So why was the charges dropped for Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo?

Earlier this week, the D.C. Superior Court dropped the charges against Lt. Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo. Many folks questioned why this was done, some went a bit far saying the Government was embarrassed for something that really didn't make any sense (Paul Yandura).

But MetroWeekly provided some idea on what happened:

Lt. Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo didn't break the law they had been charged with breaking, and it is for that reason, according to a District spokesperson, that the charges they faced on July 14 were dismissed.

District Mayor Adrian Fenty's communications director, Mafara Hobson, responded on Thursday afternoon, July 15, to Metro Weekly's inquiry about the dismissals, which were announced just moments before D.C. Superior Court Judge Fredrick J. Sullivan was to hear the men's cases.

Hobson wrote that the Criminal Section of the D.C. Attorney General's Office considered the ''Failure to Obey'' charges. ''After carefully examining video and speaking with the officers involved, it was determined that the charge couldn't be maintained,'' she wrote. ''While chained to the fence, the defendant was standing on a ledge – NOT – the sidewalk. As such, he was not blocking pedestrian traffic," Hobson wrote. "Once that was realized, the focus of the investigation shifted to what happened immediately prior to his handcuffing himself (i.e., was he blocking the sidewalk at that time and did an officer ask him to move on). After interviewing law enforcement, it was determined that the defendant had not been asked to move on at that point. Therefore, he could not be prosecuted for any activity prior to the handcuffing either.''

Lt. Dan Choi and former Capt. James E. Pietrangelo are Free to Follow more of Obama's Orders

Dan's subpoena inspired my title...

Anywho, the charges against Lt. Dan Choi and former Capt. James E. Pietrangelo for chaining themselves to the White House fence, has been dropped.

MetroWeekly reports:

The D.C. Attorney General's Office, however, dropped two failure to obey a lawful order charges against the two men, stemming from two demonstrations, one on March 18 and another on April 20, in which Choi and Pietrangelo handcuffed themselves to the White House fence in protest of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

''We've been to jail overnight twice, but sometimes it takes sacrifice and our community needs to learn that a lot more,'' Choi said after the judge dismissed the cases.

''The government does not wish to proceed on these cases at this time,'' Christine Chang, special assistant to the attorney general, told D.C. Superior Court Judge Fredrick J. Sullivan.

''Your cases are dismissed,'' Sullivan replied to Choi and Pietrangelo. Chang confirmed after that ruling, that Choi's order to stay away from the White House compound is no longer in place.

Speaking to reporters following the ruling, Choi said he will demonstrate against the military's discriminatory policy again.

''The policy is not gone, so as an officer I still have a responsibility and a duty to speak out for those people who don't have a voice… I'm not going to stop until Obama does, and this country does [what is needed] to make sure that Don't Ask Don't Tell is fully gone.''

Well, okay.

Want to see the Subpoena from Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo to Obama?

This is it.

I have to say, if they were following orders from Obama, does this diminish their activism? It almost erases their reason for being out there... just sayin'
Dadt Obama Subpoena