Birther Soldier Fired From His Civilian Defense Contracting Job
By David Weigel 7/15/09 3:00 PM
That’s according to Orly Taitz, the attorney for Maj. Stefan F. Cook. A day after he made news for asking not to be sent to Afghanistan unless President Barack Obama provided more proof of his American citizenship, Cook has been fired from his job. In Taitz’s application for injuction, she recounts what happened after the Department of Defense revoked its request to Cook.
Plaintiff Major Cook called his civilian boss, the CEO of Simtech, Inc… The CEO of Simtech, Inc., Larry Grice, explained to Plaintiff over a series of four conversations within the next two hours, that he had been terminated. Grice told the Plaintiff that he would no longer be welcome in his former position at SOCOM but that Grice wanted to see whether he could find something within the company (Simtech, Inc.) for Cook. The upshot was that at this time Grice did not have anything for Plaintiff to do. Grice told Plaintiff, in essence, that the situation had become “nutty and crazy”, and that Plaintiff would no longer be able to work at his old position.
I’ve asked Cook to confirm all of this.
http://washingtonindependent.com/51177/birther-soldier-fired-from-his-civilian-defense-contracting-jobU.S. Army reservist granted request to have deployment orders revoked
July 15, 5:12 PM
The military orders to deploy U.S. Army reservist Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook to Afghanistan have been revoked after he argued he should not be required to follow orders under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office. He had been scheduled to report for duty on July 16th.
Cook's attorney, Orly Taitz filed the request in federal court seeking a temporary restraining order on his behalf stating that he would be committing a crime by taking orders from a president who he believes was born outside the United States.
In an interview with the news site WND.com, Taitz, upon learning that the orders had been revoked, was quoted as saying -
"We won! We won before we even arrived," she said with excitement. "It means that the military has nothing to show for Obama. It means that the military has directly responded by saying Obama is illegitimate – and they cannot fight it. Therefore, they are revoking the order!"
This is being considered a big win for Taitz, who is currently challenging Obama's right to be president in a different case based on his refusal to produce proper documentation of his birth place. The White House administration has produced a "short-form" birth certificate released by the state of Hawaii which has quieted doubts for some, but for many others it has not. In Taitz's case against Obama, she is requesting that Obama produce the original "long-form" birth certificate which would show what hospital he was born in, the attending physician, and establish that he was in fact born in Hawaii.
In WND.com's interview with Cook regarding his case, he says -
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any order coming out of the presidency or his chain of command is illegal. Should I deploy, I would essentially be following an illegal . If I happened to be captured by the enemy in a foreign land, I would not be privy to the Geneva Convention protections," he said.
Some are saying, however, that Cook being granted his request has nothing to do with proving or disproving anything about Obama's eligibility. All reserve soldiers are considered volunteers, and as such they have the right to request that any deployment order be revoked.
A formal hearing is scheduled to take place in the Georgia federal court on Thursday morning.
http://www.examiner.com/x-16023-Sacramento-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m7d15-US-Army-reservist-granted-request-to-have-deployment-orders-revoked
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