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To: Bobby Yellin who wrote (30178)	3/16/1999 5:50:00 PM
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ROFL? Retired U.S. general to plead guilty in sex case 05:40 p.m Mar 16, 1999 Eastern FORT LEWIS, Wash., March 16 (Reuters) - A retired U.S. Army general has agreed to plead guilty to charges he had affairs with the wives of subordinate officers in exchange for lenient sentencing, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. David Hale, who faced a possible sentence of up to 11 years in prison and a loss of rank and retirement, made the decision ''to bring this matter to a swift conclusion,'' said his lawyer Frank Spinner. Terms of the plea agreement will be announced on Wednesday in a one-day court-martial hearing at Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Spinner said. Hale was referred for general court-martial, reserved for the military's most serious offences, on seven counts of ''conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman'' and one count of making false official statements stemming from his sexual relationships with the wives of four subordinate officers. Spinner, in a brief statement to reporters, said Hale was guilty as charged but ''is not pleading guilty to any non-consensual sexual offence.'' Adultery is prosecuted as a crime under military law as a threat to morale and discipline, but Hale's misconduct was seen as particularly egregious because of his position of authority over his subordinate officers and by extension their wives. Hale is the first U.S. Army general to be court-martialed since 1952 and the only one to be brought out of retirement to face charges. Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited