http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadlin...ployment-challenging-obamas-citizenship-.htmlU.S. Army major is challenging his deployment to Afghanistan by charging that President Obama was not born in the United States and was therefore never eligible to be president, the Ledger-Enquirer reports.
The suit by Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, a reservist living in Florida, was filed in U.S. District Court in Georgia last week.
The Columbus, Ga., newspaper notes that Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961, two years after it became a state.
Cook’s California-based lawyer, Orly Taitz, seeks a temporary restraining order and status as a conscientious objector for his client.
In a 20-page document filed with the court, Cook states he “would be acting in violation of international law by engaging in military actions outside the United States under this President’s command. ... simultaneously subjecting himself to possible prosecution as a war criminal by the faithful execution of these duties.”
Cook was ordered to active duty on June 9 and would go to Fort Benning, Ga., before deploying overseas.
Yesterday we told you about a U.S. Army reservist from Florida who has filed a suit in federal court challenging his deployment to Afghanistan by arguing that President Obama was not born in the United States and was therefore never eligible to be president and commander-in-chief.
Now the Columbus, Ga., Ledger-Enquirer, which broke the story, quotes Army officials as saying that deployment orders for U.S. Army Major Stefan Frederick Cook have been revoked. Cook originally was to report to MacDill Air Force Base today for mobilization to active duty.
The newspaper quotes Army public affairs officer Lt. Col. Maria Quon as saying that Cook had volunteered in May to go to Afghanistan and that reservists who volunteer for active duty can ask for a revocation up until the day they are set to deploy.
Quon said Cook had not asked for such a revocation, but would not elaborate on why the orders were pulled, citing privacy rules. Neither Cook nor his lawyer was available for comment, the paper reports.
The newspaper says a hearing is scheduled in federal court on Thursday regarding Cook's initial request challenging his deployment..
Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadlin...reservist-challenging-obamas-citizenship.html
and right wing consipiracy theorists are undoubtedly going nuts. WTF army? why would you give in like this so easily, what kind of message are they trying to send? my brother is coming home this weekend for the last time before he deploys to Iraq, i'll let him know how easy he can weasel out of it in case he changes his mind about going.