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Navy '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 don’t 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 don’t 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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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/06/joe-biden-live-updates/#link-XZEGZCXPUFEYZIB6MU5C62DHHI