The courtroom fell silent. All eyes were on the 4-Star General, the decorated hero. I was just the man on trial, the one they called a traitor. Then, he did the unthinkable. He walked past the prosecutor, stood in front of me, and knelt. The judge gasped. The prosecutor screamed "Objection!" But the General didn't move. He was finally telling the truth we buried 20 years ago in the Afghan sand. This is the story of why. The air in Federal Courtroom 3B was so thick with my guilt, you could have c