Gallager's Defense Team and the Arguments That They Were Making in the Case

The defense team's theory of the case was that the seals who were testifying and reported eddy were disgruntled employees. They started small, with little gripes they hoped would get him removed from command,. And when those gripes had no effect, his attorney said, they made up more serious gripes until they got to murder. The evidence for eddie gallagher murdering a captive is not perfect but there's a heck of a lot more evidence of that scenario than there is of a scenario of disgruntled seals.