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LT Barclay

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10. This arrest itself is crap. The only law he violated was the UCMJ. If he had violated another law and it was referred

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 05:52 PM

18 hrs ago

to military authorities it might be valid, but I don't believe these police have any jurisdiction over the matter. It just looks like suppression of free speech to me.
I hope he has lawyers with enough guts to hang his defense on the "all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC" phrase.

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This arrest itself is crap. The only law he violated was the UCMJ. If he had violated another law and it was referred LT Barclay 18 hrs ago #10

This............ turbinetree 17 hrs ago #11

Is it a violation of the UCMJ to speak the unvarnished truth and simply state demonstrable facts? sop 16 hrs ago #14

Well, it was tried during shrubs war in Iraq and Afganistan and to my knowledge all were convicted for refusing LT Barclay 13 hrs ago #16

He wasn't arrested because he was in uniform InstantGratification 15 hrs ago #15

That is different. But it still irks me that we need a "permit" to exercise our first amendment rights, but the SCOTUS LT Barclay 13 hrs ago #17

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