A SENIOR US Army officer in Iraq was found guilty today of possessing thousands of secret military documents that the prosecution in his court martial argued could have benefited a foreign power.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Steele, 52, was acquitted on the more serious charge of aiding the enemy, which carried a sentence of life imprisonment, for allowing security detainees to use his mobile telephone for unmonitored calls.
He faces up to 10 years' imprisonment on the secret documents charge.
He was also found guilty of having an inappropriate relationship with an Iraqi woman interpreter and refusing to obey an order.
Steele is the former commander of Camp Cropper, a US detention centre near Baghdad airport where he oversaw the detention of Saddam Hussein in the days leading up to the former Iraqi leader's execution on December 30.
Earlier, prosecutor Captain Michael Rizzotti told the court that nearly 12,000 secret documents had also been found in a search of Steele's living quarters in Camp Victory, the main US base in Baghdad.
“(They were) documents that if (they had) fallen into the wrong hands could be used to the injury of the US or the advantage of a foreign nation,” Capt Rizzotti said.
Posted by: j809
Hang him.
Posted by: justanotherparatrooper
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Originally Posted by j809
Hang him.
+1
Posted by: billb
Hang him and bury him in Tikrit
Posted by: CPT Chaos
That should be good for some really interesting verbage on his next OER. (Officer Evaluation Report)
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