(Air Force) Officer To Plead Innocent To Anti-Bush Graffiti

An Air Force officer accused of vandalizing cars with anti-Bush graffiti will plead not guilty, his attorney said Tuesday after talks with prosecutors failed to produce a plea agreement.

Lt. Col. Alexis Fecteau is accused of blacking out bumper stickers supporting President Bush on cars at Denver International Airport and then spray-painting an expletive over them.

Defense attorney Patrick Mulligan did not rule out a plea bargain but said prosecutors have prepared additional charges against Fecteau, complicating the discussions.

Fecteau was director of operations for reserve forces at the National Security Space Institute at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, supervising 11 full-time and 30 part-time reservists. He was reassigned to a non-supervisory position after the charges were filed.