Eye-catching NYT headline

"Navy SEALs Were Warned Against Reporting Their Chief for War Crimes." This disturbing article by The Times's Dave Phillips, concerns United States v. Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher of the SEALs. Excerpt:

Tired of being brushed off, seven members of the platoon called a private meeting with their troop commander in March 2018 at Naval Base Coronado near San Diego. According to a confidential Navy criminal investigation report obtained by The New York Times, they gave him the bloody details and asked for a formal investigation.

But instead of launching an investigation that day, the troop commander and his senior enlisted aide — both longtime comrades of the accused platoon leader, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher — warned the seven platoon members that speaking out could cost them and others their careers, according to the report.

The clear message, one of the seven told investigators, was “Stop talking about it.”