Crosspostedin fullfromStu Piddy's post at MLW
i don't have time to go into detail on this but an Army Warden at Camp Cropper has been charged with aiding the enemy.
The Army tells NBC News that military police arrested Lt. Col. William H. Steele several weeks ago and that he is being held at a detention facility in Kuwait.
I don't know anything about it... except it reeks.
It sounds like this "warden" was possibly going to be a whistleblower might have been gathering information on mistreatment of prisoners and was not sympathetic to the past or present torture and mistreatment on detainees.
UPDATE From MSNBC:
Army warden charged with ‘aiding the enemy’ Lieutenant colonel faces multiple charges for alleged misconduct in Iraq
By Jim Popkin NBC News Investigative Unit Updated: 12:10 p.m. PT April 25, 2007
WASHINGTON - NBC News has learned that the commander of Camp Cropper, the massive U.S. Army detention center in Baghdad, has been charged with aiding the enemy.
[remainder of article has been removed to comply with copyright restrictions -- Hunter]
Having sex with Iraqi interpreters and the use and storage of classified materials is very similar to accusations that are consistently leveled against whistleblowers. (Scott Ritter, Mary McCarthy many others.)
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. He is essentially being accused of being a TRAITOR and aiding the insurgents.
Isn't that punishable by death?
He was apparently not a warden... but is a LT. Colonel, a commander in charge of Camp Cropper which is known for having been a torture center.
Could it be he is being used as an example for those soldiers dissatisfied with the war to keep their mouths shut?
How do the soldiers feel about the lies revealed by Jessica Lynch and the Family of Tillman that were put out by the U.S military?
Are U.S. soldiers in Iraq beginning to rebel?
This is the kind of arrest and detention that could easily backfire into the faces of the military and George Bush, should it be revealed he was arrested for political reasons.
After watching the brother of Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch speak about the military lies on national broadcast this may serve as a warning to others. Steele was arrested 2 weeks ago... but the announcement of his arrest is just being made now, a day after the hearings which incriminated the military.
The government is turning on the military... those in the military who won't go along with the program.
Put it together.