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Reply #155: If he knew of a war crime, he was duty bound to report it. [View All]

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RaleighNCDUer

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Sun Apr-24-11 11:47 PM
Response to Reply #129

155. If he knew of a war crime, he was duty bound to report it.

If he knew that the chain of command could not be trusted to follow up his report, the only option was to put it out to the public.

Not reporting a crime he was aware of makes him complicit in covering up the crime - and that is itself a crime. Revealing the crime is covered, and protected, by the whistleblower's law.

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