Dear Congressman Periello, Senators Webb and Warner, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates,

I, Michael McPadden the staff of McPadden for Congress, and the many Americans who have attached their signatures to this petition, hereby request your personal intervention to dismiss the charges against Navy SEAL operators SO2 Jonathan Keefe, SO1 Julio Huertas and SO2 Matthew McCabe

These men are American heroes and should be released immediately and returned to duty.  They are being accused of punching a brutal Islamic terrorist in the stomach while being apprehended in war.  To subject these men to Courts Martial is an affront to the honor and dignity of our American military and a victory to Islamic Terrorism.

Once again we request your personal intervention to dismiss the charges against these brave American heroes and return them to their proper place defending our Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.