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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A military jury acquitted a Marine intelligence officer Wed nesday of charges that he tried to help cover up the killings of 24 Iraqis, including women and children.
Cheers erupted as the seven-officer panel cleared 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson, who was the first of three Marines to be tried in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving Iraqi deaths linked to the war. Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani, 42, who grew up in Rangely in northwestern Colorado, has also been charged in the case.
Grayson was not at the scene of the killings Nov. 19, 2005, in Hadithah. He was accused of telling a sergeant to delete photos of the dead from a digital camera and laptop computer.
