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ChicagoTeamster

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5. Who is actually giving the US Navy commands to fire on the boats? Miller's position can't have that kind of authority

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:29 AM

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Doesn't a command like that have to follow a chain along the lines of someone in the Joint Chiefs to a Navy or Coast Guard admiral to the ship commander? Supposedly, the crews on these ships were asking their commanders for some kind of immunity from prosecution because they're not convinced of the legality of the orders.

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