To: Members of the U.S. Army Clemency Board From: Rick Amato Subject: Clemency for PFC Corey Clagett Date: January 20, 2010 Dear Clemency Board Members, As an American who is deeply concerned about the alarmingly high number of lower listed young soldiers accused of murder in the War on Terror, I am respectfully writing to [...]
New OnLine Poll, Must-Read Book, Listeners Help Corey Clagett
We have posted a new Edge Of America online poll question for the week: Do you support ending America’s ban on Offshore Oil Drilling, as a solution to high gas prices? Vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No‘ (see upper right hand corner of homepage). …Rick recommends:
Military Investigation Found Tainted
The story below underscores what I have long said: The great untold American story is that a national debate is needed to correct and improve the health of our military judicial system. We are eating our own. Poor investigation procedures, questionable legal representation and a growing trend of lower level enlisted men serving prison time [...]
Tell Us Your Opinion
The Washington Times today reprinted the article ‘Miscarriages Of Justice‘. The article introduces to a national audience the problems which need to be addressed with our military justice system…and in particular…the troubling imprisonment of PFC Corey Clagett. There is an alarming trend in this country of lower level enlisted American soldiers serving prison time for [...]
Story Told To National Audience
This week the Washington Times and Townhall.com featured my article titled ‘Miscarriages Of Justice’. It is the first time the story of PFC Corey Clagett has been told to an audience on a national level. CLICK HERE TO READ. Judging from the tone and amount of email received across the country in response to the [...]
Listen To Pre-Deployment Pep Talk
British reporter John Laurence was embedded with the 101st Airborne Division for 14 months in Iraq. The same division which PFC Corey Clagett served. Afterwards John Laurence produced a documentary which was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Prior to Tribeca, Laurence sent me the film’s trailer- I presume to generate publicity- [...]
Bob Filner’s Letter In Support Of PFC Clagett
As reported here in a previous posting (A Break In The Case) Congressman Bob Filner- House Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee- announced that he would be sending a letter of support to the clemency board in the case of PFC Clagett. We have obtained a copy of the letter and have displayed it below: [...]
Corey Clagett Fundraiser A Success!
We continue to raise money and awareness on behalf on wrongly imprisoned 24 year old soldier PFC Corey Clagett. This past week his mother- Melanie Dianiska- joined us, as did military medical doctor Dr. Horvath (who spoke as a civilian). San Diegans pledged over $800- towards for the legal defense for the native South Carolinian…and [...]
Christmas Wishes
Christmas Wishes were a popular topic among callers to the radio show this week… and there were plenty of good ones! Horace in San Diego- who moved to this country from Germany- wished for American voters to be thoughtful, wise and informed before casting their vote for President in ’08. Dan in San Diego, whose [...]
