The Washington Times
by Rowan Scarborough
September 7, 2013

The Marine Corps has suddenly dropped criminal charges against an officer in the infamous Taliban urination video case, heading off what promised to be an embarrassing pre-trial hearing for the commandant on Wednesday.

Defense attorneys for Capt. James V. Clement had won a judge’s order, over objections from Marine prosecutors, for two staff attorneys to testify in open court about how senior commanders had interfered in the case to get a guilty verdict.

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"Defense attorneys for Capt. James V. Clement had won a judge’s order, over objections from Marine prosecutors, for two staff attorneys to testify in open court about how senior commanders had interfered in the case to get a guilty verdict."

If he doesn't do another single positive thing in his life,he has earned the tile of "Moral Hero" for exposing the politicization of the top military brass in the USMC. Their mother organization,the US Navy,has always been pimped out by politicians,but the USMC brass have had a reputation for being Marines first until recent years.