BREAKING: former commander of #USSTheodoreRoosevelt Capt Brett Crozier will not be reinstated post @USNavy investigation
Crozier, Rear Admiral Stuart Baker "fell well short of what we expect from those in command" per @USNavyCNO Adm Gilday
"They did not do enough,soon enough"
MORE: Capt Crozier will not be reassigned & will not be eligible for another command position, and promotion of Crozier's then boss, Rear Adm Stuart Baker on hold, per @USNavyCNO
Capt Crozier did not leak email up the chain of command about #COVID19 concerns - decision not to reinstate him based on Crozier's performance while in command, per @USNavyCNO
Per @USNavyCNO, his initial recommendation to support Crozier's reinstatement was based solely on the question of the email
Gilday says if he knew then, what he knows now, he wouldn't have made that recommendation
"He did a bunch of things right" @USNavyCNO says of relieved #USSTheodoreRoosevelt Capt Crozier, but fell "well short" in other areas, including physical distancing/social distancing
"I was not impressed by the slow egress of the ship, the lack of the plan to do so..."
The extensive problems @USNavy is citing in decision on Capt Crozier "were never visible to us until we did the deeper investigation" per @USNavyCNO
"This is all about what Crozier failed to do in his span of control" per @USNavyCNO
"Baker and Crozier were talking with the commander of the 7th Fleet every day" per @USNavyCNO "If they had issues, they should have raised them"
US still has not been able to identify patient zero on #USSTheodoreRoosevelt per @USNavyCNO Adm Gilday, citing way #COVID9 can spread among asymptomatic carriers
"Likely, it happened during the port visit to #Vietnam...We don't have a clear understanding of patient zero"
"The issue here is about standards of performance, especially in crisis" per @USNavyCNO
"I need people gripping problems. I need them driving solutions...had I known then what I know now, I would have relieved him [Capt Crozier]"
Per @USNavyCNO, no ramifications/punishments for admiral who made decision to send #USSTheodoreRoosevelt to #Vietnam: "We found no fault in the rationale to go into port"
"We found that that decision is sound...risk was adequately considered & mitigated" he adds
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"Communications between Russian government officials and any individual with a security
clearance have the potential to put our security at risk" per @SenatorShaheen @SenJackReed
"We urge you to take appropriate action immediately"
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.@TheJusticeDept filed charges against 51yo Farhad Shakeri of Iran, 49yo Carlisle Rivera & 36yo Jonathon Loadholt
Shakeri remains at large in Iran
Rivera & Loadholt have been detained pending trial
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