{"id":36452,"date":"2019-08-06T03:12:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T03:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/06\/before-she-handled-seal-war-crimes-cases-one-star-was-tied-to-fat-leonard\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:49:38","slug":"before-she-handled-seal-war-crimes-cases-one-star-was-tied-to-fat-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/06\/before-she-handled-seal-war-crimes-cases-one-star-was-tied-to-fat-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"Before she handled SEAL war crimes cases, one-star was tied to \u2018Fat Leonard\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years before Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson withdrew a pair of SEAL war crimes cases from Rear Adm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/bios\/bio.asp?bioID=714\" target=\"_blank\">Bette Bolivar<\/a>, the one-star was lightly rapped for her ties to corrupt contractor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/11\/20\/court-martialing-retirees-fat-leonard-cloud-still-looms-over-hundreds\/\">Leonard Glenn \u201cFat Leonard\u201d Francis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staffers at her own Navy Region Southwest told Navy Times that she was reprimanded by Adm. Phil Davidson in 2017. That was confirmed by senior Pentagon officials who said it had been an open secret in the sea service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through her spokesman, Brian O\u2019Rourke, Bolivar declined comment. Navy leaders also decided not to issue a statement on her behalf, citing privacy concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting as the Consolidated Disposition Authority meting out punishment in the wake of the Glenn Defense Marine Asia public corruption scandal, Davidson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/08\/fat-leonard-wrongdoing-not-a-definite-career-killer-for-navy-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\">substantiated three of five misconduct allegations<\/a> against Bolivar and unnamed members of her crew on board the salvage vessel Salvor following a visit to the Malaysian port of Kata Kinabalu in 1998, according to records released to Navy Times following a Freedom of Information Act request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back then, the career diver was a lieutenant commander in charge of the Salvor, according to Navy records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Naval Criminal Investigative Service officials cloaked her name in the records provided to Navy Times, Davidson\u2019s Aug. 18, 2017, disciplinary letter determined that she wrongfully accepted the improper gifts of a free hotel room, dinner, drinks, entertainment and a golf excursion from Fat Leonard and his now defunct Glenn Defense Marine Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Davidson also reasoned that Bolivar went on to have \u201can exemplary career\u201d after she was plied by Fat Leonard and he found \u201cthis incident is not reflective of her otherwise superior service to the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arguing that Bolivar wasn\u2019t aware of Fat Leonard\u2019s criminal activities, never solicited the gifts from the contractor or requested to take any action that would benefit his company, Davidson refused to recommend that Bolivar show cause for retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, he considered her a \u201csignificant contributor and valued leader in the Navy\u201d who should remain in a command position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI personally addressed this &#8230; through administrative action and consider this matter closed,\u201dconcluded Davidson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/About-USINDOPACOM\/USPACOM-Area-of-Responsibility\/\" target=_blank>now at the helm of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"564\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bolivar2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bolivar2.jpg.jpg 564w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bolivar2.jpg.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bolivar2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar has long been considered an inspirational figure within the Navy for a trailblazing career that broke down barriers on her way to increasingly higher command. (Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s faced other setbacks recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a stunning series of moves beginning Thursday, CNO Richardson stripped Bolivar of her authority to preside over two court-martial cases tied to SEALs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began by dismissing her prosecution of Lt. 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