{"id":83494,"date":"2018-12-15T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83494"},"modified":"2018-12-15T15:06:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T19:06:56","slug":"former-decorated-green-beret-after-years-of-investigations-charged-in-death-of-suspected-taliban-bomb-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83494","title":{"rendered":"Former decorated Green Beret, after years of investigations, charged in death of suspected Taliban bomb maker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"U.S
\nBy Greg Norman<\/p>\n

A former Green Beret who told Fox News in 2016 that he killed a suspected Taliban bomb maker nearly a decade ago during combat operations in Afghanistan is now being charged in the man\u2019s death — a move his lawyer says is an act of betrayal by the Army.<\/p>\n

The murder charge facing Maj. Matthew Golsteyn comes after years of on-and-off investigations by the Army following an incident said to have taken place during his 2010 deployment. A military tribunal that probed the killing years ago initially cleared Golsteyn — but the investigation into him was re-opened after he spoke to Fox News’ Bret Baier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s been betrayed,\u201d his attorney, Phillip Stackhouse, told Fox News on Friday when asked how the Army has treated Golsteyn.<\/p>\n

The once-decorated soldier, who had been on voluntary excess leave amid the latest investigation, has been living in a newly bought home with his wife and a 2-month-old baby in Virginia, working for the International Association of Firefighters, Stackhouse said.<\/p>\n

Golsteyn was informed of the murder charge earlier this week after being ordered back into active duty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Someone (I could look but really don’t care) loudly left in high dudgeon when I mentioned NCIS’s track record wasn’t unblemished, when I posted up on SOC “Eddie” Gallagher’s case. My how that Cluster Foxtrot has changed. <\/p>\n

This too smacks of over-zealous military prosecutors looking for a scalp, and it seems the only witness is Golsteyn himself. Listen to your lawyer, Matt. I feel pretty safe in saying we’re all pulling for you here.<\/p>\n

Now with a link: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

Another tip o’ the old chapeau to AP for the link. Careful laddie, this way leads to madness and drink. *grin*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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