Ahhh that is not the way it works in for many people in the DoD, including SEALs
Well, he wasn’t giving up methods and means, and the intel that led them there, only the actual participants’ take and briefest of explanations of what went down. He may have been able to bypass that approval process, or maybe it passed muster because of lack of specifics. But it’s for sure he wanted to retire so he could talk. Obviously he and his guys were ticked off by the jackass in chief and his sidekick.