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Home Front: Politix
BREAKING: SECNAV Denies Resignation Threat
2019-11-24
[RedState] In a not quite unexpected twist, the Secretary of the Navy, Richard V. Spencer strongly denied a New York Times report (go figure) that he had threatened to resign over the CPO Gallagher case. From the article in Defense News

    Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer denied Saturday he has threatened to resign over President Donald Trump’s intervention in the case of a Navy SEAL convicted of posing for photos with a dead prisoner of war.

    "Contrary to popular belief, I’m still here. I did not threaten to resign," Spencer said at the Halifax International Security Forum, where Spencer was speaking on a panel about the Arctic. "Let’s just say we are here to talk about to talk about external threats and Eddie Gallagher is not one of them."

Here’s the best part, emphasis mine

    Spencer, the Navy’s top civilian, also said he would comply if Trump orders him to stop plans for a Navy hearing to decide whether to strip Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher of his SEAL trident.
NYT lied?!!!
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#12  It looks like, yes, he did try to cut a deal with the White House. Behind the DoD back too. So... Bye
Posted by: Charles   2019-11-24 19:39  

#11  ...You are fired. Didn't learn from the Kelly event - don't lie or misrepresent to the boss.

Next - Truman vs MacArthur?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-11-24 18:40  

#10  Didn't he threaten to resign if the USS Ford had problems?
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-11-24 13:30  

#9  #5 Like the press never tires of telling us re: the Second Amendment, the Constitution is a living, breathing document, and technological change mitigates against strict adherence to it.
Posted by: charger   2019-11-24 12:15  

#8  ^ the 'Burg will avoid that by becoming a 501(c)(3)
Posted by: Lex   2019-11-24 11:55  

#7  With all of those controls, what will we read when Rantburg gets shut down?
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-11-24 11:33  

#6  Apply same rules to media as currently apply to doctors re malpractice. Add attorneys to that list while at it.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-11-24 08:40  

#5  Time for 'honest' control of the media. No special regulations. In fact the removal of 'special' altogether. Make them libel for bad products like car makers, lettuce growers, et al. If you can regulate 'guns' you can regulate 'press'*.

*press in 1792 was all about the technology of information flow not the institution that co-opted the term which is more involved with distortion, suppression and fabrication of information.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-11-24 08:22  

#4  The original sounds better, Lex.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-11-24 07:59  

#3  * shut down. No need to sink to the SS's level.
Posted by: Lex   2019-11-24 04:31  

#2  F---ing liars. Hit them with a libel lawsuit.

This wild carnival of nonstop libel and slander has to be shit down with a round of Sandmann-style multi-million $ libel suits.
Posted by: Lex   2019-11-24 04:31  

#1  SecNav to NYT :

"Are you trying to get me fired, you sons of bitches ?!"
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-24 04:00  

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