How the Navy SEALs Dealt With Allegations of Detainee Abuse and Torture

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 12, 2016

New York Times correspondent Nicholas Kulish investigated abuse allegations against three Navy SEALs stationed near Kalach, Afghanistan. The SEALs allegedly beat and tortured bound Afghan detainees so badly that one of the men died his injuries. Kulish's article, “Navy SEALs, a Beating Death and Claims of a Cover-Up,” examines the alleged cover-up that followed the beatings.

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