GI flagged for public comments about his Abu Ghraib experience

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=22455

Sgt. Samuel Provance said he wasn’t surprised when Lt. Col. James Norwood summoned him to Wiesbaden on Friday, less than a week after the sergeant spoke to ABC News about his experiences at the Abu Ghraib.

Provance is the only military intelligence soldier who served at the prison to publicly speak about prisoner abuses there, despite orders from his command to keep quiet.

Now, Norwood, his battalion commander, has flagged Provance from favorable actions and pulled his top-secret clearance.

On May 16, the 30-year-old Williamsburg, Va., native told ABC News that fellow military intelligence agents casually discussed their part in prisoner abuses. Provance also discussed what he feels are the Army’s subsequent moves to discourage soldiers from speaking out.

[shraby]

1. That is the soldier that Al Gore

mentioned in his speech.

[Eloriel]

2. I hate these closed, self-protective systems

The "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" faux brotherhoods that expect their members to keep silent about wrongdoing. As always, it permits if not facilitates said wrongdoing. Police departments do it, the military does it, and now basically our whole government.

Someone (Congressperson) needs to step in and help protect this guy. He's a hero in my book.