The definition of "trumped up charges" against Captain Crozier

[Bucky]

I wish that wasn't a pun. I fucking hate the normal use of the word 'trump' now. But I digress...

{Thomas} Modly, the Navy’s civilian boss, reversed course, telling reporters that he fired Crozier because he lost confidence in the officer for not using a secure email network to properly route his complaint.

Crozier’s unclassified email wound up with 20 or 30 other individuals and at some point was provided to the Chronicle reporters. Modly said the public airing of the complaint had unnecessarily alarmed sailors and provided enemies with information that exposed weaknesses on one of the country’s most important warships.

He's literally being fired for reporting a problem up the chain of command. It looks like the leak came from within the Navy Department that Crozier sent the email to.

Worth reading to understand the Navy view of this messenger-shooting:

1. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-secretary-blasts-fired-aircraft-carrier-captain

2. Other messengers being shot: https://taskandpurpose.com/analysis/brett-crozier-firing-navy-pattern

3. The coming investigation https://taskandpurpose.com/news/crozier-investigation