The same judge responsible for nixing the alleged 9/11 mastermind’s confession previously had no trouble pointing to “conservative tendencies” as a fault for increased “extremism” in the military.
Late last week, justice for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack was met with another extended delay as Lt. Col. Michael Schrama pushed a trial date until June 2028 and scrapped Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s FBI confession.
Tuesday, a Fox News report dredged up a 2023 essay penned by the military judge titled, “Creating a Codified Legal Response to Domestic Extremism in the Ranks,” wherein he contended “conservative tendencies” afforded an avenue for growth of “extreme right-wing groups” in the military.
Published by War on the Rocks, Schrama’s essay argued for a military legal code provision to address “rising population of military members engaging in extremist activities” as he insisted, “As an active-duty Air Force military judge, I have seen firsthand a rising population of military members engaging in extremist activities.”
“There is more than ample evidence that military members are a ripe population for extremist recruitment and that the rise of domestic extremism in the military ranks is a threat to national security,” added the judge who highlighted a 2021 Center for Strategic & International Studies study that argued 17.6% of domestic terrorism plot and attacks stemmed from military personnel.
He also pointed to analysis that asserted roughly one in eight people charged in connection to the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021 had a military background.
“Unfortunately, the United States Criminal Code and the Uniform Code of Military Justice do not currently provide the tools to deal with this crisis, as they do not treat domestic extremism as a specific criminal offense,” wrote Schrama. “Codifying domestic extremism as a punitive article under the military code would provide a means for commanders to adequately address the rising tide of domestic extremism.”
Meanwhile, within his 45-page ruling on Mohammed, the judge argued that the 2007 confession made while at Guantánamo Bay was made involuntarily, citing CIA conditioning and torture. “The prosecution has failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Mr. Mohammad’s statements to the F.B.I. were voluntarily given.”
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During the same time period from which Schrama cites concerns over “conservative tendencies,” it’s worth noting that then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was pushing a woke agenda in the military in the wake of Jan. 6. According to details sent to then-Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe (R) by then-Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, more than 5.3 million hours were spent on conversations about extremism.
In response, the Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee wrote, “We face real threats across the world, yet the Biden Administration is more focused on promoting its leftist social agenda in the military instead of countering China, Russia, and Iran or creating an effective counterterrorism plan. Our military is not an extremist organization, and our service members, by and large all good people, are dedicated, faithful patriots.”
The letter also indicated that the Defense Department’s own data indicated fewer than 100 members of the nearly 2.5 million-member military were found to be engaged in any extremist activity considered prohibited.
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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