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Soldier faces charges - More Insanity!
GALESBURG, Ill.— An Illinois National Guard soldier in Afghanistan has been charged by the U.S. Army with possessing child pornography over pictures of a young relative his mother says she sent him.
Terri Miller of Galesburg says she sent her son, Specialist Billy Miller, pictures of the little girl to help him get over his homesickness. The pictures show the child in a swimsuit playing a wading pool and sitting on a truck. In one, the girl is wearing a swim suit and part of her buttocks are exposed. The Army says Miller will stay in Afghanistan until his court martial. His unit came home last August. Miller faces jail time, if convicted. Terri Miller says the pictures are innocent. She says her son is close to the girl. WQAD TV reports that the child is a relative whom the family says Billy treated as his own child when the girl was diagnosed with cancer as her father went through boot camp. Her father, the station reports, can't believe the charges, especially since they're on other family computers and on Facebook pages and no one else has been investigated. "You have no clue how it eats me up", said a crying Terri Miller. "I blame myself every day, every day, if I wouldn't have sent the pictures he would be home." __________ This is why some consider the term " military intelligence " an oxymoron.
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More insanity is right, just ridiculous.
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I have to agree with sniper, something is missing in this story
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01-24-2010, 01:38 PM
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01-24-2010, 02:34 PM
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Army: Family photos not basis for porn charge
By DAVID MERCER Associated Press Writer A child pornography charge and a related count filed against an Illinois Army National Guard soldier in Afghanistan do not stem from family photos of a young relative, a U.S. Army spokesman told The Associated Press on Tuesday. But Army spokesman Master Sgt. Thomas Clementson said in an e-mail that he can't say what the charges against Specialist Billy Miller of Galesburg are based on. "In this case however, it was important to set the record straight with regards to the photos of the (relative) being portrayed as evidence leading to child pornography charges in this case. They are not," Clementson wrote. Miller was charged Jan. 5 with possession of child pornography and with disobeying an order prohibiting U.S. troops in Afghanistan from possessing pornography. Miller's family previously said they believed the charges were related to photos they e-mailed him of a 4-year-old relative wearing a swimsuit. On Tuesday, they said they still don't believe Miller had child pornography on his computer. "The Army has screwed up; the Army does not want to admit it," his mother, Terri Miller, said from her home in Galesburg. "I'm not saying there wasn't adult porn; he's a 24-year-old man. I don't believe that Billy downloaded any kiddie porn." Billy Miller declined an interview request through his parents, who talk to him regularly through Internet chats. They said his military lawyers have advised him not to talk to reporters. Miller's family also has complained that he's being kept in Afghanistan months after his unit came home rather than being tried in the United States. Miller was part of the 33rd Infantry Brigade, an Illinois guard unit that sent about 3,000 soldiers to Afghanistan in 2008 and came home late last summer and during the fall. Soldiers with whom Miller served directly returned to Illinois last August. The Army said it held Miller over and attached him to the 82nd Airborne Division until his case plays out. He's not jailed. "They're keeping him in Afghanistan so they can railroad this poor boy, whether he had porn or not," said Miller's father, Rodney Miller. The Army said Miller remains in Afghanistan because that's where the investigation is based. "Since the investigation was initiated in Afghanistan, the command has made a determination that it is in the best interests of the military justice system to allow the (Uniform Code of Military Justice) process to be completed in Afghanistan based on access to evidence," Maj. Virginia McCabe said in an e-mail. Miller could face a court martial and, if convicted, up to 10 years in prison. No date has been set for court proceedings. Army: Family photos not basis for porn charge - KansasCity.com
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Sounds like some A-hole has an axe to grind. Poor guy.
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The story I posted was, in fact, a few days old. Sorry, I just hadn't heard it.
As Joeaksa posted (above), more has now come out from the Army's side. Have to wait and see how it all shakes out. In this age of "super-fast-get-the-story-out-beat-the-competition-damn-the-facts" reporting, I'm not surprised. And I also understand if its a ' Government issued ' computer, it's problematic. Gee, just imagine ...a soldier, away from home, wanting to look at naked women. ( If he was one of the ' purple submarine class ' he could just go crawl into a fellow soldiers bunk. ) 
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