for a commander-in-chief to exercise his authority when he senses there is something not right in terms of the prosecution of particular case or something that is contributing to a degree of unfairness. but i also will tell you that i ve seen this military justice system up close, operated in it for almost 40 years. i think it is a good system. if you re innocent you want to be in this system. bill: here is eddie gallagher sunday morning. listen to this. both of these seal officers testified for me during the trial and calling they called them out for lying and they re being retaliated against by the command because they re going against the grain. bill: the point the attorney was making this has exposed a lot of problems in the military justice system. has it? well, i think it exposed problems associated with this particular case and certainly
and for whatever reason only people singled out eddie gallagher and few other people not even in that picture. pete: other people whose tridents may be taken away you believe it s because they supported you and testified on your behalf. that s exactly what s going on. both of these seal officers testified for me during the trial and called these mean girls out for lying. and now they are being retaliated against by the commands because they are going against the grain. pete: so today, you are still facing the navy. still facing the potential board even though the president tweeted it. what would your message be to the president about your case? you want to retire. what would you say? you know, i just want to retire peacefully with all the honors that i have earned. get back to my family. and, you know, i don t know how many times i thank the president. he keeps stepping in and doing the right thing. and i just want to let him know that the rest of the seal community is not about th
is still on the job on a desk assignment. but nevertheless at work getting a check. i have real problems with that. recently the supreme court, the california supreme court overwhelmly by a 6-1 vote stripped away saying police agencies cannot use a cloak of invisibility to hide our protect our seal officers from identification. we already have a supreme court ruling on that. i m puzzled and perplexed how it could happen when you had the court say unless there s an imminent danger to the person of the officer. there s no evidence shown so far that this officer is in under threat or danger whatsoever physically. it seems to me it s being disenginous. we need to know who the officer is for this reason, tamron. is there a history of misconduct. two, have there been other complaints? what about excessive force.
first, obviously. then the coach. then the doctor. then the three seal officers. the rescue mission could actually include nine people. the doctor and navy seals have been inside. the only colonel right now is the rain. and so that is sort of what they are working against. mother nature, they feel confident that they have been pumping out enough water. it seems like the pace is picking up. the conditions inside this cave very helpful to get this unprecedented amount of boys and their coach out to safety. ed: jeff paul on the scene. unconfirmed reports maybe 11 boys out of the cave. you think, i was filling in for shannon bream a few days ago and talked to a former navy seal who was saying look, i m hoping, i m praying, but i m not very optimistic at this moment because this is going to be a monumental operation. to think just a few days later we now may have 11 of the 12 boys. still have the coach waiting there. remarkable.