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http://ameblo.jp/warm-heart/entry-10090415363.html から転載。 2008-04-22 19:44:45 ============================================ http://www.cnn.co.jp/usa/CNN200804220010.html 凶悪犯罪前歴者の米軍入隊が急増（CNN） ワシントン（ＡＰ） 米陸軍と海兵隊の２００７年度の入隊者は、殺人や性犯罪といった重罪の前歴者が前年に比べ大幅に増えたことが、米下院の委員会が２１日公表した統計で分かった。 -------------------------------- CNNの英文記事はこちら ⇒ http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/21/military.waivers/ WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Army and Marine Corps are allowing convicted felons to serve in increasing numbers, newly released Department of Defense statistics show. Recruits were allowed to enlist after having been convicted of crimes including assault, burglary, drug possession and making terrorist threats. The statistics were released by Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He has given the Pentagon a month to hand over up-to-date details on the number of waivers granted, reports on how the recruits have performed and information about how the waivers are related to meeting recruitment goals. Pentagon statistics show the Army granted 511 felony waivers in 2007, just over twice the 249 it granted the year before. The Army aims to recruit more than 80,000 new soldiers a year. The Marines -- which recruits fewer new service members each year than the Army -- also reported a rise in waivers for felonies, with 350 granted in 2007, compared with 208 in 2006. "There was a rapid rise in 2007 in the number of waivers the Army and Marine Corps granted to recruits convicted of serious felonies," Waxman said in a letter Monday to David Chu, the under-secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. "I understand that there can be valid reasons for personnel waivers and recognize the importance of providing opportunities to individuals who have served their sentences and rehabilitated themselves. "At the same time, concerns have been raised that the significant increase in the recruitment of persons with criminal records is a result of the strain put on the military by the Iraq war and may be undermining military readiness," he charged. The Army defended its use of waivers as a response to a changing American society, arguing that only three in 10 Americans of military age "meet all our stringent medical, moral, aptitude or administrative requirements." "Today's young men and women are more overweight, have a greater incidence of asthma, and are being charged for offenses that in earlier years wouldn't have been considered a serious offense, and might not have resulted in charges in the first place," John P. Boyce Jr. of Army Public Affairs said in a statement to CNN. He said the Army never issues waivers for some types of offenses, including sexual violence, alcoholism and drug trafficking. But the Pentagon statistics showed the Army allowed 106 convicted burglars to enlist in 2007, up from 36 the year before. It also granted waivers to 43 recruits convicted of aggravated assault that year, up from 33 a year before; and to 130 people convicted of possession of drugs other than marijuana, a rise from 71 in 2006. It also allowed two people convicted of making terrorist or bomb threats to enlist in 2007, up from one the year before. The Marines did not immediately respond to request for comment. The Navy reported a slight decline in felony waivers, from 48 in 2006 to 42 in 2007. The Air Force said it granted no felony waivers in either year.
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＜日米安保で日本の安全は脅かされる＞凶悪犯罪前歴者の米軍入隊が急増【CNN】
テーマ：アメリカと日本の関係とは
CNNの日本語版に見過ごしのできないニュースが出ていた。見出しだけを見てもぞっとする。凶悪犯罪前歴者が続々と米軍に入隊しているというから恐ろしい。駐日米軍兵による凶悪犯罪が絶えないのも無理はない。日米安保で日本の安全が脅かされているのは確実だ。
重罪で有罪判決を受けたことのある前歴者の入隊は、陸軍が２００６年度の２４９人から２００７年度は５１１人へ、海兵隊は２００６年度の２０８人から２００７年度は３５０人へといずれも急増した。
前科のほとんどは窃盗や違法薬物関連だが、性犯罪の前歴者が９人、殺人・危険運転致死罪の前歴者が９人いたほか、武器を使った加重暴行や強盗の前歴者も数十人に上った。
イラクなどで戦闘が長引く中、陸、海軍とも新兵の採用が難しくなっており、結果的に前歴者が免責されたり、健康問題などで本来適正を満たさない人物が入隊を許されるケースがここ数年増えている。
空軍が２００７年度に採用した中には重罪の前歴者はおらず、陸、海、空軍、海兵隊を合わせた２００７年度の入隊者１８万人の中では前歴者は一部にすぎない。しかし軍内部や議会は危機感を強めており、統計を公表した米下院監視・政府改革委員会のワックスマン委員長は、「イラク戦争によって軍の負担が増えた結果、前歴者の採用が急増し、軍の体制に悪影響が出かねないとの懸念が高まっている」と指摘した。
Army, Marines give waivers to more felons
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