>> Sandra: I'LL HOLD OUT FOR
THAT.
>> Bill: SUNDAY MORNING, ROLL
THIS.
>> THIS IS ALL ABOUT EGO AND
RETALIATION.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE.
THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN MY
TRIDENT ANY TIME THEY WANTED.
WE'VE COME UP WITH MORE
EVIDENCE THAT WE'LL BE EXPOSING
NEXT WEEK THE SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY WAS MEDDLING IN MY CASE
AND TRYING TO GET ORGANIZATIONS
NOT TO SUPPORT ME WHILE I WAS
INCARCERATED.
>> Bill: THAT'S THE MAN, NAVY
SEAL EDDIE GALLAGHER ACCUSING
MILITARY OFFICIALS RETALIATING
AGAINST HIM AFTER PRESIDENT
TRUMP RESTORED HIS RANK.
A TOP OFFICIAL THE NAVY
SECRETARY IS OUT.
TIM PARLATORE IS THE ATTORNEY
FOR EDDIE GALLAGHER.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
A STRANGE TWIST LATE LAST NIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WELL, IT'S JUST THE LATEST
CHAPTER IN THE SAGA OF EDDIE
GALLAGHER.
THINGS HAPPEN THAT WE JUST
NEVER EXPECT TO HAPPEN.
WE ARE TOOK THIS THING TO TRIAL.
THE NAVY TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING
THEY COULD TO PUT THEIR THUMB
ON THE SCALE OF JUSTICE.
THE JURY SAW THROUGH IT.
AFTER THAT THEY CONTINUED THE
RETALIATION.
THEY BANNED HIM FROM THE BASE.
THEY TRIED TO TELL EVERYBODY
THAT HE WAS STILL GUILTY.
THEY TRIED TO TAKE HIS TRIDENT
AWAY, THEY DID THAT AFTER THE
PRESIDENT HAD GIVEN HIM HIS
RANK BACK.
SO THE TIMING OF IT WAS VERY
CLEAR.
THEN WE GOT INTO THIS CRAZY
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OF THE
CIVIL/MILITARY RELATIONS WHERE
THE NAVY WAS DEFYING THE ORDERS
OF THE PRESIDENT AND TRYING TO
SAY WELL, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT
A TWEET IS AN ACTUAL ORDER AND
THEN FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS IT
HAS BEEN A COMPLETE WHIRLWIND
OF STORIES.
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SAYS
HE WILL RESIGN.
NO, I NEVER SAID THAT.
THEN HE GOES AHEAD AND GETS
FIRED BUT RESPONDS BY SAYING HE
RESIGNED.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW BUT
THE FORMER SECRETARY SAID SO
MANY THINGS OVER THE PAST WEEK
THAT CONTRADICT EACH OTHER AND
HE WAS FIRED FOR LACK OF CANDOR
ULTIMATELY.
>> Bill: RICHARD SPENCER WAS
FIRED BECAUSE HE WENT BEHIND
THE CURTAIN TO APPEAL TO
OFFICIALS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IS THAT THE BOTTOM LINE FOR HIM?
>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
NOT ONLY DID HE GO BEHIND THE
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S BACK BUT
NOT HONEST WITH HIM ABOUT IT.
THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT AS WELL.
>> Bill: WAS SPENCER GOING TO
RESIGN ANYWAY, SIR?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
AS GALLAGHER'S LEGAL TEAM, MOST
OF OUR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
WE WERE GETTING FROM THE MEDIA
SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
HE SAID HE WOULD, HE SAID HE
WOULDN'T.
>> Bill: YOU'VE BEEN ON THE
CASE 7 OR 8 MONTHS.
GALLAGHER RETIRES, KEEPS HIS
TRIDENT.
INVESTIGATION IS OVER.
IS THAT THE SUMMATION OF THIS
CASE?
>> I HOPE NOT.
I REALLY HOPE NOT.
BECAUSE AS MUCH AS MY PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO GET HIM
HOME WITH HIS FULL PENSION AND
NOT BE IN JAIL, EDDIE GALLAGHER
AND I BOTH BELIEVE THIS CASE
HAS EXPOSED SO MANY PROBLEMS IN
THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM
THAT I HOPE THAT THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
WE DID FILE --
>> Bill: WHAT DO YOU WANT
SPECIFICALLY?
WHAT DOES EDDIE GALLAGHER WANT
NEXT IF THE CASE ISN'T OVER?
>> OBVIOUSLY WE WANT HIM TO GO
QUIETLY INTO RETIREMENT BUT
WANT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL TO
COME IN AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY
EVERYTHING THAT WENT WRONG IN
THIS CASE AND TAKE CORRECTIVE
ACTION SO NOBODY ELSE HAS TO
SUFFER WHAT EDDIE GALLAGHER
SUFFERED.
WE WANT TO MAKE THE NAVY BETTER
FOR THIS AND MAKE THE SEAL
TEAMS STRONGER SO THIS SIDE
SHOW DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> Bill: HOW DID THE NAVY GET
IT SO WRONG?
WHAT WAS GOING ON ON THE INSIDE?
>> A FAILED INVESTIGATION.
THEY DIDN'T INTERVIEW HALF THE
WITNESSES THERE.
THEY DIDN'T CONSULT WITH THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER.
ONCE THE PROSECUTORS GOT
INVOLVED.
THEY SAW IT AS A CAREER MOVE
AND HE VIOLATED EVERY ETHICAL
RULE OUT THERE TO TRY AND GET
HIS CONVICTION.
AND FACTS WERE NOT AS IMPORTANT
AS GETTING THAT CONVICTION.
HE WAS ULTIMATELY FIRED FROM
THE CASE.
HE SHOULD BE FACING
DISCIPLINARY CHARGES.
THE NAVY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
TAKING ANY ACCOUNTABILITY FROM
HIM, INVESTIGATORS OR ANYBODY
ELSE.
THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW.
>> Bill: WHY WAS THIS CASE SO
IMPORTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, DO
YOU THINK?
>> I THINK BECAUSE IT REALLY
REPRESENTED A LOT OF WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND WITH CERTAIN
SEGMENTS OF OUR MILITARY.
EDDIE GALLAGHER SPENT 20 YEARS
OF HIS LIFE FIGHTING TO DEFEND
US.
HE DEPLOYED EIGHT TIMES.
SUFFERED OVER 18 TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURIES ALL TO PROTECT
US.
FOR THAT HE WAS THROWN IN JAIL,
MISTREATED AND REALLY THE
PROSECUTORS WERE VERY UNFAIR
AND VIOLATED ALL THE RULES.
AND I THINK THAT SPOKE TO THE
PRESIDENT ABOUT WE CAN'T LET
THESE OVERZEALOUS POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED PROSECUTORS THROW AN
AMERICAN HERO IN JAIL.
>> Bill: OTHERS MAY CONTEND
YOU'RE SENDING THE WRONG SIGNAL
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WEARING
THE UNIFORM.
YOU SAY WHAT TO THEM?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S -- THEY
ARE TRYING TO PAINT IT WITH TOO
BROAD A BRUSH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK ACTION IN
A SELECT FEW CASES.
THERE ARE MORE WAR CRIMES CASES
HE DIDN'T TAKE ACTION IN
BECAUSE THOSE WEREN'T WORTHY OF
ACTION.
AND FOR THOSE WHO SAY THAT
EDDIE GALLAGHER IS GETTING OFF
FREE BECAUSE HE GOT HIS RANK
BACK AND HE GOT HIS TRIDENT,
DON'T FORGET HE SPENT HOW MANY
MONTHS IN JAIL.
HE HAD HIS CHILDREN DRAGGED OUT
OF THE HOUSE AT GUN POINT.
FOR MONTHS HIS CHILDREN HAD TO
VISIT HIM IN JAIL WEARING ROBES
BECAUSE HE WAS SURROUNDED BY
SEX OFFENDERS.
THEY HAD TO WEAR THE ROBES TO
PREVENT THE SEX OFFENDERS FROM
GETTING AROUSED.
HE HAS SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY.
SO TO SAY THIS IS SENDING THE
WRONG MESSAGE THAT HE GETS OFF
EASILY FOR JUST BEING IN A
PHOTO WITH A TERRORIST, I THINK
THAT'S WRONG AND TO SAY THAT
HIS ACTION IN THESE THREE CASES
IS WHOLESALE PARDON OF WAR
CRIMES?
THAT IGNORES ALL THE CASES HE
DIDN'T TAKE ACTION IN BECAUSE