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Does the US have a mechanism for retroactively stripping people of rank? Seems like there have been a lot of old white dudes who did evil things for intelligen

by cwkoss 6y ago

Does the US have a mechanism for retroactively stripping people of rank? Seems like there have been a lot of old white dudes who did evil things for intelligence services, retired with honors, died, and then declassified knowledge of their crimes is made public. Would be nice if he had something like a posthumous dishonorable discharge to apply in these cases.

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JumpCrisscross 6y ago
> Would be nice if he had something like a posthumous dishonorable discharge to apply in these cases This is a politician's dream. Rally your base over a dead guy's stickers and jewelry so you don't have to tackle the problems of today.
- krapp 6y ago
  Reminds me of the time when a Pope had a former (and formerly living) Pope exhumed and his corpse put on trial[0], retroactively nullified his papacy, then had him reburied in a pauper's grave from which he was dug up again and then thrown into a river. The papacy was hardcore back then. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod
refurb 6y ago
Yeah, this wouldn’t be abused in the least.