Iraq war veteran faces extradition and trial after song against “stop-loss” policy

Supporters of a 34-year-old Iraq war veteran say the US military will be extraditing him to Iraq to face a military trial for a song he wrote called “Stop Loss.” Marc Hall spent 14 months in Iraq and was due to end his military contract at the end of this month, February. Instead, like thousands of other soldiers, he received a stop-loss order that would continue his active duty and send him back to Iraq. So Hall recorded and released this song as a form of protest, he says, and mailed it to the Pentagon.

That song has now landed him in jail where he faces charges in violations of the Uniform Code of Military Conduct.  Hall could be extradited, according to his supporters, as soon as this week.

To discuss this case we're joined by attorney David Gespass, president of the National Lawyers Guild and founding member of the Military Law Task Force.