ABC just aired a short interview with Army Sgt. Bleu Copas, who enlisted, at age 26, after the attacks on 9/11.
He learned Aramic and was a member of the Army Intelligence cadre.
Someone hacked into his personal e-mail account, and forwarded edited versions of his e-mails, anonymously, to his superiors in the army.
From the description of the questioning, his superiors certainly violated their own strictures in the "don't ask" part of "Don't ask, don't tell."
Video of the interview is here. NOTE: The link puts you into an AOL.COM news bite, and is preceded by a short commercial.
An AP article notes that
"..the GAO also noted that nearly 800 dismissed gay or lesbian service members had critical abilities, including 300 with important language skills. Fifty-five were proficient in Arabic, including Copas, a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in California.
Discharging and replacing them has cost the Pentagon nearly $369 million, according to the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military at the University of California, Santa Barbara."
This entire witchhunt atmosphere is absurd.
And all because some idiots cannot get over their obsession over which consenting adult is sleeping with whatever consenting adult.
And men and women who have proven their devotion to this country by their sacrifices are blackmailed and treated like criminals.
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