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.
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.