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Now why should anything happend to him when the President of the United States, Clinton, got away with his infidelity.
Unless your Bill Clinton
Randolph AFB officer awaits trial on charge of adultery
Express-News Military Writer
Lt. Col. Christopher T. Kugel was a busy man as deputy commander of Randolph AFB's 12th Mission Support Group.
He helped manage the historic base's 1,058 facilities, 659 military family homes and 5,098 acres of grounds and airfields. When he wasn't doing that, he trained T-6A instructor pilots.
But prosecutors say Kugel, the married father of seven children and one of the base's higher-ranking officers, made time in his packed schedule for trysts with three women — two of them married to airmen — and pursued a fourth.
They say he had sex with them in his office, car and elsewhere on Randolph. One location: a mobile home he owned and kept temporarily on base.
"It's definitely a pretty serious case," the 12th Flying Training Wing's Capt. Heather Kekic said Thursday.
A 19-year Air Force veteran, Kugel has been charged with adultery, obstructing justice, failing to obey orders and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. It's the first time a wing officer has faced such charges in five years, an Air Force spokesperson said.
The trial will begin Aug. 9 at Randolph. He faces 91/2 years in the stockade if convicted.
He has been relieved as deputy commander and is in an administrative job.
Air Force prosecutors have lodged three charges and five specifications against Kugel, 43, of Schertz. They said he pursued sexual liaisons with four women, all Air Force civilian and contract workers. They worked in the 12th Mission Support Group, but it wasn't clear if they reported to him.
Two of them were married to Air Force members, but it was not known if those airmen were officers or enlistees. A do ent specifying the charges did not offer any details and Kekic said she didn't know. The women's names were blacked out.
Prosecutors wouldn't say if Kugel is accused of having multiple affairs at the same time.
Military defense attorney Maj. Chris Brown wouldn't say if his client denied the charges, and Kugel did not return a phone call to his residence. Brown and prosecutors declined to say if a plea bargain is in the works.
"At this point, I'm not in a position to give out too much information," Brown said.
The obstruction charge alleges that Kugel tried to impede the investigation by asking some of the women to delete or not report e-mails they exchanged.
The adultery charge alleges Kugel had sex with two women from Oct. 1, 2004 to Jan. 20, 2006. One of them was married to an airman, Kekic said.
Before facing charges, Kugel helped supervise an organization that has an annual budget of $97 million and delivers services to 60,000 people on base.
It was a big job, one that put him in the base's command hierarchy and had him on a glide path toward retirement if he wished. But prosecutors say Kugel violated one of the service's core values — integrity.
"We're one of the most respected professions in the United States," Kekic, the 12th Flying Training Wing spokeswoman, said, citing national polls. "Our community has great confidence in the military and because of that our people have to adhere to higher standards."
I wonder if anybody in the Military has ever heard of this happening?
Being charged not the acts
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Now why should anything happend to him when the President of the United States, Clinton, got away with his infidelity.
Why, because he isn't Clinton. And he the Colonel is cooked meat. His career is
finished.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice is pretty clear on this. My ex-husband was an Air Force Officer, with a top-secret security clearance and he had an affair which led to our divorce.
If I had wanted to pursue it, I could have had his security clearance revoked because of the adultery, which would have effectively ended his career.
Why is it ok for Clinton to commit adultery, and nothing happens to him, of course he is suppose to be head of the military, but someone else commits adultery, and his job is over? How can you hold other military up to such high standards, and the Head of the Military does not have to conform to the standards........
I thought the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal was about perjury?
Isn't that what you guys have been saying this whole time?
I think what BBB is saying is that: why if the commander-in-chief can commit
adultery and not be punished can others in the military be tried for the same crime.
And about Clinton it was about both. Committing adultery and then lying about it
to the World and a court. And you know it.
Then maybe you should specify whether you think this particular case is justified or not.
Should Clinton AND Lt. Kugel have been punished for adultery?
Or should neither?
But only one of those is illegal.And about Clinton it was about both. Committing adultery and then lying about it
to the World and a court. And you know it.
Not according the UCMJ. Both are consider serious infractions.
But you still haven't answered whther you think it SHOULD be.
I made my judgement on Clinton years ago. As far as I know the Lt. Colonel has
not be convicted yet. But if he is, he knew the consequences. You play a game
you go by the rules. I believe it said he had 19 years of service. He damn well
knew the rules. So if convicted, I have no sympathy for him. Only his wife and
SEVEN kids. There is the tragedy. And I suspect that it wont be the end of the
story. There are married women involved and we don't know how many more kids
and they too will face the wrath of their families.
If we asked Clinton I imagine he would say that he didn't get away with it.
(Impeached)
And became a millionaire. He got away with it. But he still has Hillary. So
maybe there is a God in heaven.
But should adultery be illegal?
I know you're being humorous xray but I think he'd gladly give up his millions if it would wipe away the shameful aspects of his legacy.And became a millionaire. He got away with it. But he still has Hillary. So
maybe there is a God in heaven.
Not enough jail space if adultery is illegal.
Clinton was not in the military. Funny how you constantly hang your hat on Bills erection!
^^He may be ashamed of his legacy. I have no idea. He always came across to me
as the most insincer person I have ever seen. But, he like all the rest of us, make
our decisions in life and must live with them. Whether we like it or not.
He treated the office of the President like nothing that had been seen or hopefully
will never been see again. He politicized every aspect of Government. Right down
to the 500 FBI files to look into his rivals past and the travel office of the White
House. We are still paying to this day for his deeds. Witness the NYT leaker and
NSA leaker. But no matter. He was the President and that is a fact. And what
he did is a fact.
How much senseless death and destruction did all that create? Can you give me any figures on that?
The President is head of the military...........
Good point bbb.
Where would like to start.
WTC
Barracks in Saudi Arabia
Mogadishu
Embassies
USS Cole
Destruction of a young womans life
Rape of another lady
Those are just what I took off the top of my head.
WTC? That's a reach. You forgot the pentagon. Bill's fault too, you guess. Yep, clintons responsible for all terror acts. Even the olympics. Suicide attackers? Bill's idea.
I've always wondered what Bill would have done if he knew those attacks were coming.
Destruction and rape of women? Funny stuff zebra.
So you wanted Ike in prison too, right?
Right?
The President is not subject to the UCMJ, which suggests to me that the President cannot be prosecuted for violations of military law.
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