military lawyers for the prosecution not focused on the police chief, an alleged child molester and why the warning was ignored with with three marines gunned down. the prosecution claiming he had 107 files on his computer, all classified information, they said, to write a book about his tours in afghanistan. some of the testimony today was closed to the ub p i can lchl to the public. bing west who knows him from iraq and afghanistan testified that brezler saved one of the kids allegedly mo lesd and returned the child to his family. on the classified information the defense team says it was part of the t hand over file for his replacement. and they show he hadn t accessed it since january of 2011. this is a difficult time for him. he s dedicated his professional life to the service of this
for a marine whose military career is in jeopardy. major jason brezler said he tried to do the right thing, issuing a warning about an afghan police chief with with ties to the taliban and access to a u.s. military base. it was ignored and tloo marines lost their lives in an attack. why is the military coming after the man who tried to stop it? catherine harris reports on day two of the hearing. over 125 pages on behalf of the major that are part of the defense case which opened today. the statements are framed in the context of how a marine or firefighter must make hard judgments about colleagues and their professional worth. it s truly a life or death matter. there is one common thread of jason s professional life and that s to do the right thing. over the years i witnessed his honesty, integrity and willingness to own his mistakes.
country. for the marine corps to falsely make allegations about his character has been a deeply difficult experience for him. a spokesman handling the case confirming that brezler is expected to take stand tomorrow. catherine, thank you. more on that tomorrow night. a group of lawmakers served in the marines is sending a letter to the secretary of the navy. congressman grim joins us now. good to see you. bear with me. it appear it is case comes down in part to a man named general mills. general mills is the guy pushing for the case against brezler. why? yes, i m a marine but was an fbi agent. i have investigated many cases. general mills was close with his predecessor, the former deputy commandant. the marine that asked for the
that there was aggressive action taken. it was retaliatory because major brezler who provided the information self-reported. they say he didn t self-report until his superiors came and said, do you have confidential information on your computer. i don t have all the information but keep in mind his commanding officer said no action should be taken. the investigating officer said no action should be taken. ncis said he didn t commit a crime. the it is only lieutenant general mills that has been pushing for criminal charges. he s a naval academy graduate. bronze star recipient. spotless marine corps record. fdny record assigned to an elite rescue company. is there no benefit of the doubt? let me be clear.
for a marine whose military career is in jeopardy. major jason brezler said he tried to do the right thing, issuing a warning about an afghan police chief with with ties to the taliban and access to a u.s. military base. it was ignored and tloo marines lost their lives in an attack. why is the military coming after the man who tried to stop it? catherine harris reports on day two of the hearing. over 125 pages on behalf of the major that are part of the defense case which opened today. the statements are framed in the context of how a marine or firefighter must make hard judgments about colleagues and their professional worth. it s truly a life or death matter. there is one common thread of jason s professional life and that s to do the right thing. over the years i witnessed his honesty, integrity and willingness to own his mistakes.