I hadn't followed the #edwardgallagher story at all and just assumed the pardon was Trump being his usual strong clown self, but damn — this story and involvement really is monstrous...
...a perfect encapsulation of the morally-bankrupt @GOP.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/us/navy-seals-edward-gallagher-video.html …
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> [T]hey had to break a powerful unwritten code of silence in the SEALs, one of the nation’s most elite commando forces. > Chief Gallagher’s lawyer [...] said the video interviews were rife with inconsistencies and falsehoods that created “a clear road map to the acquittal.”
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> “My first reaction to seeing the videos was surprise and disgust that they would make up blatant lies about me, but I quickly realized that they were scared that the truth would come out of how cowardly they acted on deployment,” Chief Gallagher said...
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> “In a perfect world, there would be no risk, but that is not where we are,” Rick Haas, a retired command master chief who served in the SEALs for 30 years, said in an interview with The Times. “The teams are now divided over this, like I’ve never seen happen before.”
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> “This stuff is frustrating to read and makes it seem like Eddie will possibly get away with murder (literally),” Special Operator First Class Dylan Dille texted... “Let’s not forget there are 7-12 of us in here who had the balls to tell the truth about what Eddie has done.”
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> Chief Gallagher retired from the Navy with full honors at the end of November, and has announced that he was starting a SEAL-themed clothing line.
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