FORT LEAVENWORTH (AP) – The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians questioned Tuesday the quality of the evidence against his client and said he
planned to travel to Afghanistan to gather his own.

John Henry Browne said he met with Robert Bales for 11-hours over two days at Fort Leavenworth, where his client is being held. He added that there was still a lot he didn’t know about the March 11 shootings.

“I don’t know about the evidence in this case. I don’t know that the government is going to prove much. There’s no forensic evidence. There’s no confessions,” Browne said outside his hotel near the post.

Browne said there were legal, social and political issues linked to the case and how it will be prosecuted. ”

Bales, 38, has not been charged yet. Browne expects that he will be charged this week.