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The Captain totally screwed up. The fact that he may have done so out of concern for his sailors or that he is popular really do not change how badly he screwed up. He needs to accept the consequences of his actions. Even if the Navy squirms around and finds some political solution to try to salvage his career to reduce the bad press...it changes nothing other than to encourage military to members to disregard the chain of command and rules regarding protection of assets and classified information (if the cause is a popular one or if he disagrees with his appointed or elected leaders).