President Obama has signed the DOD Authorization Act for FY 2012
As the Hill reports here, President Obama today signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, while issuing a signing statement objecting to detention policy provisions in the statute.
As a result of the President’s signature, starting tomorrow, subpoenas duces tecum can be issued to obtain evidence for Article 32 investigations. And 180 days from now, a new version of Article 120 will come into effect, along with a new Article 120b dealing with rape and sexual assault of a child and a new Article 120c dealing with other sex offenses. Time permitting, I’ll post more about the changes to Article 120 over the extended weekend.
Finally, subpoenas for Article 32s. Yay! When I have needed a subpoena, I’d request a deposition order from the CA, with mixed results. This is a good thing! Any time you can lock a recalcitrant witness into testimony is a great thing. Obviously, the DoD thinks this is a good thing for the P’s, but as usual, DoD, are a bunch of retards.
And that is all I have to say about that.
Charlie, it only authorizes subpoenas duces tecum for 32s.
So, nothing ha changed. My practice doesn’t change and I continue to make the request for depositions. Sometimes I get the depos; sometimes they get to give them to me after referral. But I still get them. Oh well . . . .
CG