC News on Tuesday.

Army doctor Lt. Col. Terry Lakin believes Obama does not meet the constitutional requirements to be president and commander-in-chief because Lakin believes the president was not born in the United States. A video with statements from Lakin on the subject was released by the right-wing American Patriot Foundation.

Lakin refused to report to Fort Campbell, Ky., for deployment to Afghanistan, but instead went to the Pentagon. There on Monday he was confronted by his brigade commander, Col. Gordon Roberts, and informed he could face court martial, and his Pentagon building pass and government laptop computer were seized.

Roberts is the commander of the medical brigade out of Walter Reed. He is the only active-duty Medal of Honor winner in the military. He received the honor for action in Vietnam.

According to Lakin, he was read the military equivalent of his Miranda rights. No charges have been filed, but military officials believe they could include "missing a movement" or failure to report for duty, and "conduct unbecoming an officer."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36478557/ns/us_news-military/

[grantcart]

1. Col Roberts the only active duty MOH in the military.

Its funny how life sometimes has perfect symmetry

[Lil Missy]

2. Toss his ass in jail. If someone did that to bush, they'd be screaming for the death penalty.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. This Lt. COl needs to have the book thrown at him

oh and Colonel Roberts... winning a CMH for combat personnel ain't easy. I really don't want to know what exactly you did in Nam... I am IMPRESSED...

[edbermac]

4. Update...Leavenworth will soon accept ex-Lt Col as prisoner.

:applause:

[Oceansaway]

5. Agent Orange ?...n/t

[spanone]

9. black President?

[uppityperson]

6. Not "forced" to court martial him, but like those who refused service during bush yrs,

refusing service carries penalties.

[Posteritatis]

11. The officer can typically demand a court-martial if he wants to, no?

I was under the impression that officers generally have the right to appeal disciplinary action to a court martial that the military has to give them.

[Birthmark]

7. Off to Leavenworth with his ass.

Enjoy, Lt. Col.

[RagAss]

8. Let him stand trial with his fucking white hood on !!!!!

[uppityperson]

10. Birther Army doctor Lakin refuses to deploy, his Greeley family supports Obama

http://coloradoindependent.com/50659/birther-army-doctor-lakin-refuses-to-deploy-his-greeley-family-supports-obama

Greeley Native, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and full-fledged birther Terry Lakin is refusing to deploy to Afghanistan until he sees evidence he can believe in that Pres. Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States. Lakin released a YouTube last week speaking in familiar talk-radio terms about his doubts regarding the president’s citizenship and his legitimacy as commander in chief. Today he received a letter from his brigade commander warning that he faced court marshal and time in prison. This would be Lakin’s second deployment to Afghanistan. He is fundraising for his legal defense, he says, looking to raise $50,000 by the end of the week. His Greeley relatives are putting distance between themselves and his birther campaign.

Lakin’s father Frank told the Greeley Tribune Friday that his son’s video wasn’t representative of the family. “This does not reflect the opinions or the attitude of the family by any means,” he said. “We’re Obama supporters.”

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“In a remarkable shifting of the traditional legal burden of proof, the plaintiff in this case unashamedly alleges that defendant has the burden to prove his ‘natural born’ status,” Land wrote at the time. “Any middle school civics student would readily recognize the irony of abandoning fundamental principles upon which our country was founded in order to purportedly ‘protect and preserve’ those very principles.” Land said that Americans and their political parties had spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the presidential campaign in 2008 when great teams of opposition researchers combed through Obama’s records and found nothing to substantiate these claims. He said Congress this year has had ample time to bring about impeachment proceedings. It has not. Indeed, Land was disgusted by the thinness of the case brought by Taitz and said he would sanction her if she were to ever again bring a similarly frivolous complaint to his court.

Greeley native Lakin was reportedly warned off his suit by sympathetic lawyers to no avail. Lakin has teamed up with the American Patriot Foundation, the group behind a website called “safeguardourconstitution.com.” He is the highest-ranking active duty officer to publicly challenge Obama’s natural-born citizenship and he seems intent to play a game of chicken with the president. ...

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Ah that Article 15 will be very short

indeed.

Oy...

Well I know the Army probably will give him some time in jail and then send him on his merry way as a dishonorable discharge PRIVATE...

[janedum]

12. I'm sick of these rednecks. Just throw him in jail and be rid of him.