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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/us/navy-seals-edward-gall...

I’m sorry but that’s not how the Gallagher case went down. To specifically reinforce the point:

“ It is an unspoken rule among their teams that SEALs should not report other SEALs for misconduct. An internal investigation could close off choice assignments or end careers for the accusers as well as the accused. And anyone who reported concerns outside the tight-knit SEAL community risked being branded a traitor.”

“ The platoon members told investigators that they tried repeatedly to report what they saw, but that the chain of command above them was friendly toward Chief Gallagher and took no action. Finally, in April 2018, they went outside the SEALs to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Chief Gallagher was arrested a few months later.”



NYT hasn't met a story they can't spice up with some made up details.

Gallagher was tried in a Navy court, not federal court. When they claim they "tried repeatedly to report what they saw", they may have talked to somebody, but they sure didn't report it to any of the people in their chain of command they could have. Probably they talked to their buddies and wondered why nobody did anything. NCIS handed the case to a Navy Admiral who signed the charge sheet, not a federal court.

There are a ton of things in that story that simply aren't so.

20+ year career on active duty, multiple deployments with NSW, and lots of experience with NCIS (clowns with badges) as well.

Yes, NSW is generally tight lipped about things. The claim that the SEALs involved in this were punished for it didn't happen.




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