deesh ewe. civilians and soldiers are reported among the dead. al shabab has claimed responsibility for that attack. there s new controversy surrounding the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. whose court-ordered punishment was reversed by president trump. the new york times has obtained video of his former platoon members describing him in grim terms to investigators. our barbara starr has the details and we warn you going into this report, it contains disturbing images. members of s.e.a.l. team 7 alpha platoon broke their own code of silence in 2018 with their opinions about retired special operations chief eddie gallagher and some making accusations that the elite s.e.a.l. committed murder and potential war crimes. the guy got crazier and crazier. these are portions of recorded navy s.e.a.l. interviews published by the new york times. where team members tell investigators their views on the
retired special operations chief eddie gallagher and some making accusations that the elite s.e.a.l. committed murder and potential war crimes. the guy got crazier and crazier. reporter: these are portions of recorded navy s.e.a.l. interviews published by the new york times. where team members tell investigators their views on the platoon leader. the guy was toxic. [ bleep ]. reporter: eddie gallagher was acquitted of premeditated murder when a witness changed his story. when another officer said he caused the prison s death, not gallagher. did you suffocate him? yes. how? i held my thumb over his etg. he said it was an act of mercy, he was concerned the boy would be tortured by them.
team seven alpha platoon broke their own code of silence in 2018 with their opinions about retired special operations chief eddie gallagher and some making accusations that the elite s.e.a.l. committed murder and potential war crimes. the guy got crazier and crazier. reporter: these are portions of recorded navy s.e.a.l. interviews published by the new york times. where team members tell investigators their views on the platoon leader. the guy was toxic. [ bleep ]. reporter: eddie gallagher was acquitted of premeditated murder when another officer said he caused the prison s death, not gallagher. did you suffocate him? yes. how? i held my thumb over his etg. he said it was an act of
platoon broke their own code of silence in 2018 with their opinions about retired special operations chief eddie gallagher and some making accusations that the elite seal committed murder and potential war crimes. he got crazier and crazier. these are portions of recorded interviews published by the new york times where team members tell investigators their views on the platoon leader. he was toxic. gallagher was acquitted of premeditated murder when a key prosecution witness changed his story and testified under immunity that he caused the prisoners death, not gallagher. did you suffocate him? yes. how? i held my thumb over his et tube until he stopped breathing.
u.s. senate to trial. there s new controversy surrounding the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. whose court-ordered punishment was reverseded by president trump. the new york times has obtained video of his former platoon members describing him in grim terms to investigators. our barbara starr has this dist. reporter: members of team 7 alpha platoon broke the code of silence in 2018 with their opinions about retired special operations chief eddie gallagher. and some making accusations that the elite s.e.a.l. committed murder and potential war crimes. got crazier and crazier. reporter: these are portions of recorded navy s.e.a.l. interviews published by the new york times, where team members them investigators their views on the platoon leader. gallagher was acquitted of pre-mmeditated murder when a ke