How A Top U.S. Navy SEAL Admiral Was Forced Out

Photo: Rear Admiral Brian Losey. Wikipedia

Kimberley Dozier, Daily Beast: Inside the Takedown of the Top Navy SEAL

When an admiral is accused of threatening to ‘bury’ whistleblowers, and those whistleblowers are embroiled in scandal, a straightforward story of right and wrong is anything but.

It seemed like a simple David and Goliath story.

Three military whistleblowers took on a powerful and vindictive admiral, accusing him of retaliating against them after he thought they were daring to speak up. And with the help of a few brave senators, the whistleblowers ended the career of the Navy’s top SEAL before he could launch another witch hunt.

“Admiral [Brian] Losey appeared to be a serial ‘retaliator.’ The evidence was overwhelming. He allegedly broke the law,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in April.

But an investigation by The Daily Beast into the case of Rear Admiral Losey—including dozens of interviews and a review of hundreds of pages of previously undisclosed documents—reveals a far more complicated narrative.

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