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There is a singular FACT that we DO NOT KNOW which makes all of the SPECULATION In this Thread moot and thus pointless. In light of that, the QUESTION BECOMES...WHY DID HE NOT ONLY GO OUTSIDE OF HIS IN HOUSE MILITARY COMMAND STRUCTURE...but virtually PUBLIC?

The likely explanation is that it forces his Superiors DECISION into the light of day. Available for public scrutiny. It would tend to force them to respond in a way that would be desirous of what the Captain was trying to achieve. Which was the well being of his men and the readiness of his command to be operational. I would tend to believe that it was a thought out conscious decision of the Captains part...in a way a big fk you to his superiors who were probably living in denial to the seriousness of the circumstances on board.