Anonymous ID: 08738b June 8, 2020, 8:01 a.m. No.9533109   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3141 >>3374 >>3399 >>3475

Former Navy SEAL sues Navy Secretary, NYT reporter, for info leaks, defamation

 

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/former-navy-seal-sues-navy-secretary-nyt-reporter-for-info-leaks-defamation

 

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Former Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who was acquitted of murder and attempted murder charges last year stemming from allegations that he fatally stabbed a wounded teenage ISIS fighter and shot Iraqi civilians, is suing the Secretary of the Navy and a New York Times reporter, alleging the reporter defamed Gallagher with the help of Navy officials illegally leaking him documents.

The suit accuses the Navy of leaking "about 500 pages of confidential documents from the Navy's criminal investigation" on Gallagher to reporter David Philipps, who extensively covered the allegations against Gallagher prior to and after his trial at Navy Base San Diego last year.

 

The suit also names as a defendant Navy Secretary Kenneth J. Braithwaite, who was sworn in to his post Friday, the same day Gallagher's lawsuit was filed in San Diego federal court