I was told in basic training that if given an illegal order you must obey. You may complain afterwards. That may have been incorrect and I perhaps should have complained, but how was I to know? I was given no information on what orders were illegal and what were not. I never heard of the Uniform Code of Military Justice until I was out of the Army. Basic Training is composed of physical traiining and intimidation. It is literally brainwashing; attemotinig to break down the old civilian personality and building a new military personality. As one of my company commanders said, "You just a peon, son. You ain't supposed to think."

I believe the judge said that Enggland pleadiing guilty but saying that she was only obeying orders -- Eichmann's Excuse -- amounted to pleading both guilty and not guilty, which is not defined in law, like dividing by zero in mathematics.

clint