Hadithah trial postponed over CBS subpoena

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Hadithah trial postponed over CBS subpoena
By Chelsea J. Carter - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Feb 29, 2008 20:58:26 EST

SAN DIEGO — A military prosecutor is appealing a judge’s decision to throw out a subpoena for unaired footage of a “60 Minutes” interview given by a Marine squad leader charged in the killings of 24 Iraqis.

The appeal prompted the indefinite postponement of Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich’s court-martial, which was scheduled to begin March 10, Wuterich’s attorney, Mark Zaid, told The Associated Press on Friday.

Marine prosecutor Capt. Nicholas Gannon has said in court documents the unaired CBS footage is vital to the case because it contains admissions by Wuterich of crimes in the attack in Hadithah, Iraq, on Nov. 19, 2005.

Wuterich “apparently admits in an unaired segment that he did in fact order his men to ‘shoot first and ask questions later,”’ Gannon said in a motion filed in early February.

Military judge Lt. Col. Jeffrey Meeks ruled last week that prosecutors did not need the CBS footage to get the evidence they needed.


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