Board States MAJ Brezler to be Separated from Marines

In a case that has captured the attention of the press and much of the military the U.S. Marine Reserve Board reviewing the case of MAJ Jason Brezler has decided to separate him from the Marine Corps. This is obviously unfortunate. The Marine officer had sent a classified document over the unclassified Internet detailing the abuses of an Afghan police officer (Sarwar Jan) who was newly assigned to a base in Southwest Afghanistan. The police chief had known Taliban ties and was a child abuser. The email warned fellow Marine officers of how dangerous this Afghan police chief was. Within 17 days of the email being sent the policeman's "tea boy" killed three Marines in an insider attack. Instead of worrying about a violation of classified material protocol perhaps the Marines should have worried more about the threat posed by the rogue Afghan policeman. With the separation of MAJ Brezler from the Marines it would seem that the Marines have lost a good Marine officer. Read more in "Brezler should be separated, board finds", Marine Corps Times, December 19, 2013.