Ex-StratCom deputy commander says he regrets not defending himself over fake poker chips

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

Playing three phony poker chips last summer at a Council Bluffs casino started Rear Adm. Tim Giardina's troubles.

But when Giardina told conflicting stories about how he wound up with the counterfeit $500 chips, things got worse.

“I was not forthright in my response about how I came into possession of the chips in question,” Giardina acknowledged in a signed statement to prosecutors last August.

Now Giardina's distinguished Navy career is in limbo. He has lost his job as deputy commander for the U.S. Strategic Command. His retirement and possibly even his freedom are in jeopardy.

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1. hard to imagine any story where he comes out smelling like a rose.

i'm all for innocent until proven guilty, but if i were a defense lawyer i think i'd be talking plea bargain.

[sendero]

2. I'm not sure what this guy thinks he can "say".

... that is going to make jack shit difference. Any story he might have to explain where the chips came from is highly unlikely to be convincing IMHO.

Take your lumps and learn a lesson pal. Thinking you can cheat a casino is pretty dumb.

[7962]

3. "found em in the bathroom" sounds kinda like "dog ate my homework" nt

[Historic NY]

4. How many times does he think he can change the story...

one lie compounded by another or another. Really who picks stuff up off a bathroom floor....

[Kelvin Mace]

5. OK, so that lie didn't make any sense,

how about this lie instead?

No?

OK, hang on, I am bound to have one you like...

[dhill926]

6. soon to run for Congress as a Repub...

no doubt...