WebAnswer (1 of 13): I will admit out right that I havnt liked Eddie since he was my buddy Daves LPO. He then says that he will share more details about the deployment and ends his video with the hashtag #THETRUTHISCOMING. [32], Prosecutors were taken by surprise by Scott's testimony, since the medic had never given this version of events to them or Navy investigators. It was only later, the SO1 said, that he learned his platoon chief took the shot, but it remains unclear why he came to believe it was Gallagher. They say its obstruction of justice or intimidating witnesses, but its really just telling the truth and telling the truth isnt obstructing justice, he said. now-disgraced Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher, only convicted of taking a photograph with a murdered teenage prisoner. Gallagher was charged with murdering 17-year-old Khaled Jamal Abdullah in 2018, along with other charges. Platoon members said they saw Chief Gallagher shoot civilians and fatally stab a wounded captive with a hunting knife. They also have other texts where he threatens to kill his platoon. He was the first non-Marine to graduate from the United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper School that he attended. Eddie was definitely a pirate.. The SO1 sniper told NCIS that one of the SEAL SO1s who assisted Gallagher with the wounded detainee said the chief had begun threatening to kill mother(expletives) who accused him of wrongdoing. I have got my knife skills on." The rest of his platoon was much younger. He was the subject of an investigation into the shooting of a young girl in Afghanistan in 2010, but was cleared of wrongdoing after being investigated by close comrades who had deployed with him. Gallagher also was present when the prisoner received a trachea tube, two chest tubes and a Sternal Intraosseous Infusion, which bores through bone to reach veins when other IVs wont work, records indicate. Last summer, Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was acquitted of shooting civilians and killing a captive ISIS fighter. As usual, Fox News figures prominently. How did the defense team robot that bit of evidence? Others were angry that he had been recommended for a post-tour combat valor award the Silver Star an honor they thought he didnt deserve. He will serve no further jail time. Eddie outing these people and the units they are in might be unprecedented in the SEAL community. Gallagher was charged with murdering 17-year-old Khaled Jamal Abdullah in 2018, along with other charges. [8] He received positive evaluations from his superiors within the SEALs, and served as an instructor in the SEALs BUD/S program for recruits. After the platoon rotated home to Naval Base Coronado on Sept. 1, 2017, Gallagher called a meeting in their high bay to confront his fellow SEALs about any problems they had with him, according to several NCIS reports. There is a digital trove of evidence a mile long where Eddie violated dozens of articles of the UCMJ. Initially, it seemed that no one in the SO1s tower thought Gallagher had shot the girl. According to the claim, Gallagher allegedly threatened to kill fellow SEALs if they reported his actions. Filling in that gap of time, an SO1 who had been with the detainee later told NCIS that the wounded fighter also received a chest tube. Because of ICFM gains, Islamic State fighters had been pushed back from their main positions and were retreating into the city. [6] The defense also called eyewitnesses, with Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Warpinski is the lead NCIS special agent assigned to the Gallagher probe. Portier, he said, gathered all of the team members together and took a photograph of the team.". In his statements to NCIS, the LPO said he later returned to the area, rounded a parked Humvee and spotted Gallagher kneeling on the right side of the wounded teen. After President Trump brought the issue up at a meeting with Chief of Naval Operations John M. Richardson, Admiral Richardson took up the request personally. On May 28, Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Eddie Gallagher will be guided into a courtroom inside Naval Base San Diego, where he will face a panel of his peers sifting evidence in a war crimes case. And then, all of a sudden, they hit a nerve, said Timothy Parlatore, Gallaghers lead civilian counsel. My character and honor are steadfast. By that time, government records indicate that Alpha Platoon already was embroiled in another probe into war crimes allegations. 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[46], On November 24, 2019, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he had learned that Spencer made a private offer to the White House that if the White House did not interfere, he would guarantee that Gallagher would keep his Trident pin. Directors Doug Shultz and Jeff Zimbalist secured the participation of Gallagher; his wife, Andrea; and the members of SEAL Team 7 who accused Gallagher of war crimes. He insisted they all made the story up because THEY were afraid of Theres nothing in that video thats not already public, he told the newspaper. Thats something the other medically-trained SO1 also told investigators; He returned to the area and was surprised to find the prisoner dead. SEAL Team 1, SEAL Team 3, SEAL Team 5. 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When he returned from packing his gear, however, the LPO told NCIS he found Portier conducting a hasty re-enlistment ceremony for Gallagher next to the body of the dead ISIS fighter, according to the report. According to his first lawyer, Colby Vokey, Gallagher did not pay Vokey's specified rate, and he filed an arbitration claim against Gallagher. Two high-ranking Iraqi members of the Ministry of the Interiors forces, Maj. Gen. Abbas al-Jubouri and Col. Omar Issa Khadim, told NCIS that the detainee was barely alive when they brought him to the SEALs compound and passed away from gunshot wounds, not a stabbing. [10] He allegedly tried to run over a Navy police officer with his car in 2014, after being detained at a traffic stop. [52], Just before reaching his retirement date and towards the end of the Trident Board proceedings, Gallagher appeared on the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends. He insisted they all made the story up because THEY were afraid of [22] The judge later ordered that the chief prosecutor, Commander Christopher Czaplak, be dismissed from the case and replaced as a result of the incident. He told us there was a process to report these crimes and he had already notified our troop commander, Lt. Cmdr. Gallagher snapped, Thats tactics and were not here to talk about tactics, the SO1 said. Many have asked, How could you turn in a brother? Let me clarify something: Gallagher was our Chief. 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Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher celebrates after being acquitted of premeditated murder at Naval Base San Diego, July 2, 2019, in San Diego. WebAnswer (1 of 13): I will admit out right that I havnt liked Eddie since he was my buddy Daves LPO. Military officials shorthand that as ICFM, according to an NCIS investigative action provided to Navy Times. 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Tom MacNeil called in a medical evacuation in defiance of Lt. Jake Portier, our platoon leader, who ordered him not to do so because we were in a restricted area. All rights reserved. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War. Attempting to call attention to (those SEALs) status in the way its been done does not serve the mission or the interests of the Navy, former Petty Officer 1st Class David Shaw told the newspaper. To Gallaghers attorney Parlatore, the SO1s interview is the classic example of a witness whos trying to connect dots for investigators by grasping on to events and conversations that likely arent related but end up unfairly portraying the platoon chief as someone hes not. Chief Gallagher was awarded Sailor of the Year for Naval Special Warfare Group One. Here, his mission was to serve in an advisory role, versus taking part in direct action. To Gallaghers legal team, theres a problem with these alleged motives. [27] Hunter told reporters that he intended to ask for a presidential pardon if Gallagher was convicted. The accusations against Eddie were numerous, with the most prominent being the alleged murder of an Iraqi prisoner of war. Neither Breisch nor his attorney returned messages from Navy Times and Navy officials declined comment. It was Gallagher a Navy corpsman assigned to Marines before he became a SEAL who began treating the wounded Iraqi, which the SO1 assumed was a shrapnel wound. After two weeks of testimony, Chief Edward Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering a suspected ISIS prisoner in Iraq. Others were concerned that he was tactically incompetent and temperamentally unfit to lead special operators. For more on this case, I am joined by Steve Walsh. Gallagher was originally accused by fellow SEAL members, members of his own platoon, which, in and of itself, is sort of odd, given the historically tight-knit nature of the SEAL organization. [44] After Richardson's retirement in August 2019, his replacement Admiral Michael M. Gilday took ownership of the request. [59][60][61], Basic Underwater Demolition/ SEAL (BUD/S), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, "What motivated fellow SEALs to dime out Eddie Gallagher? All appear on camera. They said that he went up in the sniper tower and shot at civilians. [1], In March 2019, former Navy SEAL and U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw of Texas and seventeen other Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to then-Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer asking for Gallagher's pre-trial confinement to be reviewed. He emerges in the reams of testimony as the most prominent SEAL pushing superiors to block his former platoon chiefs advancement and Silver Star and terminate him from his training assignment. Was always a jerk. Platoon members said they saw Chief Gallagher shoot civilians and fatally stab a wounded captive with a hunting knife. With him are Gallagher's wife, Andrea; his brother, Sean (third from left); Rep. Ralph Norman, R-N.C. (second from right); and Rep. Steven King, R-Iowa (right). He turned to the jury of all members of the military, Marines and a couple and one SEAL, as a matter of fact, and said, who among us had not had their commander threatened to kill them at one point or another? Gallagher's accusers painted him as a bloodthirsty warrior who was out of control in Iraq in 2017. Gallagher went to trial last summer on charges that he murdered an Islamic State prisoner of war and committed other war crimes in May 2017 outside Mosul, Iraq. The sniper whos now a civilian claimed he saw Gallagher shoot an elderly man in his 70s or 80s on Fathers Day, 18 June 2017, a shooting backed up by a first class petty officer now assigned to Naval Special Warfare Development Group often called DEVGRU or SEAL Team 6, according to NCIS records. To the SO1, it was a sign that Gallagher was putting his beliefs into action. He told Navy Times that Gallagher appeared to have drawn from a deeper understanding of tactics than his junior SEALs possessed and was channeling lessons learned in Iraq a decade earlier. But, in the meantime, he had already served eight months in the brig. [34], The jury for Gallagher's court-martial was composed of five enlisted men, including a Navy SEAL and four Marines, plus a Navy commander and a Marine chief warrant officer, after the defense had rejected several other candidates. 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Gallagher openly discussed topics including his career, the raid upon his home, pre-trial confinement, legal proceedings, acquittal, retirement, and his life and family. [20][21], In May 2019, defense lawyers accused the prosecution of sending both them and Navy Times reporter Carl Prine an email that included a Web beacon. They were looking at an image of what appeared to be a male detainee and Gallagher said, He was on the ground and I just started stabbing him. Our deployment to Mosul in 2017 had the potential to be one of the most kinetic deployments in recent Naval Special Warfare history. [29][21] During a podcast interview on May 28, 2019 Hunter said that he himself had posed for pictures with a dead enemy combatant and that American artillery fire had killed "hundreds" of Iraqi civilians in and around Fallujah. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Directors Doug Shultz and Jeff Zimbalist secured the participation of Gallagher; his wife, Andrea; and the members of SEAL Team 7 who accused Gallagher of war crimes. Gallagher's accusers painted him as a bloodthirsty warrior who was out of control in Iraq in 2017. The other SEAL sniper whos now a civilian told investigators that he estimated the girl to be a 12-year-old, according to another document provided to Navy Times. [45] A week earlier, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer had sent Trump a note asking him not to intervene again. In a Jan. 11 motion filed by Gallaghers defense team, attorneys indicated that the Marine who has declined to assist NCIS saw the detainee but detected no stabbings around the neck or chest and said the prisoner had stopped breathing before dying. And while press reports suggested Scott could conceivably be charged with perjury, the Navy dropped their investigation into his statements shortly after Gallagher's acquittal. As it was supposedly being handled, we took matters into our own hands to attempt to stop our chief. You have been following this trial all along. I mean, he had NEVER TAKEN A PICTURE WITH HIS KID. newsletter for analysis you wont find anywhereelse. [17] For the most serious charge of murder of a prisoner, according to the defense, Gallagher stabbed a corpse and embellished a story out of misplaced bravado; the prisoner had already died of his wounds. [33], After the trial, it was considered possible that Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Corey Scott, the SEAL Medic whose surprise testimony dismantled the prosecution's case, would be prosecuted for perjury; however, Chief of Naval Operations John M. Richardson stripped Navy prosecutors of their authority to charge Scott with perjury. SEALs. I just want to make clear that this small group of SEALs that decided to concoct this story in no way, shape or form represent the community that I have, you know, loved and gave my soul to. When ISIS launched a counterattack on our partner force, it was our SEAL platoon working in sync firing every single weapon in our arsenal from pistols to 500-pound bombs that stopped the counter-attack during an eight-hour firefight. A telling text seems to suggest that one of the SEAL witnesses at one point tried to get others in the platoon together to make sure their stories jibed with what theyd tell investigators, according to evidence files provided to Navy Times. After two weeks of testimony, Chief Edward Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering a suspected ISIS prisoner in Iraq. Once the SEALs reached the other side of the river, there didnt appear to be any options if they got pinned down by insurgent gunfire, the AOIC added. Assuming that the witnesses even show up at least three of them have threatened to assert their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refuse to testify, according to emails provided to Navy Times. Jason Hull). I think part of this comes out of a misunderstanding about the mission, he told Navy Times. Real brothers dont needlessly put their men at risk. Absolutely. Special Operator 1st Class Josh Vriens is a former Navy SEAL sniper who served in Alpha Platoon under Eddie Gallaghers command. Gallagher was accused of multiple offenses during his final deployment to Iraq and during the Battle for Mosul. To attempt to out (their) status raises questions about the decision to do so.. It has been speculated that this image was intended to find leakers violating the judge's gag order, as reporters (including Prine) have repeatedly scooped private documents related to the case. I mean, if you think about this, this is something that happened in Iraq in 2017. Hes since been advanced to chief, the same grade as Gallagher. Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Eddie Gallagher in Iraq in 2017. Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Eddie Gallagher in Iraq in 2017. Josh Vriens Eddie was definitely a pirate.. Recon. He was interviewed in 2020 by former Navy SEAL and current K9 trainer Mike Ritland on YouTube. He's been following the story for KPBS Public Media in San Diego, and he was there for the verdict and sentencing today. [15] The family of Abdullah, the boy Gallagher allegedly stabbed to death, was contacted by media several years after the event and claimed that they were unaware of the circumstances surrounding their son's death and that they had not been contacted by prosecutors. According to a former Navy prosecutor, the top admiral in the Navy directly handling such a matter is extremely rare, but not unmerited due to the high profile of the case. [58], In 2021, Gallagher said on the podcast The Line, although he did not stab the ISIS fighter, "[the ISIS fighter] was killed by us, and that nobody at that time, had a problem with it", and the group performed medical procedures on the prisoner which killed him (including inserting an emergency airway into the ISIS fighter's throat, "just for practice"). 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This is the reason that other countries call us to solve their problems. The guy is freaking evil, Miller told the investigators. He told NCIS it had a blade a few inches long, although photographs of the weapon make it look stubbier. [38] The jury gave Gallagher, who had already served the maximum prison time for this charge, a demotion from Chief Petty Officer (E-7) to Petty Officer First Class (E-6); this was lighter than other potential punishments, such as an Other Than Honorable (OTH) discharge, which were not handed down. Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour. We know that mistakes and accidents happen on deployment and innocent people always die in war. In fact, we were expecting Gallagher to come out and talk to us after the sentencing, but, instead, he and his wife got in the car and they drove away. This was a prosecution witness, not a so, on cross-examination, that's when the defense brought this up. Thats the line of thinking seized by Gallaghers attorney, Parlatore. They appear to have cast doubt on whether Gallagher actually killed anyone during the entire deployment, lawfully or unlawfully.

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