Lt. Ehren Watada

Dahr Jamail

I would like to bring your attention to a story I covered last August about 1st Lt. Ehren Watada. The story covered his decision not to deploy to Iraq and a speech he gave at the Veteran's for Peace National Convention in Seattle last August. The full text of his speech can be read here. In the weeks following that speech, I was contacted by the prosecuting attorney from his court-martial and informed I was on the witness list. I took up my own legal counsel, and while I remain on the prosecution’s witness list, I have not been subpoenaed to testify against him in the trial, which is set for February 5th. Watada's case is critical for two main reasons...

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