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David Philipps
@David_Philipps
New York Times military correspondent. Author of "ALPHA, Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs". david.philipps@nytimes.com
Nov 13, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: US jets dropped three huge bombs on a group of women and children in Syria in 2019. The military says the strike killed only four civilians. We found something much different. @EricSchmittNYT nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/… @EricSchmittNYT The strikes were called in by a classified SpecOps group called Task Force 9 that was so often associated with bad strikes that the CIA reported them for killing civilians and the DoD wrote up a top secret report.
Mar 2, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The homework @60minutes didn't bother to do: That platoon plaque was made by Gallagher and greeted with shock by his platoon. Here's why... First, Gallagher put his own name first, above his commanding officer's, a breach of protocol, but one other SEALs said was telling since they told investigators he brow beat and ignored his lieutenant.
Dec 27, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Despite an unwritten code of silence, several SEALs testified this summer that they witnessed their platoon leader, Edward Gallagher, commit crimes in Iraq. They have never spoken publicly outside the trial. Now you can hear their accounts:
nytimes.com/2019/12/27/us/… “The guy is freaking evil,” one SEAL told investigators. “You could tell he was perfectly O.K. with killing anybody that was moving,” said a medic. You can watch the never-before-seen video of the investigation of Chief Gallagher here. nyti.ms/2ZporLK
Nov 16, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Clint Lorance ordered his men to fire on villagers in Afghanistan he knew were unarmed, then tried to cover it up. He was freed from Leavenworth by presidential pardon last night. nytimes.com/2019/11/15/us/… His case stirs up a lot of conflicting emotions. Many have argued he was a good guy who volunteered to serve his country, and never would have harmed anyone if he had not been dropped into a vexing insurgency war with few right answers. So he deserves mercy.