JAG Hunter bullet: Public exposure of the military justice system, as we're about to experience, last occurred over a half-century ago. So pay real close attention.

Courts-martial offer the public a rare glimpse of military justice

By John Hendren
Los Angeles Times (reprinted in the Sun-Sentinel.com, FL)

"The main thing in common between the coming military courts-martial in Iraq and high-profile civilian trials, such as those of celebrities and athletes, is likely to be the avalanche of publicity."