Leonard Clark, a member of the Arizona National Guard has been arrested in Iraq for publishing statements on the internet that his commanding officers didn't like.
Whether or not his expressed intention to run for the United States Senate seat now held by Senator Kyle had anything to do with his arrest is uncertain. However, the opportunity it represents to become more familiar with the Uniform Code of Military Justice should not be missed.
See U.S. Code Title 10, Chapter 47 ? The Uniform Code of Military Justice (commonly known as the UCMJ):
802. ART. 2. PERSONS SUBJECT TO THIS CHAPTER
(a) The following persons are subject to this chapter:
(1) Members of a regular component of the armed forces, including those awaiting discharge after expiration of their terms of enlistment; volunteers from the time of their muster or acceptance into the armed forces; inductees from the time of their actual induction into the armed forces; and other persons lawfully called or ordered into, or to duty in or for training in the armed forces, from the dates when they are required by the terms of the call or order to obey it?
(3) Members of a reserve component while on inactive-duty training, but in the case of members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States only when in Federal Service?
(10) In time of war, persons serving with or accompanying an armed force in the field.
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Number 10 would seem to provide an explanation for why the American public hasn't gotten the straight story on the war in Iraq. By being embedded, the reporters have become subject to the UCMJ and are thereby prohibited from making statements with which the military commanders disagree.