this is closed. It's apparent that far from being a reporting of an actual event,this thread is only going to continue to be a forum for the OP to speculate about all of the untoward things that could be done to mishandle this incident by what he characterizes as a dishonorable if not downright dishonest institution; while at the same time characterizing those who choose to hold their outrage over the mishandling of the incident until after the incident has actually been mishandled as apologists or naive.
So, since this is clearly going nowhere other than continuing to deterioriate -the thread is closed. Sorry folks- I'm displaying my bias and exercising control of the forum. This will not be a forum for generating unwarranted attacks couched as "just reporting the news" on the US Naval Academy and the USNA and Navy Chain of Command and the US Military justice system. If they actually display a mishandling of the situation- (for example if they choose to retain the Mid after being found guilty of an offense )then we can all pile on and express our outrage at the system. Until then- closed.