he said it was an act of mer mercy, he was afraid the boy would be tortured by them. gallagher was charged with taking a photo with a dead isis fighter and was demoted in rank. a decision that president trump reversed allowing the seal to retire with honor even after pentagon leaders urged the president not to interfere. speaking through his attorney, he said my first reaction to seeing the videos was surprise and disgust that they would make up plies aboy lies about me. but i quickly realized the they were scared the truth could come out of how cowardly they acted on deployment. it showed there was conflicting stories about allegations of gallagher killing civilians and other misconduct. we re seeing only one very small slice of the story in a way that is not reflective of