The real story of the Watada trial

Pub date February 9, 2007
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

By Tim Redmond

There’s been a lot of press on the weird turn in the trial of Lt. Ehren Watada, but this piece, (by my old friend Bill Simpich, a lawyer in the East Bay) is by far the most interesting and cogent analyis. It really leads you to wonder: What is the U.S. Army afraid of here — and could it be that the Pentagon just wants this case to go away?