"COLD-BLOODED" JACK MURTHA SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE, PROSECUTED

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A military judge dismissed charges Tuesday against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis.

Col. Steven Folsom dismissed charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani after finding that a four-star general overseeing the case was improperly influenced by an investigator probing the November 2005 shootings by a Marine squad in Haditha.

Here's where we are now:

Of eight Marines originally charged in the case, only one is still facing prosecution in the biggest U.S. criminal prosecution involving Iraqi deaths to come out of the war.

Give Murtha a call at 202-225-2065 to see if he has a comment. Malkin has much, much more.

Cornering Jack Murtha for an apology: