class kotel at cen centcom. . reporter: he was charged with having pornography on his computer. the manipulation of the central intelligence reports and the crackdown on a whistle blower. somebody who is being a patriot trying to raise serious issues. now he s being retaliated against. we are supposed to do the right thing and the command is supposed to support that no matter what. but in this command climate you do the right thing and you will pay the piper. i paid the piper and i will continue to pay the piper. reporter: sergeant kotel was interviewed earlier this week and his claims jibe with
but in this command climate, you do the right thing and you re going to pay the piper. right now i paid the piper and i m going to continue to pay the piper. the military says it won t comment on the case, due to privacy concerns, but sergeant coatle was interviewed by the inspector general this week. there are two congressional committees looking into his claims, brett? adam. thank you. no grapevine tonight, when we come back, kentucky senator and republican presidential candidate rand paul in our center spotlight.
work each day, but was not permitted to get out of his car. he was assigned to cleaning and trash duty. it was a violation of the rules and in now 39 years or 29 years of practicing, military justice. i have yet to see the treatment that was afforded sergeant first class coatle down at centcom, it was horrific. coatle was court-martialed last year in what he says were fabricated charges, the most serious, pornography on his computer. he was acquitted on four, one dismiss and he received an honorable discharge. the concern is two-fold. the manipulation of a central intelligence report and the crackdown on a whistle blower. this is not surprise me that somebody who is being a patriot, trying to raise some serious issues, raise issues that could actually cost americans their lives, now he s being retaliated against. we re supposed to dot right thing and the command is supposed to support that. no matter what. but in this command climate, you do the right thing and you re
certain activities. if we want to really take an analysis, it s how the commander, the commander in chief establishes the climate whereby his subordinates execute orders given to them. so i think we need to go to the very top to find out the command climate that was set by the president and the vice president, and to assist the agents who carried that out, among them the cia, to address what happened and to move on. and when you talk about potential other actors involved, of course there s been a lot of talk about the contractors who are involved in this process and some of these practices. vice news actually interviewed one of the contractors take a listen to what he says about torture. i love to be able to clarify some of the things that people are saying. a lot of what people are saying is inaccurate. to me it seems completely insensible that slapping ksm is
right now that s not happening for far too many of our veterans. now you have the news that shinseke is gone but that doesn t fix the problem. now i think if command climate and atmosphere. we need someone who can be aggressive. who can change the face of the va. we have also got to rip this bureaucracy apart. the senate has got to pass that and we need system wide performance. washington needs to get its act together and start moving things