It is appalling that the Air Force Academy (Superintendent, Lt. Gen. Silveria) is basing its decision to disenroll these cadets (denying them their degrees) because of an unproven charge of Conspiracy to Commit Obstruction of Justice, when it is clear that these cadets told all witnesses to be truthful in questioning, and the Academy itself may have falsified evidence against them.
This investigation was initiated based on the word of a single freshman accuser, while ten other witnesses granted immunity in exchange for testimony (freshmen who had the same experience as the accuser) told an entirely different story. The witnesses felt threatened and intimidated when AF OSI Agents called them “liars” and threatened their careers by pressuring them to conform to the Academy’s contrived narrative. Asst. Trial Counsel further attempted to coerce the same freshmen witnesses into either sign
When the defense was days away from a motion to dismiss for Unlawful Command Influence & Prosecutorial Misconduct, and just hours away from an expert sociologist witness having unfettered access to observe Recognition rituals, the Academy, cornered, abruptly dismissed all criminal charges facing the three senior cadets. Hannigan’s defense had already rejected a plea deal because they wanted their day in court. However, Lt. Gen. Silveria did not. Silveria stripped these cadets of their right to Due Process m