[SkyDancer]

I don’t think the captain leaked the information rather his email was leaked by someone else.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I don’t think the captain leaked the information rather his email was leaked by someone else.

Then logic dictates one of 2 things:

1) Someone inside the chain of command who is authorized to deal with classified info received it and leaked it, in which case that person needs to be fired and probably prosecuted.

or...

2) The Captain sent the email to someone outside the chain of command who was NOT authorized to receive classified info, which is the very same thing we're all screaming for Hillary's head over.

It's got to be one or the other.

[silverleaf]

Rest of the story
Chopper went Hollywood

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/04/theres_another_side_to_the_story_of_the_fired_navy_captain.html

[glorgau]

I don’t think the captain leaked the information rather his email was leaked by someone else.

He put the email in a position to be leaked. Same thing as doing it himself.

[DesertRhino]

“I don’t think the captain leaked the information rather his email was leaked by someone else.”

Baloney. He cc’ed it to 22 people outside his chain and even some civilians. And sent it in the open. And beyond whether or not it leaked, it was extremely childish. All he discussed was how to get 90% of the crew ashore and tie the ship to the pier.
He didn’t say a word about what he needed to become combat ready ASAP. No request for emergency replacement personnel to be flown in. No request for extra medical personnel. No warning that another carrier may need to quickly replace them. No notification that they were engaged in aggressive decontamination procedures.

All he did was whine about wanting to abandon ship and that “this isn’t wartime”.

He’s a weakling... might make a good nanny though.

[Responsibility2nd]

That’s my thinking also. I think Modly was the leaker.

[willfulknowledge]

Irrelevant if reports are correct that it was sent to multiple recipients outside secure channels.

[riverdawg]

“I don’t think the captain leaked the information rather his email was leaked by someone else.”

He cc’d it to people not in the chain of command, and who had no obligation to respect confidentiality.

If we are going to go after Hillary for using an unsecured server, then we have to go after this officer for his similarly careless actions.

[DiogenesLamp]

I don’t think the captain leaked the information rather his email was leaked by someone else.

The Navy has secure electronic communications equipment. He could have and should have sent any concerns to his superiors using that equipment.

He sent his email through unsecured channels, and he sent copies to 22 people, many of whom were not in his chain of command. The man was deliberately trying to get his email leaked. He was obviously trying to go around his chain of command to bring public pressure to bear against them.

He also made foreign enemies aware of deficiencies aboard this ship. He notified them that his carrier was unable to perform it's mission. *THAT* is a big no-no. He broke operational security.

Also, i've read that his direct superior was aboard that ship at the time he wrote this letter. Why didn't he accept what his admiral told him?