I thought, well hoped after the fact, that these military pardons would lead to something good. The guy is freaking evil, Miller told the investigators. Process should move quickly! Several of them said that they saw him stab this alleged captive ISIS prisoner. His fellow SEALs told Naval Criminal Investigative Services following the deployment that Gallagher had shot a young girl while on sniper duty, fired at civilians on other occasions and stabbed a wounded ISIS fighter then posed with the corpse for a photograph. He will serve no further jail time. The accusations came from SEALs in Gallagher's own platoon, who said he was also known for taking shots at civilians from his sniper's nest, killing at least two. 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. Or check out the latest stories on our homepage. Retired SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher sues Navy WebEddie Gallagher (Navy SEAL) Edward R. Gallagher (born May 29, 1979) [1] is a retired United States Navy SEAL who was accused of war crimes. To the SO1, it was a sign that Gallagher was putting his beliefs into action. Eddie Gallagher and the changing story He told NCIS that he watched Gallagher and the other SO1 for a few minutes but then returned to his duties as the LPO. 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. All appear on camera. Former Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Gallagher posted the 3-minute video on both his Facebook and Instagram channels Monday. He referred NCIS to an SO1 who served as a sniper during the deployment. Gallagher, 40, was acquitted of murder and nearly all related charges in a court martial trial last year. 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. We focused on trying to stop our chief from killing civilians, and getting us killed, while still affecting the battlespace and playing within the bounds of our own military and cultural rules. He came to national attention in the United States after he was charged in September 2018 with ten offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. When Gallagher was asked by host Pete Hegseth to offer his opinion, Gallagher opined: "this is all about ego and retaliation and this has nothing to do with good order and discipline. Gallagher, 40, was acquitted of murder and nearly all related charges in a court martial trial last year. This offer contradicted Spencer's public position and was kept secret from Esper. Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Eddie Gallagher in Iraq in 2017. Some SEALs wanted to derail Gallaghers advancement to senior chief. In a statement to the paper, Naval Special Warfare Command spokeswoman Capt. Gallagher was accused of several war crimes by some of his platoon subordinates, including that he shot civilians and stabbed a wounded ISIS fighter in the neck, killing him, while in Iraq in 2017. That had a significant impact on the battlefield. These werent SEAL tactics. Other records provided to Navy Times show that the SO1 remembered that the girls faces were uncovered and the one who was shot also wore a flower-print hijab. Eddie Gallagher [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. [47][48] Esper immediately fired Spencer for going outside the chain of command. Two of the other girls ran away and over a berm out of sight. 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). Gallagher At no time is loyalty to each other put over loyalty to the country and mission. [30], On June 20, 2019, during Gallagher's trial, one of the platoon medics from Gallagher's team testifying as a prosecution witness said that although Gallagher did stab the ISIS fighter, he did not actually kill him. From other NCIS and Iraqi records provided to Navy Times, it can be pinpointed to May 3, 2017 less than a month after Alpha Platoon began their tour and the ICFM were members of the Iraqi Emergency Response Division, the Ministry of the Interiors elite special forces unit. We arent lawyers. [10] He allegedly tried to run over a Navy police officer with his car in 2014, after being detained at a traffic stop. How did the defense team robot that bit of evidence? One other Marine raider who was there also said that he saw no stab wounds on the dead body. The accusations came from SEALs in Gallagher's own platoon, who said he was also known for taking shots at civilians from his sniper's nest, killing at least two. Support C&L Go Ad-Free Today and blamed his accusers for being the cowards. The fact is that we reported these crimes to Portier, who said he would handle it. But officials insisted he received threats because he helped investigators and asked that his identity be protected for now, too. Spencer responded that terminating this probe could only be done via an official written order from the White House. I didn't want to spread the names and wanted to see what they thought before even hitting publish but it's out there. [54] "The guy is freaking evil," Special Operator First (SO1) Class Craig Miller said. [9] Khaled Jamal Abdullah, a captured 17-year-old fighter of the Islamic State, was being treated by a medic. WebEddie Gallagher (Navy SEAL) Edward R. Gallagher (born May 29, 1979) [1] is a retired United States Navy SEAL who was accused of war crimes. Raiders. Parlatore said that information in the video about the SEALs was already known. ", By The SO1 told NCIS that he observed a Humvee full of ICFM soldiers enter the compounds gate. NCIS reported that a second class petty officer also saw Gallagher stab the prisoner, but later internal messages shared between defense attorneys and Navy officials appear to indicate that he thought the chief sank his knife into the detainees torso and the boy already had died. Dillon called the arrest a "significant blow to Daesh," using the Arabic acronym for the extremist group. I doubt Eddie Gallagher is thumbing away on his computer and coming up with these graphics and effects himself. This would result in an improvement to Gallagher's pension and retirement benefits. Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Eddie Gallagher in Iraq in 2017. [1] Gallagher also was reportedly known for indiscriminately spraying neighborhoods with rockets and machine gun fire with no known enemy force in the region. [3], Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 29, 1979, Gallagher graduated from Bishop Dwenger High School. Two other SEAL petty officers told investigators Gallagher bragged about slaying 10-20 people a day or 150-200 people on deployment, court documents state. Gallagher Gambling Problem? Our senior leaders created the ethos to address moral failures that were happening at home and overseas during the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I wanted to read what these texts say. [9][1] This resulted in him being confined in the brig for a time with heavy restrictions on his ability to communicate, although this confinement was later lessened. [19] The president's move also favored several other military members accused of misconduct: in addition to Gallagher, Lieutenant Clint Lorance was ordered freed; and the prosecution of Matthew Golsteyn was ended. These werent SEAL tactics. So Gallaghers trial ultimately will ask a panel of officers and senior enlisted sailors to weigh the credibility of witnesses mostly junior SEALs testifying about what they allegedly saw or heard, and then evaluate their possible motives for expressing their recollections that way. This is a false narrative peddled by Gallagher and his supporters. And still more SEALs say theyll tell the panel that Gallagher attempted to cover up these alleged crimes by threatening to murder witnesses and embarking on a campaign to identify other whistleblowers, get them blacklisted in the special warfare community and ruin their careers. Gallagher was accused of several war crimes by some of his platoon subordinates, including that he shot civilians and stabbed a wounded ISIS fighter in the neck, killing him, while in Iraq in 2017. These were part of Gallaghers effort to get a SEAL injured or killed so that we would, in his words, make it a great deployment. In the end, Gallagher showed us he wasnt our brother. Around noon, the SO1 said he panned north along the banks of the Tigris River, watching a path used by refugee families to escape Islamic State-controlled Mosul. Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Eddie Gallagher in Iraq in 2017. That is best sailor, in all 6 teams on the West Coast: NSWU-1, NSWU-3, SDVT-1. For a couple of lighter stories, check out Zero Blog 30's new episode that just came out this morning, one of which highlighted some Army Rangers who performed multiple blood transfusions in the middle of a firefight. In this June 23, 2014, file photo, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle on the main road in Mosul, Iraq. Eddie Gallagher says SEALs lied in And he told Warpinski he wasnt alone in the southern tower Lt. Portier, a staff sergeant from Marine Forces Special Operations Command and an SO1 from DEVGRU were with him. 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. Military officials shorthand that as ICFM, according to an NCIS investigative action provided to Navy Times. Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher celebrates after being acquitted of premeditated murder at Naval Base San Diego, July 2, 2019, in San Diego. He came to national attention in the United States after he was charged in September 2018 with ten offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. SEAL Team 1, SEAL Team 3, SEAL Team 5. The accusations against Eddie were numerous, with the most prominent being the alleged murder of an Iraqi prisoner of war. He insisted they all made the story up because THEY were afraid of 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. This story has been updated with the correct name of KPBS Public Media in San Diego. Gallagher was charged with murdering 17-year-old Khaled Jamal Abdullah in 2018, along with other charges. As more witnesses began reciting their allegations against the chief, prosecutors contend that Gallagher circulated their identities to others in the SEAL community and encouraged them to disclose the names and blacklist them.. The most prominent accusation and the best-attested to was the murder of a prisoner of war, a war crime. The LPO told NCIS that he informed both Portier and his assistant officer in charge of the platoon about the alleged murder. 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. The SO1 told Warpinski that by mid-August of 2018 Portier had become angry at Gallagher for allegedly mischaracterizing incidents that occurred during the deployment, including how Islamic State fighters ended up shooting both an interpreter assigned to the SEALs and an explosive ordnance technician. Initially, it seemed that no one in the SO1s tower thought Gallagher had shot the girl. So, in the end, that was what he was convicted of. Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Releases The Names The decorated Navy SEAL had been accused of stabbing the wounded teenage captive, as well as attempted murder of Iraqi civilians and obstruction of justice. And then, all of a sudden, they hit a nerve, said Timothy Parlatore, Gallaghers lead civilian counsel. The LPO told the investigator that there were other war crimes fellow SEALs witnessed, but he didnt see them. He handed ISIS propaganda manna from heaven. A proffer request from one of the two assistant officers in charge of the platoon indicates hes prepared to tell prosecutors that Gallagher called in false target coordinates to engage a mosque," tried to push his platoon into pointless and potentially catastrophic firefights with insurgents and became so mentally unstable that he shouldve been relieved from duty, but wasnt. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. You have been following this trial all along. | Gallagher Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Eddie Gallagher in Iraq in 2017. He also told NCIS that Gallagher had shot at but missed another young girl in a previous incident. The LPO told the agent that an SO1 who remained to assist Gallagher with the medical care was freaking out a little bit over what Eddie just did but there was nothing anyone could do because the subject was dead.. All appear on camera. Last summer, Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was acquitted of shooting civilians and killing a captive ISIS fighter. Eddie Gallagher [35] On July 2, 2019, they acquitted him on six of the seven original charges but found him guilty of the seventh charge of "wrongfully posing for an unofficial picture with a human casualty". This was a prosecution witness, not a so, on cross-examination, that's when the defense brought this up. [12], The prosecution's case relied largely on eyewitness testimony, which the defense sought to discredit as merely that of spiteful malcontents who disliked Gallagher's gruff leadership style. There is a digital trove of evidence a mile long where Eddie violated dozens of articles of the UCMJ. We act on the information that we have on hand. And others have declined to participate in the ongoing NCIS probe, including a Marine staff sergeant and a pair of Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians attached to the platoon during the 2017 deployment. The LPO got the impression that Gallagher had no intention of avoiding committing the same acts again and told NCIS the chief said, They do a lot worse to us.. Multiple witnesses are expected to testify that they were far less effective in combat because their focus shifted from fighting ISIS to protecting civilians and they lost faith in Gallagher as a platoon chief because he was firing indiscriminately at civilians," a file states. Eddie Gallagher 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. The lead investigator for Naval Investigations, Joe Warpinski, he had only been with NCIS for two-and-a-half years before he got this incredibly high-profile war crimes case. New York Times reporter Dave Philipps joins Deadline White House panel to discuss the Navy SEALs' testimony against Eddie Gallagher. SEALs Divided: Documentary Hunts for the Eddie Gallagher Got him with my hunting knife.". action against Gallagher after Was always a jerk. But justified or not, whats clear to everyone is that they didnt like the mission. Most are very private about where they serve and how they are serving. But to Gallaghers attorney Parlatore, thats where NCIS and the prosecutors started getting it wrong. Last summer, Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was acquitted of shooting civilians and killing a captive ISIS fighter. Gallaghers case became a cause clbre in conservative circles, with President Trump championing his innocence. Another sniper who also has indicated he might not testify later told prosecutors that he saw an old man go down, but he didnt see Gallagher shoot him, according to emails to prosecutors provided to Navy Times. We dont identify them by name, or by any other manner, due to the nature of their work, for the protection of their teammates and their families, and to protect on-going and future missions, Lawrence told the newspaper. It was as simple as the banner that hung on my seventh-grade teachers desk: The right choice isnt always popular, and the popular choice isnt always right. My only regret is not doing more. [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. [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. [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. And as a SEAL who served in Alpha Platoon under the command of now-disgraced Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher, those words are what helped push me to report my own chief for his horrific actions in Iraq. Eddie Gallagher It was a surprise, in the sense that, yesterday, when the verdict came out, and he was acquitted six of the seven charges, and all six were the most serious charges, there was a great deal of jubilation. Eddie Gallagher says SEALs lied in That SO1 told NCIS he left as the other two SEALs continued working on the prisoner, although other interviews and the prosecutions own legal filings in the case portray a chaotic scene, with memories about the incident often jumbled by all the witnesses. Report: Trump makes SEAL Gallagher a chief again, Committee votes on major defense policy bill expected in May, Military families share workout with first lady Jill Biden, US conducts first evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war, Ukrainian drones strike Crimea oil depot, Russian official says, Army identifies 3 soldiers killed in Alaska helicopter crash, Understanding the role of artificial intelligence, Mark Kitz keynote speech at the C4ISRNET conference, The latest on software, data and artificial intelligence, Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down. Gallagher was charged with murdering 17-year-old Khaled Jamal Abdullah in 2018, along with other charges. (Army). They don't want this sentence of confinement on his record, if they can possibly avoid it. This account was also contrary to the statements of at least seven other SEALs[33] as well as Scott's previous statements. I've certainly never heard of anything like this happening. [31][37] The same jury that tried Gallagher sentenced him on July 3, 2019, for posing with the corpse. As usual, Fox News figures prominently. [4] He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1999. Gallagher, 40, was acquitted of murder and nearly all related charges in a court martial trial last year. Eddie Gallagher Text messages and other digital conversations involving Gallagher can appear damning at times, but theyve been described by the chiefs supporters as dark humor, the talk of rough men who have experienced a great deal of combat, maybe the voice of an exasperated SEAL who believes hes being railroaded by accusers and superiors. 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. We didnt focus on keeping evidence that would hold up in court. "The guy was toxic," said SO1 Joshua Vriens. Throughout the trial, Gallagher acted as though it was not he who had been accused of wrongdoing but the investigators, prosecutors and witnesses. You have been through much together. [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? WebAnswer (1 of 13): I will admit out right that I havnt liked Eddie since he was my buddy Daves LPO. Another SEAL told investigators that he saw Gallagher shoot the elderly man in the back and watched him drop to the ground and saw blood on his back, but its unclear if hell testify. Because many of the SEALs who became witnesses against Gallagher are in operational units or expected to return to overseas work, officials asked Navy Times to withhold naming them, at least until theyre called as witnesses in a public trial. Reddit Nearly 50 minutes into his videotaped interview with NCIS, the SO1 sniper conceded that the SEALs had received intel reports that women were supplying weapons, water and food to Islamic State fighters, but he insisted he saw nothing like that through his scope. I mean, that's got to do something to your case, if your key witness sort of says, actually, the guy you think killed it didn't do it, I did it. [45], Following his acquittal, Gallagher spoke publicly about the case, appearing on Fox News without authorization, and using social media to describe his superiors, including Rear Admiral Collin P. Green, the newly installed commander of the SEALS, as "a bunch of morons".
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