larry johnson calls this: the corruption of the us navy;

Shawn Ryan, a retired Navy SEAL and a popular podcaster, recently posted a lengthy conversation with Navy SEAL Captain Brad Geary. It is almost six hours long and should probably be posted on Court TV. Here is the bottomline — The Navy and the Pentagon are fabricating evidence to accuse Captain Geary of a dereliction of duty that led to the death of a young sailor who was trying to become a Navy SEAL. If you take the time to watch the video you will realize why the US Navy and most of the military leadership in other commands are a disgrace. There is no honor and no integrity in the chain of command. And I remind you that these are the same people who will send the sons and daughters of Americans into meaningless, even illegal, wars.

The gist of Geary’s case is this. A Navy SEAL candidate died after Hell Week (the final stage of Navy SEAL BUDS training). When the candidate’s car was searched, a large quantity of illegal performance enhancement drugs (aka PEDS) was discovered. Geary, who was the commander of that unit at the time, tried to secure permission to conduct a search of the cars of other candidates on base who were still alive. The lawyers denied the request. (Geary wanted to do this because he learned that there were rumors circulating that several of the BUDS candidates were using PEDS.)

What happened next — over the course of two years — illustrates the corruption that infects the Navy and the Pentagon. Rather than cop to the fact that one of the SEAL candidates died because his persistent use of PEDS enlarged his heart and compromised other vital organs, the NAVY — the Special Ops folks in particular — tried to cover it up and blame the death on Geary. The story is very involved, but the video lays out the facts in meticulous detail.........more.........