Investigations in Roberts Bales case still not public by the Army
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Investigations in Roberts Bales case still not public by the Army
By ADAM ASHTON
Staff writer
June 1, 2014
More than nine months have passed since Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was sentenced to life in prison for killing 16 Afghan civilians, but the Army still will not release its investigations into the massacre he perpetrated while serving with a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigade.
The Army is adhering to a judicial process that technically does not end until a three-star general at JBLM considers the full record of Bales court-martial and any requests that might be submitted to grant him clemency, said I Corps spokesman Col. Dave Johnson.
As a result, the Army wont disclose its reports on Bales until September at the earliest 13 months after the married father of two from Lake Tapps was sent to prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The timeline could be extended depending on when the Army receives Bales clemency bid.
News organizations requested the documents after Bales court-martial in August. Its not clear whats in the reports; they were not discussed much in court.