I just got an email from a close friend who has been digging into the Pendleton 8 scandal. Tim will be appearing on Kit Jarrell’s show Friday night. I strongly recommend everyone tune it in. Here’s what’s going on:

BREAKING: Radio Interview about the Pendleton 8

This information was just posted on Free Republic. This is a ‘heads up’ so you can make plans to listen and alert others to listen………

Don O’Nesky

Radio Interview about the Pendleton 8.

December 29: Coverups and Corruption
Written by Kit Jarrell 23 December 2006

Listen at 10 PM on Friday, 12-29-06…….

http://blogtalkradio.com/kitjarrell

It’s my first show on BlogTalkRadio, and it’ll be absolute, MUST-listen radio! If you’ve followed the saga of the Pendleton 8 cover-up at Euphoric Reality, then you’re well aware of the lengths that certain folks have gone to in order to keep their dirty little secrets buried. But no more. We’re hitting the public.

The story we’re telling is beyond important, because it goes to the heart of the problem in the War on Terror: Our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are being offered as sacrificial lambs for the political gain of those in power.

Do I agree with the War on Terror? Absolutely. I support the mission. However, the military justice system is broken. Instead of being a system for justice and integrity, a place where the innocent are exonerated and the guilty punished, it has become a place where the end is known before the first witness is called; the winners are the generals and admirals and attorneys.

The losers are the men who go out day after day and hold their fire when they’re shot at for fear that they will be charged with murder. Just in case you still don’t think what I’m talking about is really happening, allow me to tell you a story.

In 1990, the executive officer of the USS Mars was court-martialed and convicted of dereliction of duty. It was just another court-martial, another win to chalk up for military prosecutors–who have a 97% conviction rate. But this case was different. Even the prosecutor is on sworn record as saying there was not enough evidence for conviction.

We have hard copy proof of the following: The admiral who started the investigation against the XO not only ignored all evidence proving the XO innocent, but he actively engaged in unethical conduct throughout the investigation, Article 32, and trial.

In fact, this admiral named himself as the convening authority for the case and handpicked the jury from his own staff. The admiral’s Staff Judge Advocate, contrary to ethics and military law, continued to advise the admiral in secret throughout the case, even though he was the accuser against the XO. In one memo, he assures the admiral that “there is no copy of this memo” on his computer or in his office.

The Staff Judge Advocate also complained about the prosecutor on the case, claiming that he didn’t want to “win” bad enough. The defense attorney forged the XO’s name to an official Response to the Letter of Reprimand after the court-martial. The XO never even knew this document existed for years after, and yet the Navy maintains that the XO’s signature is real and that the document is a true and legal one. A handwriting expert, however, says that’s not true.

The NCIS is involved, as well, doing the bidding of those who stand to be embarrassed by the information coming out. Last year four NCIS agents showed up at the XO’s residence. The armed agents told him to leave the situation alone, to stop making waves or they’d have him arrested by the county sheriff. In the last few weeks, the Department of Homeland Security have been to the XO’s residence six times.

What does all this have to do with cases like the Pendleton 8? I’ll give you a hint. The head NCIS agent outside the XO’s home that day last year just happens to be the same man in charge of the investigation of the Pendleton 8.

This story has it all: lies, betrayal, treachery, and dishonor. I’ll be talking about it on the 29th, live. I will have Tim Harrington from the Warrior Fund with me, going over the piles of evidence implicating everyone from the former head of Combat Logistics Group One, all the way to members of the current Congress. And, we’ll be taking your calls.

This is not a show you can afford to miss…but if you do, the archive will be available both as streaming and download on BlogTalkRadio and at Euphoric Reality.

Stay tuned…this is about to be a hell of a ride.

Listen at 10PM on 12-29-06…….

http://blogtalkradio.com/kitjarrell

Knowing Tim like I do, I strongly recommend everyone tune into Friday night’s show. Tim’s one of those guys with immediate command of the facts. Lots of facts pertinent to these cases.

If you care about justice, then this is a radio program that you must tune in.

UPDATE: I just got an update from Kit Jarrell on how to participate in the program, which I strongly recommend. Here’s the relevant portion of Kit’s email:

Go to and click the huge listen live button that shows up while I’m on the air. This is the easiest. No registration needed, that I’m aware of.

If listeners would like to call in, the number is 646-915-9926, and I will let folks know when we’re taking calls. If listeners would like to email me a question or comment, the email address is kit.jarrell@gmail.com.

After the show, the podcast version will be available for streaming or download for free, also with no registration. They can stream it at:

http://frontline.euphoricreality.com/?page_id=12

which will automatically begin playing the latest show. They can download the podcast by visiting Euphoric Reality or by going to blogtalkradio.

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