A Righteous Thing

The Line

Apple TV / Jigsaw Productions

Society & Culture, News, True Crime

4.5 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What makes a SEAL? Drawing on conversations with more than 50 special operators, Dan asks what makes someone able to (or want to) push their body and soul to the limit. And SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher addresses the accusations made against him, the blunt reality of killing, and good versus evil.

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0:00.0	Hey there, before we start, just know that this episode contains descriptions of violence
0:04.4	in war and a reference to suicide.
0:07.6	Thanks for listening.
0:10.8	Previously on The Line.
0:13.7	The American people understand that this is a different kind of war.
0:17.6	And your job was basically a man hunting.
0:19.9	Yeah, yeah.
0:21.0	We captured a hundred upon hundreds of people.
0:23.6	We're not here to win.
0:24.6	We're here to fucking absolutely decimate you.
0:27.4	That's the feeling.
0:28.4	It's just a drug.
0:30.1	A decorated Navy seal was brought into court in shackles today in San Diego.
0:34.5	Hey, he came over the radio and said, no one touched him.
0:37.5	He's all mine.
0:38.5	And then, also, maybe just started stabbing the dude.
0:43.7	Feared by supporters who called him a hero, but accused by the military of being a war
0:48.4	criminal.
0:49.4	It could be skewed and make everybody look like a bunch of rats.
0:54.4	I'm Dan Tabersky.
0:56.0	This is The Line.
0:58.9	Episode two, a righteous thing.
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