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Originally Posted by The Reaper
LTG Kearney is a conventional soldier, a Ranger through and through, with no appreciation of anything coming from unconventional or SF forces. He has established himself as an enemy of SF throughout his career, culminating in his preferral of charges against SF personnel in Afghanistan.
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Just a clip about the general.
December 15, 2007
IG to Investigate SOC DC Gen. Kearney
DoD's Inspector General has announced that will open an investigation into the conduct of Lt. Gen. Francis H. Kearney III, deputy commander of Special Operations Command, to determine if he "exercised poor judgment and potentially compromised eventual legal proceedings in incidents involving special forces troops in Afghanistan."
The official, who requested anonymity because the Pentagon does not publicly discuss ongoing investigations, said the IG would look at whether Kearney exerted undue command influence over the legal proceedings by taking actions that could suggest he presumed the individuals guilty before they had their day in court.
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The IG review comes just two months after U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging "a thorough investigation" of Kearney's actions.
He complained that Kearney directed that premeditated murder charges be brought against two Army soldiers in connection with the Afghan shooting even though they were exonerated by the Army's Criminal Investigation Command.
"The situation is just one instance among many that involve improper command influence and poor decision-making by Lt. Gen. Kearney," Jones said in the letter. Source.
You may remember Gen. Kearney from his attempted prosecution of a Special Forces sniper team that killed a 'Tango' leader in Afghanistan in last October. Both SF men were found to have acted properly and within the ROE's.
You may also remember the general from this incident, in which he prematurely ordered a Marine Corps SpecOps Unit out of Afghanistan before an investigation into an alleged shooting of as many as sixty civilians could be launched.
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