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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on August 12, 2019, 10:55:54 am
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Admiral Who Oversaw SEAL Prosecution Implicated in 'Fat Leonard' Probe, Documents Indicate
6 Aug 2019
The San Diego Union-Tribune | By Andrew Dyer
SAN DIEGO -- Redacted Navy documents and the command history of Navy Region Southwest Commander Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar indicate she was investigated in connection with the so-called "Fat Leonard" scandal and had received gifts from the contractor in 1998.
A female officer on-board the salvage ship Salvor accepted gifts in the form of a hotel room, dinner, drinks, entertainment and a golf outing in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, in August 1998, according to a memo signed by Adm. Philip S. Davidson in July 2017.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/06/admiral-who-oversaw-seal-prosecution-implicated-fat-leonard-probe-documents-indicate.html (https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/06/admiral-who-oversaw-seal-prosecution-implicated-fat-leonard-probe-documents-indicate.html)
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I posted about this story in this thread (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,371109.msg2026817.html#msg2026817). At best she had a significant conflict of interest. At worst, well, greasy-slimy enough to look the other way when JAG was horribly over-charging (on the side, I wonder how much valor-envy was in that) and then violating the defendant's attorney-client privilege. She should not have been anywhere near having oversight of JAG activities.