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Military Jury: Prison, Dismissal for Army 'Birther'
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT MEADE, Md. (Dec. 16) -- An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief was sentenced by a jury Thursday to six months in a military prison and dismissal from the Army. The military jury spent nearly five hours deliberating punishment for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin on Thursday after three days of court martial proceedings at Fort Meade, outside Baltimore. Lakin was convicted of disobeying orders - he had pleaded guilty to that count - and missing a flight that would have gotten him to his ...
Army 'Birther' Changes Course, Says He'd Deploy
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT MEADE, Md. (Dec. 15) -- An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief told a jury Wednesday he was wrong to do so and would now deploy if he could. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, Colo. was speaking during a court martial hearing Wednesday at Fort Meade. He faces up to 3 1/2 years in a military prison and dismissal from the Army after being found guilty of missing a flight that would have gotten him to his eventual deployment and pleading guilty to disobeying orders to meet with a ...
Army 'Birther' Pleads Guilty to 1 of 2 Charges
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT MEADE, Md. (Dec. 14) -- An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility for office pleaded guilty Tuesday to one of two charges against him. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, Colo., pleaded guilty in a military court to a charge that included disobeying orders to meet with a superior and to report to Fort Campbell in Kentucky. Lakin, a 17-year veteran, faces up to 18 months in prison and dismissal from the Army when he is sentenced on that charge. He pleaded not guilty to a second charge of missing a flight meant ...
Army Officer Who Doubts Obama Was Born in U.S. Pleads Guilty
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Army lieutenant colonel who refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he won't accept orders from President Obama, whom he considers unqualified to be commander in chief, has pleaded guilty to one charge against him. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin pleaded guilty Tuesday to not reporting to Fort Campbell, Ky., for his required deployment to Afghanistan, NBC News reported. Lakin, a doctor and 17-year soldier, believes Obama wasn't born in the United States, and therefore does not meet the constitutional requirements to be president. He could face up to 18 months in prison, but NBC News cited ...
Birther Defense Not Working for Army Doc Who Refused Afghan Duty
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySo much for the "birther" defense. An Army judge turned down a request for President Obama to testify in the court martial of an Army doctor, Terrence Lakin, who refused to serve in Afghanistan because he first wanted proof that the president was born in the United States and therefore has authority to order his deployment. Army Col. Denise Lind, presiding over a pretrial hearing, ruled that any evidence or witnesses involving Obama's citizenship was irrelevant to the charges against Lt. Col. Lakin, which include disobeying a lawful order and dereliction of duty, CNN said. Prosecutors have ...
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been -- Birther Edition
By Jordan Carr - AOL News(Aug. 6) -- Army doctor Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin is scheduled to be arraigned today at Fort Belvoir, Va., where he will face a court martial for refusing to show up for his deployment to Afghanistan on the usual birther argument that Barack Obama is not the real president. And with that re-emerges, at least for now, a story line that had receded from the news. Not all that long ago, there was a stretch when you couldn't fling your copy of the pocket Constitution without hitting a news story about someone questioning Obama's birth certificate and, thus, his legitimacy as president of the ...
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