You are incorrect in part of your thesi.
The US Army doesnt really have any tradition at all of protecting its own from criminal charges and conviction. However, we do maintain a tradition of a high burden of proof before we go ahead with legal actions under the UCMJ.
In Sinclairs case, he got caught, it wa ugly story, and it happened to come right after we nuked a couple of other Colonels and General Officer for other various misconduct.
Honestly, you are not doing enough research. You should look into a number of the cases - for a variety of criminal misconduct - over the last 15 year where the US Army has come down hard on leaders..
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