“I think given the personnel turbulence on the Supreme Court right now, as well as the less-than-clear road map the court gave us in 2004, it's a whole new ballgame.”
“There's this sense that time has no value. I think the government has to explain what its game plan is. The legal system is illusory for people in his position.”
“It is a fact that having a request for a witness can be a form of leverage; it gives you something that you can negotiate with the other side about. If you don't ask, you're never going to have any leverage.”
“General Pace indicated that apparently the earlier investigations had not looked into whether negligent homicide had occurred, and that is exactly the first place that you would look in a case like this. It's quite baffling that it took this long to focus on that question.”
“It's indefensible that something like that happened. And if that change of positions was a function of people changing their stories, then the investigation really has to look into whether false official statements were made, or for that matter, whether there was an obstruction of justice.”
“I think people around the world are going to be scratching their heads at that sentence. The conduct of which this soldier was convicted is highly offensive, and if this is all one gets — it's not impunity, but it's getting real close.”
“The real question is who is the independent prosecutor who is liberated to pursue these cases. There is no central prosecution office run by commanders. So you don't have a D.A. thinking, I'm going to follow this wherever it leads.”