New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The charge that the United States Air Force filed against Major Jason Watson on Monday does not describe a soldier who left his post, struck an officer, or sold a secret. It describes a man who stood at the Capitol steps in his uniform and held a sign.

the sign, and the statute - add up to a prosecution.

Watson, an active-duty Air Force officer, was detained in July while protesting at the Capitol with the Removal Coalition, a group formed in opposition to the US-Israel war on Iran. He was released and subsequently appeared on CNN, making the same argument in plainspoken terms.

"What is happening with President Trump is not normal," Watson told CNN. "He has failed us. And not only is he a failure as president - he...