Thread by @karolcummins

@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter Trump has pardoned a Navy submariner sentenced to prison for taking photos inside the classified engine room of a nuclear submarine

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter Why important NatSec issue? Next gen nuclear subs are in dev’mt at Charleston naval base.

Company hopeful for next-generation Navy sub work plans Charleston-area manufacturing site

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter March 2018, the president granted a pardon to former Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Kristian Saucier, who in 2016 was convicted of taking photos of the classified areas aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine Alexandria

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter federal prosecutors argued he was a disgruntled sailor who had put national security at risk by taking photos showing the submarine’s propulsion system and reactor compartment and then obstructed justice by destroying a laptop and camera.

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter After Trump won election, Daigle discussed the case at Trump Tower with Michael Flynn, the president’s former national security adviser, who encouraged a formal pardon request.

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter Saucier's attorney, Ronald Daigle, told Fox News that he met with Trump's national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, about Petty Officer First Class Saucier’s case, and at Flynn’s request submitted a formal pardon request.

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter RW media op ensues: In a January tweet, he referred to the “Deep State Justice Dept” and criticized the federal system for going after a sailor instead of a top Clinton aide.

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter Supporters of Kristian Saucier, 29, say the one-year sentence he drew last summer was overly harsh in light of treatment afforded former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her illegal private email server,

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter And former President Obama’s granting of clemency to Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who leaked classified information.

Side note: We suspect the reason/intent was to discover learn more about her network.

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter Shady atty: Granville lawyer suspended from law practice for a year

The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court suspended Ronald Daigle Jr.’s law license for a year, effective July 23 2018
H/T @tdeneaux

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter @tdeneaux Interesting data point:

Daigle says that the photos he saw while in Iraq, where he had customs duty and had to go through belongings, “were far worse” than Saucier’s photos.

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter @tdeneaux Trump pardoned Golsteyn on Nov. 15, weeks before the soldier was set to go to trial.
Trump’s tweet on Golsteyn’s behalf was seen as a sign that the president was willing to consider other war crimes cases.

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter @tdeneaux RW media op:

All the SEAL’s men: the Fox News campaign that made Eddie Gallagher untouchable

📌Flynn’s ‘Digital Army’ engaged & involved?” Fox News for sure.

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@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter @tdeneaux Why the intense “politicalized” RW media op behind Saucier, Manning, & Gallagher? Whose interests does it serve?

@DirkSchwenk @USNavy @DerWouter @tdeneaux Anyway, it looks like the same network of operatives protecting those who leak classified material. And the objective appears is to compromise our military secrets & harm military order/morality.

This is way outside my lane, but am I close? This does deserve more attention.