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That's the title of a forthcoming article by Air Force judge advocate Major Matthew Burris, in the Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law, and Social Policy. You can access the article on SSRN at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2414494
Here's a taste (from the article's introduction):
Yet stories that feel archetypally right—even those supported by gripping anecdotes—might also grossly misrepresent reality. Such is the case with the military's so-called "sexual assault crisis": the intuitively compelling narrative advanced by the media, some members of Congress, victim advocacy groups, and others is not empirically supportable. While there is no logical proof for what does or does not constitute a crisis, at the very least, a crisis moniker suggests a widespread problem—and one that is growing and generally out of control. The best available data, however, suggest this is simply not the case.
As discussed in detail below, the data instead suggest that: (1) an estimated 98% of service members , or 1.324 million, experienced no form of unwanted sexual contact during fiscal year 2012;16 (2) between fiscal years 2010 and 2012, only two of the four Armed Services showed a statistically significant increase in the number of estimated victims of unwanted sexual contact and overall numbers are down from fiscal year 2006; (3) the prevalence of sexual assault in the military is comparable to demographically similar civilian populations; (4) senior military commanders are more aggressive in exercising their prosecutorial discretion in sexual assault cases than are licensed attorneys; (5) overturning the results of courts-martial are exceptionally rare events, particularly in the case of serious offenses like sexual assault; and (6) removing senior commanders' authority to make prosecutorial decisions will not improve extant conditions. If this is what the data suggest, then the crisis narrative was arguably borne of something other than data. To be sure, it appears to have been borne largely of a disparate group of concerned and well-intentioned individuals thinking fast about a problem that cries out for thinking slow.
35 Responses to ""Thinking Slow About Sexual Assault in the Military.""
And now the other shoe from Fort Bragg drops <http://fox40.com/2014/03/30/military-prosecutor-facing-multiple-sexual-assault-charges/>. And I wonder if this is exhibit A of the problem Major Matthew Burris (as best as I know, no relation) mentions. Senior military commanders (and, based on Sinclair, apparently senior JAGC leadership) are more aggressive than their civilian counterparts would be.
Damn. Broke the link. http://fox40.com/2014/03/30/military-prosecutor-facing-multiple-sexual-assault-charges/
No idea whether the allegations are true. But, the context of a pending divorce/custody fight is something that always warrants thorough investigation because a strategic accusation can tilt the field. If the allegations are false, the wife should be horse-whipped, but I'd setttle for a prosecution for perjury, not that I'll ever see a female false accuser prosecuted for poerjury in my lifetime. That would be so un-PC.
@Spillman, thanks. I tried to make that clear by saying "no relation," but apparently I was ambiguous. Author = USAF; news article = US Army.
It is refreshing to hear a judge advocate voice his opinion about such a controversial topic in a public forum. It is equally refreshing to learn that an academic journal would provide him the opportunity to voice that opinion.
Sea Lawyer, I agree. I also think it's interesting that this article was written by an Air Force Judge Advocate, only because the recently departed USAF TJAG appeared to me to either be one of the "fast thinkers" or was, at least, willing to largely accept the narrative of the fast thinkers – as are so many others in the highest ranks and levels in the DoD and government. Good for Maj Burris, but I'm guessing a link to this paper won't end up on the USAF TJAG's website…they have to keep room for more links to "significant sexual assault convictions" "the success of the SVC program" and other items that feed the narrative of the "fast thinkers." Maj Burris' standard disclaimer that the "views expressed in the article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government" could, sadly, not be more true.
I'm giving this a standing ovation in my office. I'm also considering having 535 copies printed and sent to Washington.
Great find! After briefly skimming the first 30 pages of this article this morning, the article should be mandatory reading for every Judge Advocate, DoD employee, and politician who has weighed in on sexual assault prosecutions in the military over the past 5 years. It gives a well supported synopsis of the making of the sexual assault crisis in the military with all the major players involved.
I think that the contrast between Gillibrand and McCaskill is one of a fast thinker and a slow thinker. Ironically, however, I think Gillibrand's fast thinking idea to radically change the military justice system by placing the prosecutorial discretion into the hands of skilled prosecutors, while counter to the result she desires if that result is more convictions, is the better option to eradicate personal bias and unlawful command influence of Convening Authorities. In the long run assuming that military judges do their jobs, the crisis, the rhetoric, and the actions of those members of Congress to punish Convening Authorities by blocking promotions will actually hurt victims, as it creates a perceived cloud of uncertainty over the fairness of every court martial involving an Article 120 offense, particularly if the investigator or the TC recommends that a charge should be dismissed.
Ironically, perhaps I missed it, but it seems that within virtually all the sources cited there was not one mention of an accused having a fair trial. Other than the few Reuters' articles, it is difficult to find one media source that discusses which option ensures the Constitutional safeguards that should be afforded the accused.
The psychology of how one perceives the issues surrounding the prosecution of sexual assault in the military makes even a defense hack like me consider how significant the false allegation issue is when all I see are what I consider false allegations because I am a defense attorney. I think an interesting study would be to have all the SVP's have a conference where they give an honest accounting of every sexual assault they investigated and how many allegations they found as false, what their perceptions are regarding the current state of sexual assault prosecutions in the military, and what changes they think should be made.
Or perhaps there should be exit interviews for outgoing SVP's who, I am sure after 3 years of investigating and prosecuting nothing but sexual assaults, have opinions regarding sexual assault prosecutions and allegations. They could keep the interviews confidential, although it probably would not be difficult to determine which SVP was on what case. I've known two SVP's at Ft. Benning, each of whom dismissed charges on a case after a 32 and after arraignment, respectively, so there are at least two false allegations with them. These were cases that were preferred. Think about the cases where an allegation was made, but not preferred.
As for the accused Major Burris, I wish him the best. Many times when a future ex-spouse makes a false allegation and I get a call from the falsely accused, I advise them to keep quiet and let her talk and talk and talk and talk because the more she talks, then the more she is going to feel comfortable lying and the more outlandish her lies will become. I don't know her or this accused, but from what he described it sounds like that's what happened.
Ironically, CG, your average counter-intuitive victim behavior expert would testify under oath that just because a late allegation was made during pending divorce/custody fight is perfectly normal because a woman might be worried how she will feed her family, whereas, now that the divorce is proceeding and she has been freed from that oppressive environment, she has finally gained the courage to report what happened. And, that might be true, but there is no way to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, short of video or audio evidence, that the allegation is true. Sounds like this case is going to be dismissed, so it will be interesting if Speier and Gillibrand will play the "lawyers taking care of their own" card, the way they did in the Franklin and Wilkerson case.
This sounds like a lot of victim blaming. I was taught repeatedly by Army trial counsel that alleged victims never make up allegations of sexual assault. Also, I'm sure this prosecutor has used experts who have testified in court that whatever the alleged victim did or did not do, no matter how counter-intuitive, it is consistent with being a victim.
On a serious note, I hope that if he is innocent he will be cleared. But I do hope the publicity of these types of cases will change the narrative coming down from on high.
Well, since the discussion is about military prosecutors being investigated, I have some GREAT news on this front. You will recall that last month I mentioned that a friend of mine from my Grad Course was being investigated; he was a prosecutor in the Marine Corps. He and I spoke last night and he asked me to get the word out, and I gladly agreed!
MAJ Tom Jasper, USMC JAGC, faced Board of Inquiry and the Board returned a finding of "NO BASIS." He moves now to his next assignment at the Commissions, and he is grateful for all the support of those who reached out to him.
Now, what I want to know is why aren't the national or military media runing with this story? Why were they quick to villify him and report on a mere allegation as if it were gospel?
And why are they not now being so zealous in exposing that the allegation was tested, weighed, measured and found to be empty?
The system needs to quite reporting the names of either victims or assailants until all the facts are in and the matter goes to court. Otherwise, this kind of injustice will continue to run rampant!
In my office with call this SAID, Sexual Abuse Incident to a Divorce. Its amazing how after being a great father for any number of years he is suddenly an abuser backed up by a 23 year old DCF (whatever the local version is) investigator whose brain power is very often sub par. I had one who did not know what the word genetalia meant.
Now, what I want to know is why aren't the national or military media runing with this story? Why were they quick to villify him and report on a mere allegation as if it were gospel?
It's because he was the Marine sex assault prosecutor. What better way to advance the narrative that sexual assault in the Military is out of control and an epidemic if the persons who are charged with prosecuting sexual assault are committing sexual assault???
And, if your question was not merely a rhetorical one, then how does it change your views when the issue of (1) accuser privacy in the press vs. the presumed innocent accused's lack of privacy in the press or (2) using the term "victim" to describe a complaining witness before anyone is ever convicted, hits so close to home? I'm sure this is the way Brandon Wright feels right now, but he's just an Airman first class, so it's no big deal, right? The Military has a war to win against it's number one enemy. Not Al Qaeda or the North Koreans, but the enemy called sexual assault.
How do you feel about the Brian Lewis, who testified in front of Congress as an MST survivor, commenting on the article stating that Jasper was facing a BOI:
The problem with this story is that the Marine Corps sent this crime to a Board of Inquiry instead of a court-martial. I fear this is another attempt to sweep potential embarrassment under the rug instead of facing the culture of sexual assault which pervades the military.
I wonder if some of these Sexual Assault attorneys are feeling like pastor Martin Niemöller. Because I fear that there is nobody who can stand up against he machine created by this crisis.
KF: Amen, brother. And my question was not simply rhetorical. I don want the media to be responsible and undo the damage it does by lopsided reporting consistent with pushing a political agenda behind the myth of "rape culture."
To my mind, neither a "victim" nor an "accused" should be identified publically until trial proceedings are under way. And my rule is simple: annonymity for both or none. To allow otherwise is to allow destruction by mere accusation–no matter the ultimate outcome. The rules must apply equally to both the "victim" and accused with equal force of protection/exposure.
As for Brian Lewis, his version of events is inevitable. When one has discretion to resolve a case–be it a commander or a Prosecutor, one must necessarily accept how that person exercises that discretion–some cases may be handled differently than others and all for varying and legal and apporpriate reasons. And while I support eliminating commanders from the MJ chain of command (but keeping them in the "disciplinary" chain of command), it is important to remember that whenever there is discretion, someone will argue that it has been abused. And the courts have rules for resolving those concerns on appeal.
But ulike the courts, the problem with this current situation is that Congress is alleging commanders have abused their discretion and it has tinkered here and there with the UCMJ to the point that many of its provisions are or may soon be determined to be internally inconsistent, if not largely ineffectual at achieving the stated purpose (aside from villifying and destorying the accused on nothing more than allegation).
Congressional tinkering has been designed to curtail a commander's discretion but Congress is oblivious to the fact that someone else will have to exercise discretion in lieu of the commander–preferably a prosecutor. Will Congress be any more happen with those discretionary decision? NO! Because like now, under the new system, they will NOT be concerned about the PROCESS, only the RESULTS which much equal CONVICTIONS or, to their way of thinking, the system is NOT combatting a mythical, patriarchal "rape culture."
As for the use of the word "victim" vice "complaining witness," I prefer the latter for intellectual and procedural integrity in court, but the former is easier and quicker to type in an online discussion. Should I be more consistent? Yes. Fail on my part.
Finally, as for the Niemöller. quote: Again, one of my favorites and yes, it is more apropo in this current paranoia-inducing, hyper-political environment than just about any other quote.
The line that starts with "I don want" should read "I do want".
I just read the article again over lunch. Matthew Burris, if you are out there, out-freaking-standing, Sir!
I am inclined to believe that you would prefer that Commanders retain control over the UCMJ, as it seems the slow thinkers would leave well enough alone. I would disagree on that position because all the well-cited issues you address with nary a wasted word (although I had to look up abjure and redound) has created an environment rife with the appearance of UCI, bias, and CYA on the part of Commanders that it would be difficult to continue the Commander in control tack.
I just hope this isn't for you a "Jerry Maguire manifesto" scenario where you suffer adverse career consequences because you were merely telling it like it is. Once again, outstanding job.
Correction. "MAJ Tom Jasper" is a LTC.
First they came . . .[1]
Unwittingly, retired former deputy judge advocate Major General Charles Dunlap was channeling Martin Niemöller's admonition to those who fail to stand up in the face of a great wrong. Major General Dunlap was commenting on the refusal of Senator McCaskill to allow a vote on Lieutenant General Helms' nomination.
"Let's see how many senators are prepared to vote against a women (sic) who is one of the most qualified officers' on the planet for the job simply because she exercised her conscience as the law demanded her to do," Dunlap said in an Oct. 24 email. "If people doing their job as Congress designed it are nevertheless punished like this, who is next? Judges? Defense counsel? Anyone in uniform?
Jeff Schogol, Lawmaker sustains 6-month hold on 3-star's nomination, Air Force Times, October 27, 2013, at 3. This is a current article close enough in time to trial to be concerning. Here we are also concerned for those Major General Dunlap missed — the panel members. We know convening authorities are already a target.
For instance, Governor Gibson of Vermont, was very wroth at the treatment he had received as a member of a court-martial, being called in by the commanding officer and reprimanded. And when Mr. Gibson told him that he was a lawyer and that they could not tell him how to decide cases, that the choice was to get him off the court or let him use his conscience on the case, they got him off the court.
Statement of Prof. Edmund M. Morgan, Jr., Harvard Univ. Law School, before the House Subcomm. on Armed Serv., 81st Cong., 1st sess., on H.R. 2498, 1949.[2]
[2] See also, Edmund M. Morgan, Papers on the Drafting of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, available at http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/digital/morgan-papers-ucmj.html
For you Kincaid.
Mr. Cave, the doc links in your last comment aren't working.
And one has to look no farther than the March 21st edition of the Stars and Stripes to see Congress going after a military judge for the sentence he gave in the Sinclair court martial:
Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat, called the punishment "laughable."
"This sentence is a mockery of military justice, a slap on the wrist nowhere close to being proportional to Sinclair's offenses," Speier said. "The misuse of government funds should be enough to fire Gen. Sinclair. There are plenty of former government employees who have been canned for less."
Now, i think that Judge Pohl has been attempting to retire for a while now, but what if he was vying for one of the elusive Army JAG stars. You typically see military judge's retiring as an O-6. Has a former MJ ever been a TJAG or made GO rank? If so, do you think Congresswoman Speier would question Judge Pohl's sentence in Sinclair if he was selected to be the next TJAG? Of course, I think he possesses much more integrity than to allow some Congresswoman's ignorant comments to sway his discretion, but it sure doesn't prevent some in Congress from being bullies. And, I can't necessarily say that it is completely innappropriate for a Congressional representative to comment on a sentence that is too lenient, as I would want someone in Congress to comment on a sentence they believed too harsh or a proceeding that is unfair for a client I was representing. Of course, that would never happen if the court marital involved a 120 specification because a "fair trial" appears to be the least of their concerns..
What gets me about Rep. Speier's comment is that she has completely failed to educate herself about what a punitive discharge is, when it is appropriate, and what it means. It's not just someone being "fired" from the military, which I think is what she thinks it means. It's a permanent, serious stain on their reputation and a mechanism to strip them of all military benefits earned up to that point. She also has failed to grasp that BG Sinclair will most certainly be "canned" — just administratively rather than punitively. It drives me nuts that this lady sees fit to comment on the military justice system without doing even the most basic research into same.
Mr. Cave: Thanks much for the additional reference material. It is much appreciated!
AF_DC, you hit the problem on its head! When would a member of Congress care to inform themselves of a current process, system or law before passing new legislation or commenting wildly about it? As society goes, so too its representatives. It was not sound research or numbers that formed the basis of the "sex assault crisis", something I think that Air Force Major Burris's piece addresses somewhat well. It was possibility and paranoid conjecture that led some, like Congresswoman Speiers to lash out at something she felt she could change. Also, K. Fischer, I am not familiar with a former trial judge becoming a GO, though if I am not mistaken the former Army DJAG sat on the ACCA. Obviously that position would not expose a judge to the same scrutiny, but perhaps in the future?
In his capacity as USALSA Commander, then BG Tate was also the Chief Judge of ACCA. He sat on several cases and was later promoted to MG. I do not know if TJAG or DJAG sat on panels when they were USALSA Commanders/Chief Judge.
Mr. Cave:
Thanks again for the reference to the Harvard Law Library records involving the drafting of the UCMJ. I have much research to follow-up on.However, in my brief perusal of the website thus far, I notice most glaringly the following date: 1949–a full sixty-five years ago!
And Prof. Morgan's 1949 quote, below, stands out as the pronouncement, then, of a great compromise, which was quite appropriate for the times:
"We were convinced that a Code of Military Justice cannot ignore the military circumstance under which it must operate but we were equally determined that it must be designated to administer justice. We, therefore, aimed at providing functions for command and appropriate procedures for the administration of justice. We have done our best to strike a fair balance, and believe that we have given appropriate recognition of each factor."
The Professor's statement of compromise was, in 1949, a seismic shift in the way military justice matters would be handled as compared to how that had been handled 40 years.In the 65 years since Professor Morgan made that statement, American society has changed.Its people (its volunteers) have changed–just as the American's who would serve after 1949 had changed significantly from prior generations.Each successive generation–better educated and more demanding than their predecessors–expected more from the system than they would get and the system had to change–it had to evolve.
What is the common thread between the "revolutionary" changes that distinguished the UCMJ in 1949/50 from its predecessor and the need today or tomorrow for the next set of evolutionary changes that must inevitably occur?It is simple: the education of the public at large who are the recruits of today and will be the recruits of tomorrow.As Americans have expanded and broadened their formal education, so too has evolved their expectations of what is proper, right and just–and their tolerance for mistreatment, real or perceived, in what is supposed to be a "justice system," shrank.
The pattern of education driving social change in the military reminds me of Sir Edmund Burke's defense of the American Colonies and their reputation for being difficult to deal with:
"Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards the growth and effect of this untractable spirit. I mean their education. In no country perhaps in the world is the law so general a study. The profession itself is numerous and powerful; and in most provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to the congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavour to obtain some smattering in that science. I have been told by an eminent bookseller, that in no branch of his business, after tracts of popular devotion, were so many books as those on the law exported to the plantations. The colonists have now fallen into the way of printing them for their own use. I hear that they have sold nearly as many of Blackstone's Commentaries in America as in England. General Gage marks out this disposition very particularly in a letter on your table. He states, that all the people in his government are lawyers, or smatterers in law…
This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze."
While Burke was defending the colonies' general churlishness towards England to the average colonist's education in law, the point is the same in the 21st Century. Though law is not nearly as studied today as it was in Burke's time, each generation of Americans is much more educated, generally, than the last, and as a society, that significant education erodes tolerance for perceived injustices.The UCMJ of 1949/50 is full of actual and perceived injustices in practice, which beget discord.Only today, with an all-volunteer force, discord is much more dangerous to the nation.It will result in fewer recruits and fewer re-enlistments–which will hurt national security.
For the future, not only of the service members who serve, but also ofthe nation, the UCMJ must evolve.The UCMJ today is no more appropriate a "justice system" for 21st Century American service members than were the Articles of War to the 20th Century American service members.The system must evolve beyond the comfort of "we've always done it this way" simply because Amercans will no longer accept the way we've always done it.
These are challenging times that call for significant, dynamic and seismic changes.And so far, we are failing to meet that challenge–and leading that failure is Congress and those among us who allow it or encourage it with our silence.
@ Richard Stevens: 2 things, (1) I'm not quite sure who you're referring to even after 30 years as an AF judge advocate. The only real "critical thinker" during that time span – and someone willing to publicly talk and write about things that needed to be thought about and addressed, has been imho Maj Gen Charles Dunlap, Jr.,(ret), currently at Duke Law School. But, before anyone goes "ga-ga" over the AF JAGC, recall the former AF TJAG Fiscus fiasco [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Fiscus ][retired as an 0-6, Colonel]; the Colonel Mike Murphy debacle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Murphy ][retired as an 0-2, 1Lt]; or the Kelly Flinn "affair" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Flinn_incident ]
(2) But you nailed it as to the AF JAGC website! http://www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-131219-083.pdf Two of the 3 articles in the Military Justice section apply.
In the category of "thinking slow," I might add studying some history may be of significant assistance. During the two years of hearings post WW II into the then abysmal state of "military justice," the Congressional Hearings rightfully focused on the "evil" of unlawful command influence vis-à-vis Article 37, UCMJ. UCI is of course one of the military topics du jour yet few know, much less understand that Congress clearly intended to make UCI an offense under the UCMJ, albeit in a round-about way. One of the intended purposes of that little-known and (almost) never utilized punitive article, Article 98, UCMJ, was intended to be the means to punish those engaging in UCMJ. One merely needs to look at the Index to the Legislative History [page XIII] to see that under the category "Command Influence (Art. 37)," one then sees "Punishment (Art. 98)." http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/title_index.pdf
Of course the problem here is that this depends on SJA's and TC's with the moral and professional fortitude to advise Commanders and Convening Authorities that UCI can (and should) be prosecuted – while those same SJA's and TC's look into the mirror. All it would take is for one courageous military judge to "refer" the matter of UCI for criminal investigation to the TJAG concerned and the pendulum would come flying at breakneck speed back the other way.
Finally, just to point out that the military does not have a monopoly on false or even spurious complaints, here's a sad story, where even a $9 million dollar verdict, will not put his life back together again . . . . http://www.thenationaltriallawyers.org/2014/03/exonerated-father-9-million-false-sex-abuse/
Umm, for reasons unknown, the link to the AF JAG portal is screwed up. Hopefully this one works!
There should be nothing after the .pdf at the end.
Am I alone in believing that the Air Force JAG Corps is excessively enamored with the SVC program?
A.D.: No, you are not alone. If memory serves, the SVC program was an AF idea and now they pride themselves in the inter–um–invention that is leading the race to the bottom of the Congressional pit of injustice where all that matters is the subjective satisfaction with the outcome of a trial, no matter how un-just the process used to achieve those results.
RK–that's a bit much. You can argue whether it's money well-spent, or whether there's any legitimate role for SVCs at trial, but to argue that the provision of an attorney to a client entitled by statute to legal assistance is "leading the race" to the "pit of injustice" is unfair to both to the attorneys and clients who (independent of the criminal trial) have legal issues to contend with. There are good and bad people in every segment of our occupation, but in my view providing free legal counsel is rarely the source of injustice.
But then, I am an AF guy…
To start, I enjoy reading your posts, not because I agree with all of them, but because it is readily apparent that your are passionate about the subject. One thing you note over and over again is that a 'true "justice" system' is about process rather than outcome; I wholeheartedly agree. The sanctity and fairness of the process to my clients is what is I focus on and the way we (in the AF SVC program, at least) have been trained to think with respect to our representation. We are expressly instructed that our job is not to see the ACC convicted and I can tell you that for my clients the government's goal of securing a conviction is often, if not usually, subordinate to other interests my clients express, chiefly privacy and minimal further disruption of their lives.
Put simply, I disagree that ensuring a fair process for the AV is necessarily a race to injustice for the ACC. MRE 412 and MRE 513 existed previous to SVCs and aforded rights to AVs already; what prejudice occurs to the ACC by having someone with a bit more training then a 20 year old high-school grad articulate why she doesn't think it makes sense that she has to be crossed on whether she was molested as a child? The arguments we are making on this issues are not particularly new or novel for the ACC (or the gov't who may also disagree) to respond to, but they are based on actually having a meaningful conversation with the AV about her feelings about what is going on as opposed to the 5 min discussion during a recess that I've seen TCs have with AVs on these issues in the past.
Further, this idea is not particularly novel; there are plenty of instances of 3rd party intervention for limited purposes where this are recognized rights as there are here and was recognized by CAAF; no one is asking to to anything in front of the members in findings.
The above is just with respect to the process when we actually get to trial; I have a number of client's cases resulting from 3rd party reports (e.g. they told a friend in confidence and never expected or wished to make a report to LE). Many of my clients will tell me that they they know it will be their word against the ACC's, that (often) they feel like they made bad decisions prior to getting to the point of the assault, (often) that this is a friend whose life they don't want to ruin, and (quite often) that they just want everyone to leave them alone. My standard approach to them is that I understand all of those concerns, that these cases are always difficult, and that there is nothing wrong with not wanting to put yourself through this process; often they decide they just want the process to stop. Unlike in the civilian sector however, DoD LEAs don't just walk away and will take the position that a full investigation must proceed even w/o cooperation which is frustrating to my clients (as I'm sure it is to the ACC); my job then quickly becomes an exercise in stymying the investigation as much as I can through a refusal to cooperate in any way. In the political environment so frequently criticized here, where many seem to believe that as long as JA can put an AV on the stand, we are going to trial, our involvment and ability to explain to they client that they really don't have to do this is they don't want to, and to make that clear to the players in the process (who are often, if unintentionally, intimidating to our clients), is sometimes they only way to stop the train.
Finally, some of your criticisms are IMO completely fair; for example, why do we only represent AVs in sex assault cases when there are AVs in plenty of other types of serious cases out there? I think we all know the answer to that is the laser focus on one subset of crimes at the moment which is what spurred the introduction of this program, but I can also tell you that the belief in my community is that eventually that will change and we will take AVs in other types of cases.
I don't expect the Defense community to like our program, though I could point out a few ADCs who have been happy to work with me when it served their client's interests, and, to A.Dreyfus's point, there are certainly senior AF JAGs who strongly opposed this idea (and still do). My point is that, whatever objections there are, from my personal observations and the (honest, I think) feedback I am getting from DC I work with, the idea that this program has somehow fatally changed the dynamics in court to disfavor the ACC is not supported by ground-truth.
Three fairly recent anecdotes about SVC's. I wonder if there might be more.
1. CW shows up to testify at the 32 with a lighted candle at the witness chair, because it helps relax. Yes, it's weird, but belay the snotty comments on this and focus on the issue of what exactly are or should be the accommodations for sexual assault witnesses, compared to any witness, and the the constraints of the SVC program. As a defense counsel I might not necessarily object to this in front of members – it's a perception and credibility issue. If it helps testify at the 32 so the CW is willing to testify at the 32 rather than not show up, why not let it be.
2. SVC is allegedly cautioned by civilian authorities about interfering with a civilian police investigation, because the SVC thinks the representation includes dealings with civilian authorities.
3. SVC provides talking points for CW who is to testify by phone at a 32 (which she apparently has in front of her while testifying). Also, the SVC is overheard (and taped) by the GR, IO, DC, "coaching" the CW as she answers questions.
Of these three, the third is in fact a real concern to an accused and the system, and great cross-examination if the case goes to trial, after a motion to recuse the specific SVC. I would place that in the realm of potential ethical issues as well as potential witness tampering concerns, and if not that serious certainly an issue of good judgment. If the "allegation" is correct, the parties were lucky to have caught it. I wonder how many other similar incidents are out there which need to be addressed. The talking points would arguably be discoverable, so this opens up the issue of discovery and the extent of attorney-client privilege. MRE 612 comes to mind in terms of writings such as talking points, emails, text messages, and in some instances attorney notes of interviews. I believe I have referred to this issue of SVC notes in several prior comments. I'm thinking a Cf., to when a writing that relates to the subject matter of the testimony of a government witness has been "signed or otherwise adopted or approved by" the government witness, it is producible under the Jencks Act even though the writing was prepared by the government lawyer [read SVC] who interviewed the witness. This might be an appropriate remedy in a case such as this where a SVC is alleged to have coached a CW. Goldberg v. United States, 425 U.S. 94, 97 (1976); United States v. Vanderweir, 25 M.J. 263 (C.M.A. 1987)(in camera review of TC (read SVC) notes is a preferred method of establishing need for discovery of notes).
I have no problem with the SVC program. But coaching and manipulation of testimony crosses the line – again, if my information is correct.
"3. SVC provides talking points for CW who is to testify by phone at a 32 (which she apparently has in front of her while testifying). Also, the SVC is overheard (and taped) by the GR, IO, DC, "coaching" the CW as she answers questions."
No quible there; clearly well beyond the line of permissible representation. If that is happening, it needs to stop; but again, at least in the AF, unequivocally not something we are being instructed would be permissble or to do.
As to the other examples; I am not a big fan of these types of "accomodations" (candle, service dog etc) but if the client wanted one: why not, I guess? Again, my job is not to do what's best for the conviction, but what is best for the client and if they a) want to testify and b) feel they need something like that, fine. Also, I wouldn't feel any differently if a victim of a non-sexual assault wanted one.
Finally, as to the civilian investigation, we (again, in the AF) are authorized to advocate client interests to civ authorities for service-eligible clients with cases being worked by the civilians. As to "interference," it would obviously depend on the facts: I'm free to advise my client not to, for example, turn over her cell-phone to LE absent a warrant or subpoena. I'm obviously not free (whether in a mil or civ case) to advise her to then take the cell-phone home and toss it in the microwave in case a subpoena or warrant is issued.
@ NSF: My apologies. You are correct. I was a bit over the top with my rhetorical flourish. That is what happens when I am typing while on the way to class—there is a lesson there for me! That admission being what it is, I do seriously doubt that any system that allows "tag-teaming" between witnesses and the government against an accused is not JUST. SVCs are being substituted for the judge, whose role was to limit the impact of the process on victims of crime-any crime. SVCs with standing to intervene on behalf of witnesses are simply improper, no matter how politically satisfying the outcome. I do not desire to vilify the SVCs who, like defense counsel are simply defending their client's interests and like defense counsel, some have some real sketchy, less-than-worthy clients. But both SVCs and DCs have a job to do and they should do so zealously. And yes, I should have been more precise in sticking with my main point–there should NOT be an SVC program, for historical, economic (fiscal and judicial) and social policy or other "just" reasons. But we have one, and while we must presently tolerate their interference, we can and should complain about the damage they have done or are doing to the process and the wisdom of the programs existence. Its existence does support the "ends justify the means" analysis. But thank you for calling me out for my excess!
@ AFSVC: Regarding my comments about the SVC program, please see my comments, above, to NSF! Thank you, too, for calling me out for being over the top. I do see the merits to your comments and they are much appreciated on many levels. As is your keeping me honest.
I'll reiterate a point I made awhile back: the SVC is VWAP on steroids, except exclusively for sexual assault victims. All victims should have Victim Witness assistance as the program envisions it.
I don't know if anyone saw the referenced Washington Post article, "Sex assault victims find help navigating military justice system," but there were some troubling narratives there as well.
Sen Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who has been among the most outspoken congressional critics of the military's handling of sexual assault cases, said that SVCs have told her privately that they sometimes advise victims not to report, especially if they were drinking at the time of the incident. SVCs also have advised clients against seeking mental health treatment, urging them to speak to a chaplain instead to protect those private conversations and keep them out of court.
Although the rules for military trials, have not yet clearly defined SVCs' participation, Gillibrand said she will seek broader authority for them.
"Having an advocate for every victim is very meaningful, but they need a meaningful role within the legal system and that is something we need to keep working on going forward," she said.
Aside from the additional Congressional reengagement on this issue, a couple of questions arise. First, how or why does a victim contact the SVC before contacting the SARC or VA? Second, seeking mental health is beneficial for the CW's overall recovery, and there is something squirrely about avoiding it just because the CW or her psychologist may have to be cross-examined in a court-martial one day. I know the program is new, but there ought to be some boundaries drawn, not make the role broader as the Senator suggests.


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Change is a very cool, if somewhat hard to follow, comic. Ales Kot has written a kind of stream-of-consciousness, or perhaps Impressionistic story about three people who have some kind of connection to each other, but it's still not very clear what that is.
W-2, a successful rapper, escapes from a home invasion only to have his wife disappear in front of him. He has no idea what to do, but ends up reconnecting with Sonia, a screenwriter he has just fired. They are being pursued by the NSA, who are perhaps in league with the cultists that had just separately attacked them. They go to a friend of W-2's for help, but a phone call W-2 takes could have changed everything.
The first issue of this series also introduced an astronaut who was returning to Earth after a very long voyage to another planet (I forget which). We learn a lot more about him this month, through a number of flashbacks to his childhood and his relationship with a woman who left him in debt. At least, I assume those things all happened to the astronaut.
This book is never very quick to explain itself, and the art jumps from scene to scene without making it clear that it has moved in time or place. Kot and artist Morgan Jeske excel at creating a mood and tone through their art and story, and that seems to be of more importance than plot.
I really like Jeske's art, and I'm enjoying this story even if it's not all that easy to understand at this point. The ad in the back promises more answers next issue, and that is something I look forward to.
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Come on out and join the greater Sugarloaf snowboard community for the 8th Annual Sugarloaf Banked Slalom event brought to you in conjunction with hometown hero and Gold Medal Athlete, Seth Wescott.
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Online registration is $50 and will include a custom registration gift. This does not include a lift ticket. There are NO day of registrations! Any remaining spots will be available at the registration party on Friday night in the Widowmaker at a cost of $60.
Lift tickets for Banked Slalom riders on Saturday and Sunday will be discounted to only $55 per day, half the price of the retail rate. If you don't have a season pass, your total for the event weekend will be $160. Tickets may only be purchased as a two-day pass for $110 total, no single day, discounted tickets. Tickets can be purchased by clicking HERE in addition to your event registrations. Tickets WILL NOT be available at Guest Services until 8AM on Saturday so please purchase your tickets in advance or you will not be able to ride the early lift for course inspection.Register for 8th Annual Banked Slalom by clicking HERE!
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Online registration will remain open until Friday, March 23rd at 5:00pm, or until we reach our max field of 225 riders.
If there are still openings the night before the race, we will accept registrations on Friday night at bib and packet pickup located at the Widowmaker. Registrations will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be increased to $60.
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Each rider will need to have a release form filled out prior to the event. Please have a parent/guardian present if under 18 or you will not be allowed to race.
The Sugarloaf Banked Slalom course will be on our Sidewinder trail, which is lookers left off the Super Quad chairlift. Lookers right from the Double Runner chair. Grab a trail map at the Super Quad loading area or in Guest Services if you have questions about the location.
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If any registration spots are available, this will be your last chance to register for the 8th Annual Banked Slalom at an increased price of $60. There will be NO day of registration.
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You will NOT get a chance to ride the course before the competition begins. If you would like to scout the trail from the sidelines, this is your chance. The course starts at the Jean Luce Race Timing Building.
Mandatory Riders Meeting - Top of course; Jean Luce Building 9:15AM
Fastest route up is via the Double Runner West Chair. This chair will begin operation for Banked Slalom riders ONLY at 8:00am. Must be wearing event bib and have valid lift ticket or season pass to load lift.
Day #1 Racing 9:30AM - 3:00PM*All riders must take at least 1 run on Saturday in order to move onto Sunday's finals*Run order will be organized by bib number which will be assigned youngest to oldest. Each rider will get two runs; second runs will start around Noon. The best time of the two runs will count towards qualifying.
Riders will drop every minute (average). Plan accordingly and be ready for your run. With over 200 competitors, we do not have time, nor will we wait for you to arrive. If you are not present when your bib is called, you may not get a chance to take that run.
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Course Inspection - Banked Slalom Course; Sidewinder Trail 8:00AM - 9:00AM
You will NOT get a chance to ride the course before the competition begins. If you would like to scout the trail from the sidelines, this is your chance. The course starts at the Jean Luce Race Timing Building.
Mandatory Riders Meeting - Top of course; Jean Luce Building 9:15AM
Fastest route up is via the Double Runner West Chair. This chair will begin operation for Banked Slalom riders ONLY at 8:00am. Must be wearing event bib and have valid lift ticket or season pass to load lift.
Finals Racing 9:30AM - 3:00PM (aprox.)
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In deep prayer and mystical revelation of God he found. Although these things are beautiful care practices, and are certainly starting points to a rhythm of life that offers deeper healing, they ar.
With no other book providing specific prayer points for specific problems of the soul. thus affecting their walk with God. It is only the healing power of Jesus Christ that is able to restore any b.
RCCG 21 Days Fasting and Prayer Points July 2018 [Second Lap] PREAMBLE: Joel 2:23-25 "Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the.
A senior English Catholic bishop has issued new norms on healing. special prayer to remove obstacles, bondages, memories, entanglements and addictions of a spiritual origin that hold a person back,
He said the display "points out a hatred and a mistrust. have the local imam do the opening prayer next week and create opportunities to build bridges of friendship and healing, which is really wha.
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l am blessed by Cindy Trimm she is a blessing in my life l am real touched with the Healing Prayer by Cindy Trimm. l wish l could find the words of all her prayers.
The bishops stated that, "those who arrogantly regard themselves as wise in their own estimation and the Christian faith as nonsense, those who blaspheme our God as stupid, Saint Paul's words are to t.
Grace Wanunda Reply: February 3rd, 2012 at 2:14 am. If you did the July 2011 prayer academy, the next thing you didnt mention is if you completed the 7 lesson after the academy and forwarded Elisha your assignments.
God longs for you to be in prayer with Him, and He especially desires you to pray. If you hear her belittling herself through comparisons, point her to Psalm 139:14. Day 10: Pray for her to see str.
Grace Wanunda Reply: February 3rd, 2012 at 2:14 am. If you did the July 2011 prayer academy, the next thing you didnt mention is if you completed the 7 lesson after the academy and forwarded Elisha your assignments.
Praise God, I am thanking God for thus far he has brought me ,stand with me in prayer as i trust God for healing of all kinds of infirmities in my body and increase in spiritual growth.
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"The nation of the Bahamas stands at a pivotal point in its history as it celebrates 40 years of independence. Minister Brice said, prayer is the key that will shift the nation into a new season of.
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You have to prophetically speak these words into the atmosphere (and upon your life and territory) and believe in God for the manifestation of His power. Remember, it is not my might, not by power but by the Spirit of the living God, so as you pray believe the Holy Ghost is enforcing your decrees according to the will of God. The prayer points listed below are taken from the word of God so.
It is another thing to ensure the delivery of the goods of governance through a strong foundation, workable public institutions, and prayers, especially, at a difficult time like this. As a starting p.
Miracle Prayer Scriptures "You are the God of. miracles and wonders! You still demonstrate your awesome power.". Psalm 77:14 TLB. Jeremiah 17:7 TLB "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and has made the Lord his hope and confidence."
In an effort to bring dialogue and healing to a community, local and national leaders. and social media have aided in exposing the ugly truths about our society to the point that it can no longer b.
Inspirational prayer for healing and powerful teaching about receiving. at this point and show how we can take a scripture and extend our faith in prayer for healing. Jeremiah 30:17 says, "For I will restore health to you and heal you of your.
Who wants to pray dangerous prayers like "Break me"? I know I didn't, We walked through the fire of brokenness, restoration and healing together. Josh and I.
Praise God Elisha, I have been praying using the prayer bullets i receive from you. I have seen the hand of God and believe that he will answer all my prayers.I am deep in debt and praying that God will get me out of them.Again i am praying that God strengthens my faith and believe in HIS ability since i have been thinking too much about the debt to point where my blood pressure has gone up.
As you pray these prayers for those who are physically ill and those who need. reach out to you and know that You have the power to restore his/her health.
Sep 9, 2013. (See scripture prayers at the bottom of this post.). Tags: children, family, God, husband, marriage, prayer, unity, wife, We are hurt and broken, I know there is nothing impossible for the Lord and i have faith that he will restore my family. We need deliverance and salvation and healing and forgiveness in.
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I have no doubt that some of those people were praying for healing for our Church. Prayer allows us to tell God we are sorry. Whatever you do, keep in mind these two points that we absolutely must.
[4] To avoid needless quibbling, I would point out from the start that the mention of. to avoid these tragedies, to bring healing and restoration to the victims, and to improve the training imparte.
Apr 24, 2012. Heal me. Free me. Cleanse me. Purify me. Purify me of sin and illness. Restore me. Restore me to health. Mobilize my body at every level to.
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spent 24 hours in fasting and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. avoid self-absorption—and it ends in a restoration of community. A medieval Maundy Thursday offered striking visual imagery of hop.
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Prayer for the restoration of health is therefore part of the Church's experience in. that such disciplinary determinations be given their point of reference within a.
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It is something needed not only for the restoration. Second, the prayers that the bishops recommended for the 2017 Day of Prayer focus on "those" people who caused pain, rather than themselves. For.
The shelf on which Christ's body was laid is the central point of veneration, which has been encapsulated by a 3-by-5 foot marble structure – the Edicule – since at least 1555. A year-long restoration.
Mar 8, 2018. Hot 20 Prayer Points For Divine Mercy And Favour You Should Know / Is. Father Lord, please restore me to full health and remove all fear and.
(Psalm 38:8) And that prayer, whether we can bring ourselves to believe it or not, is heard. Throughout the Scriptures, we learn that the groaning of his people turns God's heart to healing and restor.
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Within a week, he received a personal response from his bishop, pledging to reflect on these points. healing, the restoration of the Church, and especially for those who need God's graces most but.
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* The Cubs have scored 18 runs over their two victories this season, but just one over their three losses. Chicago has been shut out in back-to-back games, but hasn't gone three straight games without any runs since a four-game drought in 1992.
* The Brewers were shut out while committing at least three errors on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three years (April 6, 2015 versus Colorado). Milwaukee is now batting .159 with no outs this season, .270 with one out and an MLB-best .346 with two outs.
* The Cubs went 10-9 against the Brewers last season, faring better at Miller Park (7-3) than Wrigley Field (3-6). For the season overall, each team collected 52 extra-base hits in the series, though the Cubs did outscore Milwaukee after the sixth inning by a margin of 35-17.
* Since joining the Cubs in 2015, Jon Lester is 3-0 with a 2.66 ERA over four starts against Milwaukee. The .195 average he's allowed versus the Brewers since 2015 is Lester's lowest against any opponent he's faced more than once.
* Brent Suter has pitched very well in two career starts versus the Cubs, compiling a 0.73 ERA along with a 0.89 WHIP and a .227 slugging percentage allowed. In his career, Suter is allowing a .218 batting average his first time through opposing lineups, compared to .296 in the second trip and .411 thereafter.
* Christian Yelich may miss some time as he deals with oblique tightness. If so, Milwaukee would be without the player who has produced the highest batting average against fastballs (.348) by any hitter since 2013, the year Yelich entered the majors (minimum 1000 PA ending on fastballs).


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In 1962 at the height of the Cuban missile Crisis, a Soviet Naval ofiicer prevented the launch of a nuclear armed torpedo, and therefore a possible nuclear war.
The year is 1961, the Soviets and the U.S are locked in deadly arms race for nuclear supremacy on land, in the air and at sea. On the 23rd of October that year, submarine commander Nikolai Shumkov is sent to Chernaya (black) Bay in the Novaya Zemlya atomic test site. His mission, to test the soviet Navy's latest addition to their arsenal, a torpedo tipped with RDS-9 nuclear warhead. The test weapon code named Korall, detonated with a force of 4.8 kilotonnes twenty meters under the surface of the bay sending a huge plume of highly radioactive water high into the air. Without doubt, the devestating effects of this weapon made a powerful and lasting impression on him. Shumkov was later to recieve the Ushakov Medal for his successfull testing of the Soviet Union's first nuclear armed torpedo.
In 1962, the United States had more than eight times as many bombs and missile warheads as the USSR. The U.S. had also deployed 15 Jupiter IRBMs (intermediate-range ballistic missiles) at Izmir, Turkey. These missiles could strike Moscow within just 16 minutes. This gave the U.S. a highly significant "first strike" capability, and upset the delicate status quo of the shared policy of M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction). In a move to redress this imbalance, under strict secrecy Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had installed medium and long range SS-4 and SS-5 nuclear missiles (under Soviet control) in Cuba in an operation code-named Anadyr.
In addition to the missiles, on October 1st, four diesel "Foxtrot" class attack submarines of the Soviet Sixty-Ninth Submarine Brigade had been dispatched from Sayda Bay Murmank. Submarines B-4, B-36, B-59 are captained by Alexei Dubivko, Ryurik Ketov and Valentin Savitsky. The fourth boat B130 was captained by Nikolai Shumkov, the same submarine he had used for the nuclear test in Novaya Zemlya the year before.
The captains had been given orders to establish a submarine base at Mariel bay Cuba. They were to undertake this mission under strict secrecy, carrying nuclear-tipped torpedoes and unusually the authority to use them independently without any direct authorisation from Moscow. According to captain Ketov, the four of them had made a pact that if one deployed a nuclear weapon, then they would all follow suit.
During the duration of the missile crisis, U.S. naval officers had no knowledge of Soviet plans for a submarine base, or that the Foxtrot submarines they would encounter were nuclear-armed. Nevertheless, the Navy high command worried that the submarines, which had already been detected in the north Atlantic, could endanger enforcement of the blockade. Therefore, under orders from the Pentagon, U.S. Naval forces carried out systematic efforts to track Soviet submarines in tandem with the plans to blockade, and possibly invade, Cuba.
While ordered not to attack the submarines, the Navy had received instructions from Secretary of Defense McNamara to signal Soviet submarines in order to induce them to surface and identify themselves. Soon messages conveying "Submarine Surfacing and Identification Procedures" were transmitted to Moscow and other governments around the world.
The next morning, on 24 October, President Kennedy and the National Security Council's Executive Committee (ExCom) discussed the submarine threat and the dangers of an incident. According to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, when Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara reviewed the use of practice depth charges (PDCs), the size of hand grenades, to signal the submarines, "those few minutes were the time of greatest worry to the President. His hand went up to his face & he closed his fist". Within a few days, U.S. navy task groups in the Caribbean had identified Soviet submarines in the approaches to Cuba and were tracking them with all of the detection technology that they had at their disposal.
The U.S. effort to surface the Soviet submarines involved considerable risk; exhausted by weeks undersea in difficult circumstances and worried that the U.S. Navy's practice depth charges were dangerous explosives, senior officers on several of the submarines, notably B-59 and B-130, were rattled enough to talk about firing nuclear torpedoes.
A disquieting account of an incident aboard submarine B-130, when U.S. destroyers were pitching PDCs at it. In a move to impress the Communist Party political officer, Captain Nikolai Shumkov ordered the preparations of torpedoes, including the tube holding the nuclear torpedo; the special weapon security officer then warned Shumkov that the torpedo could not be armed without permission from headquarters. After hearing that the security officer had fainted, Shumkov told his subordinates that he had no intention to use the torpedo "because we would go up with it if we did."
Significantly more dangerous was an incident on submarine B-59 recalled by Vadim Orlov, who served as a communications intelligence officer. Orlov recounted the tense and stressful situation on 27 October when U.S. destroyers lobbed PDCs at B-59. According to Orlov, a "totally exhausted" Captain Valentin Savitsky, unable to establish communications with Moscow, "became furious" and ordered the nuclear torpedo to be assembled for battle readiness. Savitsky roared "We're going to blast them now! We will die, but we will sink them all." Deputy brigade commander Second Captain Vasili Archipov managed to calm down Savitsky, and they made the decision to surface the submarine.
If the Soviets had used nuclear torpedoes, by accident or otherwise, the U.S. would have made a "nuclear counter-response" and the third world war would have ensued. Fortunately, the U.S. and Soviet leadership, from heads of state to naval commanders wanted to avoid open conflict; cool heads, professionalism, and some amount of luck, kept the crisis under control.
At the conference commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis held in Havana on 13 October 2002, Robert McNamara admitted that nuclear war had come much closer than people had thought. Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, said that "a guy called Vasili Arkhipov saved the world."


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5 Questions with Laura Barns… Heather Sossaman of Unfriended
There was a great opportunity to chat with Heather Sossaman, who plays Laura Barns in the film Unfriended, which is truly an immersive cinematic experience. Since the film takes place entirely on a computer screen, and much of the action is over Skype, we decided that the only way to speak with Sossaman was via Skype as well.
Despite having slightly less mastery of the app than her character, Sossaman was extremely generous with her answers. She revealed that many Easter eggs exist within the film, "There's miniature appearances from the writers and director and their Facebook profile", and said something really fascinating, which is that "The Internet is a very scary place, even without demons".
You filmed a while back, with a different title?
Yeah, it was a different title, different expectations, where it's come since then has been totally shocking for all of us, which is cool.
You got involved over Skype, right?
It is right, which is just so ironic to the movie. You can see how the producers came up with the concept, as they're international so this is just kind of how they work. But they were already well into filming when they reached out to me about Laura Barns. Obviously you've seen the movie so you know what Laura does, and my manager said (raises voice high) "there's just one little thing about the role". (Drops voice) "that you might want to think about", and she tells me what happens to Laura in the party video, and I was like "Oh, God!"
It felt questionable?
You definitely have to do questionable things as an actor, and this one was at the top of my threshold but it's really cool and I'm glad I did.
How many different ways did you appear in the film?
My extra shoot days were mainly ADR, like doing the 911 call. I came in on some of the extra shoot days to take photos with Shelley (Hennig) and the rest of the cast, to establish that Laura was in fact friends with them. Oh, and that very last video where she calls them "the c word", (here Sossaman mimed making a letter "C" with her hand).
That was actually added in at the very last minute and shot just a couple of months ago, just so you could really get Laura, because the kids talk a lot about her, but just until you could see what kind of girl she was, they wanted it to be kind of elusive, but at the same time, just let you get that feel. That was actually one of the most fun ones to shoot, because I was like "this girl!" and you can see the date on it, it's the 10th and she ends up committing suicide on the 12th, so you see the struggle of even she's really hurting, she's not a nice person so there's a battle within herself.
What has the response been like?
This is my first big theatrical release film, so when they first aired the trailer on MTV, I was like "oh, neat". But within seconds, people were finding us, and we were trending on Twitter. And for me, I had to jump on my Instagram and delete some pictures because everybody was screenshotting things of me, and it was just so weird. Like this little role I took almost two years ago, when I took this, I never thought it would turn into this. It's been cool, but a little overwhelming, too.
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I use twitter, and I like tweetdeck, sort of, because I see tweets in real time even if I'm on another application. I "watched" a couple world series baseball games like that.
Anyway, I set up columns to follow things I'm interested in, and a couple of things I keep coming back to are the #amwriting & #amreading people. I assume these are writers and readers. I like doing both, (but I'm only really semi-good at reading) so I follow them as the mood strikes.
My observation so far (completely non-scientific with no attempt at verification) is that the #amwriting people tweet a LOT more than the #amreading people. I suppose that's reasonable.
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Yamaha is now amid a 23-race winless streak in MotoGP, and the Iwata-based manufacturer has failed to even score a podium finish in the past four race weekends.
September 2018
Torres to replace injured Rabat at Aragon
Torres will take the GP16 Ducati that was ridden by MotoGP debutant Christophe Ponsson last weekend at Misano, as Rabat continues to recover from his injuries sustained in his horror practice crash at Silverstone last month.
Pedrosa will join KTM in test role!
Dani Pedrosa will leave the Repsol Honda Team at the end of the season as his Grand Prix racing career comes to an end, but the three-time World Champion will join the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team in a test role after he's completed his final race on board a Honda in Valencia.
Rossi's shows "little child" attitude to Marquez: Lorenzo
Rossi courted controversy in the pre-event press conference for this weekend's Misano round by refusing to shake Marquez's hand, after the Spaniard had expressed a desire to "make peace" with his arch-rival.
"Ducati doesn't use my feedback" says Stoner
Two-time MotoGP champion Casey Stoner says he is unlikely to continue in his current test role with Ducati because the manufacturer doesn't use his feedback.
MotoGP Misano: Espargaro to return on grid
Espargaro broke his left collarbone in a crash during the Sunday warm-up at Brno and had to sit out that weekend's race, before also missing the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone rounds.
Zarco: Missing Misano test could hurt hopes
Johann Zarco says he will continue to target the top five at Misano but concedes missing out on the recent test at the Italian track may hamper his efforts for Monster Yamaha Tech 3.


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