#177 Captain Brad Geary - The Sinister Games the Military Plays in Hiding the Truth
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What happened during the Kyle Mullen investigation?
Kyle Mullins, Bud's candidate, died in training, died of what we believe to be performance-enhancing drugs, a lot of evidence, and basically the U.S. Navy kept reinvestigating this until the performance-enhancing drugs disappeared, and then they basically... pended on you, the commanding officer of Naval Special Warfare Training Center, or whatever they're calling it today. Yeah, yeah, me and Eric Ramey, that's right. And so I wanted to bring you back on. We got a lot of exposure. You came on, Jason, you came on, and your other interning. Yep, Davis Yelms from the Stanford Warriors Foundation. Yep, we're still with him as well, yeah. Got a lot of exposure. I know my personal friend and attorney, Tim Parlatori, jumped on board.
We got a ton of congressmen, senators, a lot of attention. And the case was ultimately dismissed. But I know they're still coming at you for some stuff. And I just kind of wanted to do an update with you. You interviewed with Secretary Head Seth and Director Gabbard. And I want to talk to you about what that is and if you do have a place in the new administration. And so, yeah, it's good to have you back. Good to be back.
Thanks for having us. It means a lot to us. My pleasure. To start, we have to do the disclaimer that obviously everything I say here today is my own opinion. Brad Geary is not representative of the Navy. or Naval Special Warfare or the Department of Defense in general. These are all my opinions and my understandings of the facts as I understand them in our entire case and everything that's happened since our last show, for sure. And to that point, big win with them dropping the case.
Why did the Navy's process come under scrutiny?
You know, as you released on social media, the signed document dated 13 December 24, where Amy and I basically signed it, both signed it saying, Sean, the lies finally crumbled under the weight of truth. Thank you for being a pivotal voice for truth. Blessed are the peacemakers, Brad and Amy Geary. Oh, man. Thank you.
It's huge. Man, your show was a pivot point. This is awesome. Yeah. Changed the whole thing. Everything. I love this. This will be hanging here in the studio along with all the other stuff from guests. I appreciate it, man. This is an honor. Thank you.
Our honor, too. And we thank you. Thank you for being a continual voice for truth for me and so many others.
All right, so let's get into it. Yeah. So you came on, what, I guess it was about, what, six months ago? A little longer?
Somewhere around there. Yeah.
And got a lot of attention. Yeah. Real fast. What happened?
What happened? So, like I alluded to, what we hoped and what we expected. Before I get into that real quick, I do want to highlight something I think we've seen here. It's interesting because it all plays back toward leadership, which we talked a lot about in the last episode. Years ago, when I first took command of SW Team 1, one of my task unit commanders sent us an article called Power Causes Brain Damage. The Atlantic published it, I want to say 2014 to 17 time frame, I think. Really, really interesting. And it's not a new idea, right? I think it was Lord Acton said, power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. But now in the modern day, we've been able to study that psychologically and actually do magnetic brain mapping and see what happens in the brains of those who have authority for long periods of time. And it turns out it's not great. So this article lays that out.
And it talks about how it creates hubris, a bit of cognitive dissonance, and what I think a lot of lower folk would look up the chain of command and say, that guy drinks his own Kool-Aid. And so it's very dangerous. Now, the hard part about this study is it identified that knowing it's a psychological problem, and by the way, this isn't like unique to a few people. This is everything.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened during the Kyle Mullen investigation?
0:39–2:29
2
Why did the Navy's process come under scrutiny?
2:29–5:51
3
How did Captain Geary defend against the Navy's accusations?
5:51–14:12
4
Why did Congress get involved in the case?
14:12–21:16
5
What role did evidence and investigations play in the case?
21:16–31:53
6
How did the Navy respond to congressional pressure?
31:53–41:44
7
What challenges does the military face regarding transparency?
41:44–50:04
8
What are the implications of institutional loyalty over constitutional duty?
50:04–2:04:33
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