Catholic University Law Review Summer, 2009 Catholic University Law Review 58 Cath. U.L. Rev. 1143 NOTE: UNITED STATES V. PASSARO: EXERCISING EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OVER NON-DEFENSE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS COMMITTING CRIMES OVERSEAS…
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As one of David’s attorney’s I feel it my part to set as much of the record straight as possibile, I am also a Afganistian Vet and familiar with the FOB that David operated out of. First and formost- David is not the sociopath that the government went to great extremes to villify him in that role. David is sharp, smart, capabile and has plenty of compassion. Second- AND MOST IMPORTANTLY- the outcome of this trial was a fait de comple before it even started, just in the same manner that a certain Female Army Reserve General supervising Iraq’s prision was likewise villified and prosecuted. It is very important to rembember the context of these two prosceustions, the US was under an inordinate amount of pressure due to the CIA’s use of seroggate interrogations, extrodanary renditions, and a general preception in the amoung our “Arab Partners”- a hoax in and of it’s self- that the US was routinely creating multiple human rights violations- which was true- the only problem was that these orders were coming for the spymasters at Langley and the Executive Branch. And how convient to throw a RESERVE Army Officer and and 2nd Tier CIA contractor under the BUS. No mess or stink in the REGULAR ARMY and just a rough contractor out of control- If the American people Believe this- they have all drank the cool aid. Bottom Line- Dave’s a stand up guy who did what he was told to do- which by the way there is alot of discrepancy about that if you’d seen the trial- Specially- the 3 82ABN soldiers who were there is the unlit room as the primary witness of the assault- all in Federal Court Dressed in immaculate Class A uniforms- Sporting a Couple of new Stripes. Candidly, the entire trial sickend me about our federal Goverment- without even getting into the hoax of extraterritorial special maritime jurisdiction- and then there was the son of the “regional Goveronor” who had previously operatered a Liquior Stoor on the West Coast prior to assuming his Goverment Position- If the Federal Judge could have been more accomdating to the Son he would have invited him home to meet his daughter- NO BS- I saw it First Hand.
SO, Bottom Line, can you trust your own Government, most of the time yes, but watch out for the Hidden adjendas- they will kill you- or at least put you in Federal Prision.
Clint Rudisill, rudisillc@gmail.com