Behenna was told that he had to complete his parole in 2024 before he could seek a pardon recommendation from the Justice Department. Sargent-Burns declined a request to discuss Behenna’s case. Since Behenna’s conviction, elected officials and retired military brass have come forward to support his unsuccessful court appeals and, more recently, his pardon request. Mansur was interrogated but freed because the military could not find conclusive evidence linking him to the explosion, the pardon application says. In the gallery, the government’s own forensics expert was listening, concerned, according to Behenna’s pardon application.

Source: National Post April 24, 2019 14:26 UTC