Post B1PQMRUaA7icgfGc8e by rejinl@masto.nyc
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(DIR) Post #B1PPjTAA17q2Zh8Bsm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:10:48Z
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Top #lawyer for #military #JointChiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an #UnlawfulOrder#law #Trump #Hegseth #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #policing #US #cities #PosseComitatusAct https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/politics/unlawful-order-caine-widmar-retire?cid=ios_app
(DIR) Post #B1PPjTw19C7Sy7WPTc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:12:22Z
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How should a #military commander respond if they determine they have received an #unlawful order?Request to retire — & refrain from resigning in protest, which could be seen as a political act, or picking a fight to get fired.That was the previously unreported guidance that Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar, the top lawyer for the #JointChiefsOfStaff, gave to the country’s top general, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen #DanCaine, in November….#law #Trump #Hegseth
(DIR) Post #B1PPjVC0TEVGs00h2O by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:14:24Z
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Caine had just seen a video that included 6 Democratic lawmakers publicly urging #US #troops to disobey illegal orders. He asked Widmar, according to the sources, what the latest guidance was on how to determine whether an order was lawful & how a commander should reply if it is not.#law #Trump #Hegseth #military #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #policing #cities #PosseComitatusAct
(DIR) Post #B1PPjWWbW8Zd0AeemW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:16:55Z
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Widmar responded that they should consult with their legal adviser if they’re unsure, the sources said. But ultimately, if they determine that an order is illegal, they should consider requesting retirement.#law #Trump #Hegseth #military #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #policing #cities #PosseComitatusAct
(DIR) Post #B1PPjYQISYiUtBieEC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:17:35Z
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The guidance sheds new light on how top #military officials are thinking about an issue that has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, as lawmakers & legal experts have repeatedly questioned the legality of the #US military’s “counternarcotics” operations in the #Caribbean Sea & #Pacific Ocean including intense scrutiny of a “double-tap” strike that deliberately killed survivors on September 2.#law #Trump #Hegseth #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings
(DIR) Post #B1PPjZtOzpanRkLPEW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:19:39Z
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Caine is not in the chain of command. But he is closely involved in operations, including those in #SOUTHCOM, & is often tasked with presenting #military options to the president—more so than Secretary of Defense Pete #Hegseth, CNN has reported.#law #Trump #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Venezuela #oil
(DIR) Post #B1PPjbIxkHdHpJJKiG by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:21:08Z
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Several senior officers who reportedly expressed concerns about the boat strikes, including former US Southern Command commander Adm. Alvin Holsey & Lt. Gen. Joe McGee, the former director for Strategy, Plans, & Policy on the Joint Staff, have in fact retired early in recent months.#law #Trump #Hegseth #military #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Venezuela #oil
(DIR) Post #B1PQ2BarZ0RvaQXtYG by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:24:37Z
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…current & former #US officials, however, including those who have served as miliary lawyers in the Judge Advocate General [#JAG] corps, stressed that broadly encouraging servicemembers to quietly retire — if they’re eligible — rather than voice dissent in the face of a potentially illegal order risks perpetuating a culture of #silence & lack of #accountability.#law #Trump #Hegseth #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Venezuela #oil
(DIR) Post #B1PQ9mzytHOxciv6au by Lizette603_23@mastodon.social
2025-12-19T14:25:57Z
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@Nonilex this.....if everyone retires it'll be all clowns
(DIR) Post #B1PQ9urPf1Ik0SyNLk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:26:01Z
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“A commissioned officer has every right to say, ‘this is wrong,’ and shouldn’t be expected to quietly & silently walk away just because they’re given a free pass to do so,” said a former senior #defense official who left the #Pentagon earlier this year.#law #Trump #Hegseth #military #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #policing #cities #PosseComitatusAct
(DIR) Post #B1PQHnA4AaBQRdSAAy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:27:26Z
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More than a dozen senior officers have either been fired or retired early since #Trump took office in January, an unusually high rate of turnover. In a speech before hundreds of general & flag officers in September, #Hegseth directed officers to “do the honorable thing & resign” if they didn’t agree with his vision for the department.#law #military #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #policing #cities #PosseComitatusAct
(DIR) Post #B1PQMRUaA7icgfGc8e by rejinl@masto.nyc
2025-12-19T14:28:13Z
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@Nonilex I wonder if this advice to retire is what is best for the commanders personally, because it doesn't seem to be what is best for the country.
(DIR) Post #B1PQVleqYZMnpsVyNs by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:29:58Z
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…Dan Maurer, a retired #Army lieutenant colonel & former #JAG lawyer, said that the guidance, as described by CNN, appears to “misunderstand what a servicemember is supposed to do in the face of an unlawful order: disobey it if confident that the order is unlawful & attempt to persuade the order-giver to stop or modify it have failed, & report it through the chain of command.”#law #Trump #Hegseth #military #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #policing #cities #PosseComitatusAct
(DIR) Post #B1PQggCDChiu57KAF6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:31:56Z
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Maurer added that “if the guidance does not explicitly advise servicemembers that they have a duty to disobey unlawful orders, the guidance is not a legitimate statement of professional military ethics & the law.”#law #Trump #Hegseth #military #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #policing #cities #PosseComitatusAct
(DIR) Post #B1PQtTOM7Xck8Q6Ylc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-19T14:33:45Z
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Widmar advised that an order may be unlawful if it is “patently illegal,” or something an ordinary person would recognize instinctively as a violation of domestic or international #law, the sources said — the My Lai massacre in Vietnam is an oft-used example. But the guidance he provided was that an unlawful order should be met with retirement, if possible, & did not note that servicemembers have a duty to disobey unlawful orders, the sources said.#law #Trump #Hegseth #military
(DIR) Post #B1PRe9PqD0NNn53bs0 by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-12-19T14:42:02Z
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@Nonilex Sounds like a sympathetic Trump supporter who refuses to recognise homicide
(DIR) Post #B1PSyIMkk34rILmYds by Stratosphere_Glide@mastodon.social
2025-12-19T14:57:26Z
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@Nonilex Clearly, Trump hates fishermen. And of course boats. Sociopathic behaviour in my opinion.
(DIR) Post #B1PTK4sfYmknqH66oi by Stratosphere_Glide@mastodon.social
2025-12-19T15:01:25Z
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@Nonilex Murders. Murdering, Murdered. Murders. To save shlemocracy & protect the nation from imaginary, made up drug smuggling fishermen.
(DIR) Post #B1QRWHW8OjmBl5Cz9E by ElonsMom@mastodon.social
2025-12-20T02:15:54Z
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@Nonilex The JAG Officer that gave that advice isn’t fit for their job:1) Officers have a duty to refuse illegal orders2) It is inappropriate to just pass the burden on to the next officer or subordinate3) Most officers can’t just retire4) Retiring takes time, and the order won’t wait
(DIR) Post #B1QbnvaJgFX4URDYMS by adamsfan@mastodon.social
2025-12-20T04:11:06Z
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@Nonilex Very good sign that discussions on that item are coming up - and made public.Lately.Hope still alive.