TAMPA - A former U.S. Special Operations Command official is seeking a new conspiracy trial, claiming the military prevented a defense witness from testifying at his last trial. Tom Spellissy, a retired Army colonel who headed one of Socom's most important acquisition offices, was sentenced to 15 months in prison last year after he claimed he had broken no laws and that the government's case against him was based on a series of lies. ...more

September 27, 2007

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and 15-month prison sentence of a former U.S. Special Operations Command official who participated in a conspiracy. ...more

September 19, 2007

A federal appeals court today upheld the conviction and 15-month prison sentence of a former U.S. Special Operations Command official who participated in a conspiracy. ...more

September 18, 2007