Polygraph test raises questions about charges against Haditha Marine

North County Times:

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All of the men have said directly or through their attorneys or family members that they are innocent of any wrongdoing.

Tatum easily passed a polygraph test administered to him earlier this year at the request of his attorneys, according to results submitted as evidence.

The polygraph examiner deemed that Tatum had answered truthfully when he said he did not know there were women and children in the room before he opened fire.

During cross-examination, Mendoza acknowledged that he had failed a polygraph test he took after he changed his version of the events.

Tatum's attorney, Jack Zimmerman, suggested during questioning that a 13-year-old girl who survived the attack in the back bedroom said the first Marine to open fire in the room was shorter than she was. Zimmerman noted Mendoza's height, which is 5 feet 4 inches, and Tatum's height, at about 6 feet 2 inches.

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This puts a different spin on the testimony Mendoza has provided that appeared to really hurt Tatum. Jack Zimmerman is a good defense lawyer. When he gets a chance to put on his case later this week it should be interesting. He is a former Marine.