FOXNews has an update on the so-called Army Birther Doc situation. The story appears to speculate that LTCOL Terry Lakin tried to generate a court martial against himself with the intention of forcing Obama to produce his birth certificate. Several prominent attorneys who specialize in military law weigh in, make comparisons to similar failed attempts during the Vietnam War era and opine that birth certificate issue is irrelevant:

But others say Lakin's novel approach is doomed to fail, and legal experts say he apparently made his decision to proceed to a court-martial without the advice of experienced counsel.

One military attorney said Lakin had advice from a lawyer, Paul Rolf Jensen, but that Jensen had “only three months' experience in military law as a clerk in the 1980s” and was not an expert in military law. Jensen did not return a phone call seeking comment, but military experts called Lakin's effort a tragedy and waste.

“He is likely to lose everything and accomplish nothing,” one attorney lamented. “No military judge will say that (obtaining documents) of the president is necessary to prove the charges,” said Philip D. Cave, a Washington attorney and director of the National Institute of Military Justice.

Comment: The situation is very sad. Even if there were issues with the validity of Obama's birth certificate, refusing deployment and throwing yourself into a courts martial doesn't seem to be good way to address the situation. What about the humanistic aspect of this situation? Is it possible there are some human emotional or medical factors that impacted Lakin's decision making?