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This Dec. 30, 2019, image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey.

DOJ lawyers say bid by Special Forces vet and his son to stop extradition to Japan is ‘meritless’

Department of Justice lawyers said the U.S. has a strong interest in the extradition request for the two men wanted in Japan for helping the former Nissan chairman flee the country.

3 years ago

Former sailor sentenced for Navy Exchange scam

Ex-culinary specialist seaman Fedrick Emery will serve nearly four years in prison.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Thanks to SEAL’s immunity deals, confessed killer unlikely to be charged

Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Corey Scott said that he killed the detainee, not the SEAL on trial for the alleged murder.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

Did the feds expand a war crimes case to another SEAL?

Military prosecutors inform a senior SEAL that he's being investigated in connection to an alleged 2017 war crime in Iraq.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

What happens to SEALs who testify about war crimes?

A showdown looms Tuesday morning in a Naval Base San Diego courtroom.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

SEALs lawyered up during war crimes case, then prosecutors went after their lawyer

NCIS files and legal motions outline a complex war crimes case against two SEALs.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

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