Report: Official who told of gangs in military quits

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-gang17.html

A Defense Department investigator reprimanded by his bosses for speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times about gang and extremist activity in the military has reportedly quit to become a civilian police officer.

Scott Barfield drew the ire of his superiors at Fort Lewis, Wash., when he was quoted by the newspaper May 1 as saying he identified 320 soldiers as gang members since 2002, calling them the "tip of the iceberg."

The comments were in a story that described how graffiti of Chicago-based gangs such as the Latin Kings have shown up in Iraq as part of what experts described as a growing problem of gang activity in the military.

Barfield, a civilian investigator who served seven years in the Army as a military police officer, quit Aug. 15 after he was reprimanded for violating policies about speaking to the media, the Associated Press has reported, adding he joined a civilian police department.

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1. And the Republicans boot out another honorable man from public service. nt

[EFerrari]

2. Geeze, does the Mafia now own our military?

What a creep show this joint has become.