(02-07-2020, 11:53 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(02-07-2020, 10:24 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: Well, firstly, you don't have a a duty to report what you feel is illegal. It doesn't matter how you feel. He reported something that wasn't illegal and undermined his boss for what appears to be political purposes. 

Secondly, I don't care what happens with him. Sounds like he'll be just fine at the Pentagon. What do you think should happen to him?

Feel is not quite the right word.  Think was the right word.
The point is, it doesn't matter if it's actually illegal, if you think it's illegal, don't do it, and report it.  Tell the proper channels. You'll either get reassigned with an explanation that you were wrong, or your superior will get disciplined if you were right.  The Vindman case is somewhere in between.  Even though he was right, because the impeachment failed, reassigning him is the appropriate remedy.

No, sir. 

It isn’t about what you feel or think. You must know it’s illegal to be insubordinate or to report the activity of your superior. Otherwise, the entire system is caught up in a never ending cycle of petty undermining behavior. 

You can’t assign a self righteous motive to excuse his behavior. He wasn’t right, by the way. He did nothing more than offer his opinion.

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