Senators urge formal probe of Navy carrier commander's firing over coronavirus plea

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of prominent Democratic senators formally requested on Friday that the Pentagon's independent Inspector General investigate the Navy's firing of the commander of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who called for stronger measures to halt a coronavirus outbreak on board.

Captain Brett Crozier was relieved of his command on Thursday after his scathing letter was leaked to the media.

"Given the extraordinary circumstances under which these events took place, we believe a closer examination by a neutral third party is warranted," the senators wrote, according to a copy of the text seen by Reuters.

Reuters is first to report such a congressional request to the Inspector General's office.

https://news.yahoo.com/senators-call-pentagon-inspector-general-182344037.html

[blueinredohio]

1. They should also probe into why the Inspector General was fired.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Only dems, not a single patriot in the GOP

[COLGATE4]

3. Coming headline: "Trump fires Navy's Inspector General

for investigating Captain Corzier's firing"

[musclecar6]

4. Great News

I was in the Air Force back in the day, so I know all about chain of command etc. That said, you know damn well that Capt Crozier being a Naval Academy graduate and long time sailor going up thru the ranks on his way to Admiral, was completely familiar with it. Sounds like if he wrote that strongly worded letter, he had a very good reason for doing it.

I hope he is found to have done the right thing and one of Joe’s first official acts will be to place him in a high position in the Navy.

[SidDithers]

5. Because they've been told so by their government...

and by Fox News.

Sid

[rockfordfile]

6. I agree

[crickets]

7. Good. K&R