Developments In Navy Chaplain's Court Martial

More developments were reported yesterday in the upcoming court martial of Navy Chaplain Gordon J. Klingenschmitt (see prior posting) who is charged with disobeying an order by praying while in uniform at a press conference in front of the White House earlier this year. Agape Press reports that Klingenschmitt's attorneys are asking a military judge to dismiss the charges before the scheduled court martial proceedings on September 11. The Associated Press reports that Klingenschmitt's attorneys are also asking the court to turn over as evidence in the court martial thousands of pages of e-mails about how to handle Klingenschmitt that were sent to or from Rear Adm. Frederic R. Ruehe who is in charge of the Navy's Mid-Atlantic region. They seek to have Ruehe removed from having any authority over the case, claiming he is biased.