“Stabbing a defenseless teenage captive to death. Picking off a school-age girl and an old man from a sniper’s roost. Indiscriminately spraying neighborhoods with rockets and machine-gun fire. Navy SEAL commandos from Team 7’s Alpha Platoon said they had seen their highly decorated platoon chief commit shocking acts in Iraq. And they had spoken up, repeatedly. But their frustration grew as months passed and they saw no sign of official action.” A hero doing his job or a criminal who crossed the line? That’s the question at the heart of a case that is dividing combat brothers and ordinary Americans. NYT: Navy SEALs Were Warned Against Reporting Their Chief for War Crimes.

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