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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNavy 'looking into' case of Navy SEAL acquitted of murder after he speaks on podcast, Pentagon chief
Source: Washington Post
3:50 p.m.
Navy looking into case of Navy SEAL acquitted of murder after he speaks on podcast, Pentagon chief says
By Dan Lamothe
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that the Navy is looking into the case of a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder in 2019 but who said on a podcast this week that he and other U.S. troops had the intention of killing an Islamic State fighter who had been taken prisoner.
Austin declined to say anything more about the case at the end of a Pentagon news conference, saying, I dont have a comment for you. But his acknowledgment that the Navy is reviewing the case of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, the retired Navy SEAL, still marks the first time that defense officials have left the door open to reviewing the case.
Gallagher was accused of stabbing the prisoner in Mosul, Iraq, in 2017 and was charged with premeditated murder and attempted murder. He was acquitted after another SEAL, Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott, surprised the prosecution and testified that he himself had killed the prisoner. Scott had been granted immunity from prosecution.
Gallagher addressed the case in an interview for The Line, a new Apple podcast. Gallagher, in remarks first aired Tuesday, indicated that he and his fellow platoon members were in favor of carrying out medical treatments on the prisoner until he died.
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Navy looking into case of Navy SEAL acquitted of murder after he speaks on podcast, Pentagon chief says
By Dan Lamothe
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that the Navy is looking into the case of a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder in 2019 but who said on a podcast this week that he and other U.S. troops had the intention of killing an Islamic State fighter who had been taken prisoner.
Austin declined to say anything more about the case at the end of a Pentagon news conference, saying, I dont have a comment for you. But his acknowledgment that the Navy is reviewing the case of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, the retired Navy SEAL, still marks the first time that defense officials have left the door open to reviewing the case.
Gallagher was accused of stabbing the prisoner in Mosul, Iraq, in 2017 and was charged with premeditated murder and attempted murder. He was acquitted after another SEAL, Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott, surprised the prosecution and testified that he himself had killed the prisoner. Scott had been granted immunity from prosecution.
Gallagher addressed the case in an interview for The Line, a new Apple podcast. Gallagher, in remarks first aired Tuesday, indicated that he and his fellow platoon members were in favor of carrying out medical treatments on the prisoner until he died.
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Navy 'looking into' case of Navy SEAL acquitted of murder after he speaks on podcast, Pentagon chief (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2021
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. Would love to see that loser/POS Gallagher get his, but I doubt he will.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. Now, now, Eddie isn't a loser or a piece of shit
He's a war criminal. A war criminal who doesn't have the former guy fronting for him anymore.
kysrsoze
(6,010 posts)3. Send him to the Hague or court martial him. We have options.
Darwins_Retriever
(848 posts)8. A couple things
The Hague (AKA ICC) has no jurisdiction over US citizens. We are not a signatory to the agreement.
And, yes he can be court marialed if they can show new evidence. That is why the SecDef has ordered a new investigation.
joetheman
(1,450 posts)4. Between Jan 6 and this case, it proves that the system is designed to protect white terrorists.
There is something unseemly about granting immunity to someone who agrees to plead guilty to murder.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)5. If he's retired, can they call him back up?
Then court martial him?
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)6. Yes, they can. nt
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)7. I hope they do.
Then he can be disciplined by army standards.
Darwins_Retriever
(848 posts)9. No, he was not Army
He was Navy, he was a SEAL.