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With the close of the Navy\u2019s first \u201cFat Leonard\u201d\u00a0court-martial trial<\/a>, the defendant is going to the brig but he escaped the most serious charges and potentially jeopardized future federal fraud cases against a string of past and present sailors.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/09\/01\/navys-fat-leonard-case-implodes\/<\/a><\/p>\n Cmdr. David Morales was found guilty of only two of the five charges he faced \u2014 conduct unbecoming an officer and failing to report foreign contacts on his security clearance renewal.<\/p>\n \u201cSomeone stood up to Leonard Francis and he was found to be untruthful,\u201d said\u00a0Frank Spinner<\/a>, a retired Air Force attorney who represented Morales during his court-martial trial. \u201cThere\u2019s now a crack in the prosecution dike for the remaining defendants awaiting trial in San Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n According to this article from November 2017, 60 admirals were being scrutinized for involvement with Francis.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/11\/06\/more-than-60-admirals-being-looked-at-in-fat-leonard-probe-report-says\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Navy has 60 admirals? That sounds like an overload of brass to me. Modern times, I guess.<\/p>\n So how much of what Fat Leonard said was simply to get out of being prosecuted further? Hmm\u2026. Inquiring minds want to know. This is $35 million he overbilled the Navy. That’s your tax dollars and mine. \u00a0That could pay the cost of a lot of recruits being trained properly.<\/p>\n And since the article indicates that the Thai SEAL team has prostitutes, were they on the Thai Navy\u2019s payroll, or were they just TAD to Fat Leonard?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"