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Okay, question: Do you think navy ships are black boxes? That zero information gets in and out? Because despite what you may think, sailors do call family and f

Okay, question: Do you think navy ships are black boxes? That zero information gets in and out? Because despite what you may think, sailors do call family and friends. You're not going to keep the virus a secret on any ship. The solution is to try and get over it as soon as possible. Not act like it doesn't exist.

aaron695 7y ago
> Do you think navy ships are black boxes? This is a silly point. A Captain leaking a letter, is different to a country X trawling through thousands of accounts on social media for the truth. At your point there would have been no point any high Chinese official calling alarm in January about the Coronavirus, we already know because China isn't a black box and people were seeing what happened so we all knew exactly what was happening in China. > You're not going to keep the virus a secret on any ship. Everyone knows the virus is on all ships (and many submarines) around the world. This was a Captain allegedly writing up exact intel and undermining his command structure.
- salawat 7y ago
  To hell with the command structure. The hell is wrong with you people? His command structure is fine, his people aren't, and his asset won't be if shit gets out of hand. The command structure got pissy because by doing what he did, he cut off the opportunity for plausible deniability by his superiors and forced action to be taken because someone else had a record of the situation. The only issue is that someone ended up leaking the damn thing, and guess what? That isn't his fault either unless one of those recipients wasn't a .mil address. Which I doubt. This is a pissy Administration lashing back at an Officer who knew what he was doing and was willing to leave egg on his superior's face if it was required to get the situation under control. Everyone else can beat their chest and say he did wrong, but I've seen and done that move before. "Management" types hate it because they realize your dedication to the mission exceeds your loyalty to them, which makes you a threat in terms of realpolitik. Shit may roll downhill, but the boot to the ass comes up in an arc.

aaron695 7y ago

> Do you think navy ships are black boxes? This is a silly point. A Captain leaking a letter, is different to a country X trawling through thousands of accounts on social media for the truth. At your point there would have been no point any high Chinese official calling alarm in January about the Coronavirus, we already know because China isn't a black box and people were seeing what happened so we all knew exactly what was happening in China. > You're not going to keep the virus a secret on any ship. Everyone knows the virus is on all ships (and many submarines) around the world. This was a Captain allegedly writing up exact intel and undermining his command structure.

salawat 7y ago
To hell with the command structure. The hell is wrong with you people? His command structure is fine, his people aren't, and his asset won't be if shit gets out of hand. The command structure got pissy because by doing what he did, he cut off the opportunity for plausible deniability by his superiors and forced action to be taken because someone else had a record of the situation. The only issue is that someone ended up leaking the damn thing, and guess what? That isn't his fault either unless one of those recipients wasn't a .mil address. Which I doubt. This is a pissy Administration lashing back at an Officer who knew what he was doing and was willing to leave egg on his superior's face if it was required to get the situation under control. Everyone else can beat their chest and say he did wrong, but I've seen and done that move before. "Management" types hate it because they realize your dedication to the mission exceeds your loyalty to them, which makes you a threat in terms of realpolitik. Shit may roll downhill, but the boot to the ass comes up in an arc.