Monday, February 10, 2014

Marines Trying To Quiet Critics With Censorship

From the Marine Corp Times:
Marine Corps leaders have ordered the independent Marine Corps Times newspaper removed from its prominent newsstand location at base exchange stores worldwide and placed instead in areas away from checkout lines, where it is harder to find and fewer copies are available.
The move raises troubling questions about motive and closely follows a directive prohibiting commanders from using budget funds to buy Marine Corps Times and a number of other publications.
Marine Corps Times is widely recognized for its comprehensive coverage of the Corps, focusing on everything from career tracks, to pay and benefits, family and spouse issues, and employment after leaving the military.
Throughout much of the past year, the paper has published dozens of articles as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations the service’s commandant, Gen. Jim Amos, abused his authority to ensure Marines were punished for an embarrassing war-zone scandal. Numerous reports have captured the attention of mainstream media outlets, including NPR, CNN and Time magazine, among several others.  http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20140209/NEWS/302090012/
Here is another story about the scandals with the Marines, their commanders and the newspaper: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2014/01/moral-bad-for-drill-instructors-for.html
Clearly, this action by those at the very top of the Marine chain f command and probably the Obama administration, because this is what Obama does, is retaliation for the reporting by the Marine Corp Times.
Just more shame by the Obama administration and those running the Marine Corp.

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