{"id":70676,"date":"2017-03-05T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70676"},"modified":"2017-03-05T09:12:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T14:12:32","slug":"washington-post-tries-to-smear-mcmasters-fails-miserably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70676","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post tries to smear McMasters; fails miserably"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Media has tried to trash every one of the President’s appointees to his cabinet and generally they’ve only proved themselves petty and small. But never as petty and small as the Washington Post’s <\/a>attempt at smearing General HR McMaster, the President’s choice for his National Security Advisor.<\/p>\n

President Trump\u2019s new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, was investigated by the Army and admonished two years ago for mishandling a case involving two junior officers accused of sexual assault, military documents show. <\/p>\n

McMaster violated Army regulations by permitting the two lieutenants to attend the service\u2019s elite Ranger School even though they were under criminal investigation, according to a report by the Army inspector general. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds serious, doesn’t it? Well, even the Post admits that it’s not serious at all if readers bother to read past the headline and the initial paragraphs;<\/p>\n

The case against [the lieutenants] was dropped months later after the Army determined the alleged victim was not a credible witness.<\/p>\n

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Under Army regulations, the officers could have been properly cleared to attend Ranger School if they or McMaster had obtained a special waiver from the Army\u2019s deputy chief of staff at the Pentagon. <\/p>\n

McMaster told investigators that he was unaware of the waiver requirement. The inspector concluded that there was no evidence McMaster had \u201cknowingly\u201d violated that regulation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

McMaster allowed the pair of rugby players attend Ranger School because he didn’t want to judge them before they were proven guilty and ultimately needlessly damage their careers and it turns out that he was probably correct in his thinking. At the end of the Washington Post piece, they fess up that the woman who charged the pair with sexual assault was a bit of a nut;<\/p>\n

As part of the rugby team investigation, the accuser had told Army investigators that she had also been raped by another West Point classmate, a member of the hockey team, while she was passed out in a hotel room.<\/p>\n

The hockey player acknowledged having sex with her after they had gone to a bar and said it was consensual, though he told investigators that it was \u201cpossible\u201d she had not been conscious the entire time.<\/p>\n

The Army dropped charges against the hockey player after a preliminary hearing in which defense attorneys introduced evidence that the accuser had sent hundreds of text messages to the hockey player after they had sex, including two topless photos of herself. The evidence contradicted a sworn statement from the accuser that she had cut off all communications with the man.<\/p>\n

Confronted about the texts on the witness stand, she said she did not remember sending them. But her testimony led an investigating officer for the Army to conclude that her \u201ccredibility is null,\u201d according to a memo of his findings in the rape investigation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Post hints that McMaster was taking care of the lieutenants because of the “good old boy network” because McMaster had also been a member of the West Point rugby team. I guess they had to write something after they went to the trouble of getting a FOIA and all they had was this pathetic attempt at attacking a true American hero.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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