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2020-02-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Navy SEAL Team 6 member is jailed for 30 days after being convicted of indecent conduct for catfishing three women and getting them to send him nude photos of them
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Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 Man, standards sure have gone down in Seal teams, eh?
Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-02-12 04:44||   2020-02-12 04:44|| Front Page Top

#2 'erb I'd say these people are not Boy Scouts, but given that Scouts are no longer Boy Scouts either the phrase needs to be retired.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-12 06:53||   2020-02-12 06:53|| Front Page Top

#3 I can't figure out what this guy's supposed to have done - 'indecent conduct' could be anything (like being found guilty of 'negligence'), some charges were dismissed (looks like lack of evidence) and whatever other evidence they seem to have looks shaky at best? Unless receiving nude photos is a crime...

Probably missing some part of the story - I'm sure our US newshounds will be right on it!
Posted by Raj 2020-02-12 08:22||   2020-02-12 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Speaking from ignorance here but "$500 fine equal to three months pay" These guys get $167 a month??
Posted by Mercutio 2020-02-12 09:12||   2020-02-12 09:12|| Front Page Top

#5 #2 'erb I'd say these people are not Boy Scouts, but given that Scouts are no longer Boy Scouts either the phrase needs to be retired.

Actually, P2K, this guy seems quite good at Scouting. If he/ze were trans he'd be the very model of a major modern Scout.
Posted by Lex 2020-02-12 09:49||   2020-02-12 09:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Using a fake name online and asking for nude pics is a crime?
Posted by Iblis 2020-02-12 10:59||   2020-02-12 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Asking for a friend, Ilbis?
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-02-12 11:06||   2020-02-12 11:06|| Front Page Top

#8 So, not being Boy Scouts means not being unable to be a scumbag and pull this kind of shit?

Remember the days when being a Navy Seal was a badge of honor? The best that America can produce?

Why would anyone make excuses for pieces of trash like this? It's like leftists excusing Che Guevara.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-02-12 11:13||   2020-02-12 11:13|| Front Page Top

#9 "Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Howard was sentenced on Friday to spend 30 days in a military prison, forfeit $500 of his pay for three months and take a reduction in rank to petty officer second class, according to a statement from Navy Region Mid-Atlantic obtained by The Virginian-Pilot.

Howard was originally charged with receiving nude photographs, but those charges were dismissed, the newspaper reported.

Howard was accused of using a text messaging app to create a fake phone number and send messages to women, prosecutors alleged during a court-martial at Naval Station Norfolk. In at least once case, prosecutors added that Howard pretended to be a female dietitian hired by Naval Special Warfare Development Group in order to get women to send naked pictures.

Howard's attorney has said the only thing linking his client to the messages is that whoever sent them said they were stationed in San Diego and liked to work out with kettle bells. He said that could apply to any number of SEALs.

LINK
Posted by European Conservative 2020-02-12 11:22||   2020-02-12 11:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Here's more (but still a bit confusing)
Posted by European Conservative 2020-02-12 11:27||   2020-02-12 11:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Howard pretended to be a female dietitian hired by Naval Special Warfare Development Group

Maybe a career awaits him in covert ops?
Posted by Lex 2020-02-12 11:27||   2020-02-12 11:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Nothing in this makes any sense.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-12 11:30||   2020-02-12 11:30|| Front Page Top

#13 A bit more sense:

"Lt. Kirwinn Mike, a Navy prosecutor, accused Howard of pretending to be a female performance dietitian who worked for Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Mike said that while pretending to be the dietitian, Howard told a woman by text message that he could provide her a body-fat analysis if she texted a picture of herself naked from the neck down and provided other measurements.

"It's 100% safe," one text message said. "You don't have to worry."

"He was willing to be whoever he needed to be to get those photos," Mike said during opening statements.

Eventually, the woman who was asked for a nude photograph became suspicious and contacted the person the messages were purportedly sent from. The real-life dietitian then contacted authorities because she worried that other questions that were asked about SEAL identities could be a threat, perhaps from a foreign intelligence service."
Posted by European Conservative 2020-02-12 11:35||   2020-02-12 11:35|| Front Page Top

#14 #6 Using a fake name online and asking for nude pics is a crime?

Yes it is. I guess you're not familiar with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

ARTICLE 134: INDECENT CONDUCT

https://www.bileckilawgroup.com/court-martial-defense/articles-of-the-ucmj/article-134-offenses/

"This catch-all article governing the principles of Armed Forces conduct covers a wide range of punitive offenses which generally fall under three categories: disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline, discrediting the Armed Forces, and other non-capital offenses or assimilated federal crimes."
Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-02-12 11:56||   2020-02-12 11:56|| Front Page Top

#15 Do you want to win the war or not?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-02-12 14:04||   2020-02-12 14:04|| Front Page Top

#16 Nothing in this makes any sense.

Perfect sense if the victim is some admiral's daughter.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-12 14:06||   2020-02-12 14:06|| Front Page Top

#17 I guess; pissed someone off. I am reading this right: convicted with main evidence dismissed?
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-12 14:58||   2020-02-12 14:58|| Front Page Top

#18 The sailor's attorney, Michael Waddington, had argued that no nude photographs were ever found on any of Howard's devices and that his client passed two polygraph tests.

PTSD, TBI, hearing loss related to service. Severe disabilities.

I know an Iraqi War trigger-puller (son of a friend) who was airborne whose injuries paralleled Howard's. He did not get the help he should have during the Obama admin.

I know a guy who has been deceased for sometime who had a large collection of nekkid pictures of women who allowed him to take their pictures. I always wondered why these women would allow their photos to be taken. Exhibitionism? Drunk? Other reasons. I don't know.

There is some uncertainty about whether he did the catfishing. He also has some serious service-related injuries. I would hope Howard gets the help he needs.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-02-12 16:32||   2020-02-12 16:32|| Front Page Top

#19 Asking for a friend, Ilbis?

Funny thing. Iblis is not my real name.
Posted by Iblis 2020-02-12 17:33||   2020-02-12 17:33|| Front Page Top

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