Geee...so he's done the job for over 20 yrs. the timing is sure odd, when you consider there are so many pressing concerns today.
Stranger, when the Foley investigation stopped before it started, and not a cry form the media.

But Americans are curious about Russian secret agents? water on mars? bases on the moon? timkat? who is deluding themselves here? Not the people, we are just disgusted: did you notice the election results?

scum bag

He has done a good job for 20 years for God's sake. Are you saying YOU have never made a mistake in your life? Is this really so wrong? Or is it retirement time and you want him disbarred to ruin any future me may have? There must be more important things to focused on.

I'm just happy this isn't another story about Britney or Tom or Vince or whoever. I come to the ABC news site for news, not for tabloid topics. ABC, don't become E Entertainment.

What is the most sickening about this guy is that HE DIDN'T OPEN HIS MOUTH FOR 20 YEARS! Throw him in the jail!

Ours is a country of laws.

The Constitution is our bulwark against the world, the government, and each other.

It is the backbone of our freedom.

That anyone would equate "disbarment" with "a mistake" is stunning. That person has no respect or regard for this country or what we are as a people.

Disbarment is NOT the result of "a mistake."

Anyone who would ask "why is this so wrong?" has no concept of the Constitution, or our government, or individual freedom, or why we are exceptional.

Every case this "man" has brought, or defended, is suspect. He has made a mockery of his entire life and brought disgrace upon his uniform. He belongs in the brig.

Take his commission away, reduce his rank to airman basic, then send this con man to Levenworth. He's a disgrace to the uniform.

If he got disbarred in his home state and a neighboring state, it would have been impossible to get a job locally. So his only choice was to join the one group where it would not matter: The military.

Some day he will write a book and make a movie about it. That's the American weigh.

Re: disbarment, the comment about disbarments not being the result of a mistake is exactly on point. Attorney disciplinary proceedings are replete with due process, as one would expect, and there should be no one in a better place either to participate in due process or to raise objections to defects there in than an attorney.

They don't disbar for minor matters. If you blow a statute of limitations, you don't get disbarred. Sued, maybe. Sanctioned, hypothetically. Perhaps reprimanded, maybe even a suspension for a term. When they disbar you, they are saying that the public is on net better with you gone, with one fewer lawyer purporting to help clients, forever.

I Zute and Secant are a bit zealous here. This doesn't threaten the existence of our country nor the constitution, nor should the man be sent to prison.

The real problem is that as a lawyer he acts in a position of trust. To have been barred, he must have at one time violated that trust -- and therefore, in a professional capacity, should not be trusted again.

Naturally, he should be relieved of duty and possibly discharged from the Air Force. End of story.

What's unbelievable is that he still stayed in past 20 years when he could have retired with a pension. Should have cut and run while he had the chance, greedy guy.

One of the Air Force's Core Values is "Integrity First" -- Colonel Murphy obviously has none. He intentionally deceived others.

The fact that he functioned for 20 years without being uncovered is irrlevant.

This is a breach of ethics and should be treated as such.

It is mind blowing that some people excuse this as if time matters.

I trust the Military will deal with this accordingly.

I am acutally just surprised he wasn't the White House ethics attorney, that would be par for the course.

He was General Counsel (head attorney) for the White House MILITARY Office... during the time that torture was taking place in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.

This man is yet another example of the Bush administration's corruption and total lack of ethics.

I can't speak for Louisiana, but if he got disbarred in Texas then he has done something SERIOUSLY wrong. I.E., something felonious.

So if he's been acting as an attorney for the past 20 years, then pretty much every case he's been involved with is suspect...

As to jail time... it's possible he'll see that... it's illegal to lie on government documents, last I checked it was 10 years and/or $10,000.00. So he may wind up a guest of Levenworth.

Man, whatamess.

Can we not blame everything bad that takes place in this world on George W. Bush. I am so sick of hearing that line.

Why not blame everything on George W? The man can't accept any blame for himself! He'd rather spend the last 2 years of his presidency blaming other people for HIS mess!

First off any comments I make are based on personal experience with this man. My father and he were in JAG school together 23 years ago and they crossed paths quite a few times over my father's 20 year career, the JAG corps isn't all that big. I wasn't surprised to find out that he had hid this from those in power for such a long time. It was the first of many things that Mike Murphy did over his career to get ahead. He was a man who has looked out for number one since the beginning of his career. I am not sorry that he has gotten caught, I just worry about what is going to happen with all of the cases he has worked on and any cases that he may have been on the panel of justices. This is going to throw suspicion on every case, every document and every opinion he has ever touched. It's too bad, but again I am not surprised just saddened that it took so long to be found out.

Wonder why his FBI background check for commissioning and security clearances did not turn up this info.

He's not officer material and should be tried in a military court for fraud and a few other offenses.

He should be relived of his commission once the allegations are proven, and dishonorably discharged from service.

Hey, didn't Clinton get disbarred also? This guy's a creep and should be Court Marshalled then busted out of the Air Force and stripped of all rank then forced to retire as an Airman Basic (E-1) when he gets out of Levenworth in 20 years.

He was discovered as the result of a background check. He was going to be promoted to Brigader General.

The Murph has fallen.

Why didn't you just retire when you were told about the BG thing? You knew about the background check.

Let's see, he was disbarred, on paid leave and can go back to work? Wouldn't this be cause for courtmartial?

Wow! Talk about an oversite. Someone was sleeping on the job when they did not check this guys credentials. I think the "hiring authority (i.e. officer(s)) need to be reprimanded as well.

This does not suprise me. Who thinks much of lawyers anyway? Please don't equate integrity and trust with lawyers. They are all hacks.
As far as his being in the military, all these years, it just illustrates that they will accept anyone. They always use the slogans about "heroes and the best of the best etc", but, as far as I understand it, you can have a criminal record and still join. They have lowered the standards of acceptance, to allow criminals into the military, so don't go singing your songs of honoring the uniform.

To the gentleman above:

We are not a free country. How many times must we get screwed by the hidden masters to realize this?

Federal Reserve, OKC, 911, fraudulent tax reserve, WW's I & II, Vietnam and the false flag Gulf of Tonkin, WTC 93.

The list is endless.

If he were an enlisted person, there would be a courts martial...he's an officer, let's see what double standards come out of this. After YEARS of seeing these double standards, I have no doubt we'll see them in this cause. He had 20 years to speak up. 20 years of knowing what he was doing was wrong. These are the people who court martial others for doing wrong...that's what makes it even worse. Shame, shame on you!!

I work in JAG and thats a shame that he would get away with that when every year he has to prove that he is in good standing with the state the has passed the bar exam in so how was he getting away with this for 20 years. He probaly pissed off the wrong person and on a "random" search got caught up how smart was this guy he was the head of legal operations in the Air Force if he didnt know the job before i promise he knows it now so there isnt much reason to get rid of him thats the Air Force
just hanging out till something bad happneds HOOAH!

I knew his twin brother with a different name. He too climbed to heights of incompetence leaving cleat marks on the backs of those he stepped on, on the way up. Through false allegations against subordinates Rally successfully fooled his superiors into thinking he was a (quote) Leader (unquote). Bluffed his way through multiple IG complaints and even a UCMJ Article 138 action, which did actually, finally, result in a reversal of Rally's buffoonery decisions. With zero operational experience he (quote) led (unquote) several operational units, which accomplished the mission only through the efforts of his underlings who covered for his ineptitude; otherwise, they would have suffered at the hands of Rally's vengeful evaluations of their performance. A master of manipulating his superiors, Rally charmed his way into an undeserved promotion to 'bird' colonel. I would imagine Col Murphy occupied a prominent place in Rally's pantheon of AF gods. "Birds of a feather!"