General Discussion

An order is an order, and becomes an Official Record. Even if it's petty or unlawful; especially when it's unlawful.
And I guarantee you. The lowliest E-4 in SOCOM knows how to record given orders to protect themselves.

Do you know it can become a Ft. Leavenworth stay for a period of time to alter or destroy Government Records, no matter what method it had been given? Even signal flags are recorded.
On edit - it looks as if they found a fall guy.
Managed to wrangle a high enough positioned True Believer to lose a couple stars and his retirement for a pie in the sky promise.