[eldoradude]

'Modly said Thursday, without directly accusing the captain of leaking the letter, that Crozier allowed the letter to be distributed outside the chain of command by sending it out widely in a way that may have made it susceptible to a leak. Specifically, the acting secretary said that he had 20-30 other people copied when the letter went out using non-secure email.'

'Saying that such actions were "not acceptable," he told reporters the captain "demonstrated extremely poor judgement in the middle of a crisis."'

'Rep. Adam Smith, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is questioning the timing of the skipper's removal.'

'While he acknowledged that Crozier "clearly went outside the chain of command," Smith wrote in a joint statement with three of the committee's Democrats who chair subcommittees '

Yeah, it sure looks like this POS "Captain" is one of Obama's pets and he released this publicly deliberately.

[Steve Van Doorn]

said, "'Rep. Adam Smith, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee(Democrats), is questioning the timing of the skipper's removal.'"

Oh man... was this virus used to cull the herd?
I've been trying to figure out why this virus is so urgent.

[usnavy_cop_retired]

Anything that may compromise the battle readiness of a ship, unit, command is highly sensitive, to the point of being classified. The medical condition of the crew can give an adversary an advantage by knowing that the crew’s capabilities are compromised/degraded. The letter, in and of itself, is not the issue; the facts, as are now known, that there were numerous cc’s on the email letter and that it was not on a secured system is where the problem occurs. The CO can not allow this type of information to become public, but apparently did.