VIDEO- Rachel Maddow Show-- The cost of Don't Ask Don't Tell: Major Almy's story

By GottaLaff

The accompanying story from the Rachel Maddow Show's blog is here:

"Shortly after I left Iraq, someone in the unit that had replaced mine found my private e-mails that I had written to family and friends in the stress of a combat zone. In Iraq during the height of the insurgency, the Air Force conducted a search of my private e-mails solely to determine if I had violated Don't Ask Don't Tell, and to gather whatever evidence they could use against me.

Here's the video:

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