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US Navy commander 'diverted aircraft carriers and moved ships like chess pieces to Asian ports
DailyMail Online ^ | 4 Nov 13 | Ted Thornhill

Posted on 11/04/2013 8:57:53 AM PST by Portcall24

Complete title: US Navy commander 'diverted aircraft carriers and moved ships like chess pieces to Asian ports in return for prostitutes and Lady Gaga tickets'

A U.S. Navy commander has been accused of moving ships 'like chess pieces' to ports in Asia to financially benefit a defense contractor, in return for prostitutes and Lady Gaga tickets, according to naval court documents...

The accusations unfolding in a federal court case signal serious national security breaches and corruption, with the threat that more people, including those of higher ranks, could be swept up as the investigation continues.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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This is an example of why I'm not convinced there is a deliberate effort to purge the ranks of senior officers within the services. When you read this story there's no way that this number of folks making observations would do so without some facts to back up their accusations.
1 posted on 11/04/2013 8:57:53 AM PST by Portcall24
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To: Portcall24

Sounds like an average day in zer0’s new gay navy


2 posted on 11/04/2013 9:00:19 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Only if they were male prostitutes.


3 posted on 11/04/2013 9:01:49 AM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Portcall24

Lady GaGa tickets? He should’ve been swinging the carrier away from that piece of human debris. There may be mental issues with this commander.


4 posted on 11/04/2013 9:02:51 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Portcall24

I don’t believe it either.
It is the job of Navy Commanders to move ships where they are needed.

The hookers just have to look out the window when the ships show up. They don’t need the Navy’s help.


5 posted on 11/04/2013 9:02:54 AM PST by Zathras
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Well, I can understand the Asian prostitutes. He wants to keep the sailors happy when they go on leave.

But Lady Gaga tickets? Ugh.


6 posted on 11/04/2013 9:04:01 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Portcall24

And the tower of corruption behind all of this was a gent from Malaysia.

What was that about just coincidences?


7 posted on 11/04/2013 9:08:07 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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Maybe he was set up.

The contractor acting on bo’s request.


8 posted on 11/04/2013 9:08:52 AM PST by Scrambler Bob ( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
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Lady Gaga tickets? Talk about the faggotization of the military. This ranks right up there with the Air Force base which invited the drag-queens to perform to celebrate Diversity Day a couple of months ago.


9 posted on 11/04/2013 9:10:35 AM PST by greene66
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To: b4its2late

Wasn’t it Bradley Manning supposed to be listening to Lady GaGa when he was stealing secrets? Mind control triggers? Someone playing the red queen?


10 posted on 11/04/2013 9:10:54 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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Bribes, kickbacks and comshaw are the way business is done in Asia. Apparently the bribes, kickbacks and comshaw were exessive! Yes, I would call “Lady Gaga tickets’ “excessive”! ROFL


11 posted on 11/04/2013 9:11:30 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: Portcall24

Ahoy & welcome to the third world.


12 posted on 11/04/2013 9:12:04 AM PST by skeeter
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Lady GaGa tickets? He should’ve been swinging the carrier away from that piece of human debris. There may be mental issues with this commander.

I wonder if he was getting non-monetary perks he was handing off to curry favor with his superiors. Still, charges and convictions are different things.

13 posted on 11/04/2013 9:12:10 AM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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When you read this story there's no way that this number of folks making observations would do so without some facts to back up their accusations.

"without facts to back up their accusations"?
Scandals such as Fast and Furious, Benghazi, Obamacare, and dozens more have been fact free.

Everything we have heard in the last five years has been hyperbole, distortions, half truths, and out right lies; why are you expecting to find facts at this point?

14 posted on 11/04/2013 9:13:52 AM PST by oldbrowser (The debt limit is the emergency brake on government spending)
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To: greene66

Hadn’t heard about that “diversity day”. Military is under non-stop psyop.


15 posted on 11/04/2013 9:19:56 AM PST by Ray76
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To: b4its2late

>>There may be mental issues with this commander.<<

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He is just following his leader.

This CIC does not instill pride in his troops.


16 posted on 11/04/2013 9:22:42 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Zathras

The legitimate moving of ships doesn’t include steering them to ports where your buddy makes money providing port services. The hookers only know about the ships being there after they arrive. In Subic Bay, though, the hookers knew more about pending departures than the ship’s crew did.


17 posted on 11/04/2013 9:24:40 AM PST by Bob
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To: Portcall24

Lady Gaga tickets? How did this Navy Commander evade “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” back when he was a lowly ensign?


18 posted on 11/04/2013 9:27:30 AM PST by Tallguy (between taglines...)
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To: Portcall24

Ever since the first raft was afloat for more than a week, Captains have taken to port for this reason.


19 posted on 11/04/2013 9:28:49 AM PST by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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"in return for prostitutes and Lady Gaga tickets"

Lady Gaga tickets!!!

Anyone who would want to see a Lady Gaga concert can not be trusted to be in charge of even so much as a used garbage truck.


20 posted on 11/04/2013 9:33:15 AM PST by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
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