Navy’s top attorney accused of unlawful influence as war crimes court martial starts for SEALs
over 7 years in Stripes
After a flurry of Monday motions in the courtroom of Navy Cmdr. Arthur Gaston, the military judge ruled that Vice Adm. James Crawford III — the Navy’s judge advocate general — appears to have exerted unlawful command influence in a case first brought to light by a 2015 story in The New York Times.