Known sex offenders serve in military, records show

[radwriter0555]

By Elliot Jaspin, Palm Beach Post-Cox News Service Staff Writer
Sunday, September 14, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Registered sex offenders are serving in the U.S. armed forces and some have been sent to the volatile Middle East, state law enforcement records show.

A Cox Newspapers survey of sex offender registries in five states turned up eight men listed as serving in the military. One was pictured on the Web site of the Texas registry in his Army uniform with the notation, "deployed to Kuwait."

Military officials acknowledged the presence of sex offenders and said screening procedures are being tightened to prevent such enlistments in the future.

Army officials said subsequent checks had found two more recruits with a history of sex crimes. They said the FBI fingerprint checks required of all recruits had failed to disclose their convictions.

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[radwriter0555]

1. The guy portrayed as the hero in "Black Hawk Down" is now in

prison for sexual assault on a minor.

Interesting....

[TSElliott]

8. Hero????

Ewan McGregor's character Grimes who is based off of John Stebbins (the sex offender) was a good character in the movie but I would not say he was the Hero.

[radwriter0555]

9. okay MAIN CHARACTER... not hero! Since I won't watch the movie,

I'll stand corrected!

Thanks!

[bitchkitty]

2. This quote is total b.s.

and said screening procedures are being tightened to prevent such enlistments in the future.


I know for a fact that they DO check people's criminal records. My stepsister joined the Army years ago. She had a shoplifting conviction that she did not mention, and they found out about it. She was able to get in because they allowed one "mistake" and she got a waiver. They do check, and they have for years.

[underpants]

3. What? They aren't all golden haired fighters for freedom

Sounds like the serial rapist and murderer we had in our unit. Joined with a fake birth certificate, he was already wanted in Chicago.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

4. Jesus Christ. And the military is worried about gays?!

Is it safe to say enlistments are down?

[bif]

5. What, you have to be crime free to kill paople?

WTF?!?!?

[HereSince1628]

6. I know that there is antipathy for sex offenders but really

unless their crimes are going to become capital cases, they have to live and work somewhere.

If they can't serve in the military after their jail sentences, where do you suggest they go?

[wuushew]

7. I predict a spate of "honor killings" in Iraq

as is the custom in middle east.