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The US
Mark DeRosa does not deliver. His team barely squeaks by the DR in the semis and then falls short v Team Venezuela, with their team of studs unable to capitalize on Bryce Harper’s dramatic, eighth inning, two-run shot that tied the game. They never really hit in this tournament, despite the laundry list of talent up and down the lineup. Aaron Judge is once agains the poster boy for failing to come up with the big hits in big spots – he was hit-less tonight with three strikeouts. For all of Team USA, heading back to Spring Training, that is one bad way to start a very long season.
But forget them – salute Venezuela, WBC champions, who knocked off Japan and the US along the way to making baseball history. They get all the plaudits and all the bragging rights in their first international baseball win since 1945 - it will never, ever be forgotten by anyone in Venezuela or any of their diaspora. Congratulations to them for this well deserved honor; they were the better team tonight, no question about it.
And that will do it for our live coverage of the WBC final. Thank you for reading, it’s always appreciated. Wherever you are, good morning, good afternoon and tonight!
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Trump on Venezuela's victory: 'STATEHOOD!!!'
Donald Trump posted “STATEHOOD!!! President DJT” on his Truth Social platform moments after the final out of Tuesday night’s World Baseball Classic championship game, injecting fresh political rhetoric into an already charged matchup.
The final had been played against a backdrop of political overtones between the two countries following the January capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro by US forces. Players and coaches on both sides had repeatedly downplayed the politics during the tournament.
Trump had already weighed in on the eve of Tuesday’s contest, posting: “Good things are happening to Venezuela lately! … STATEHOOD, #51, ANYONE?”
His latest post, arriving immediately after the game ended at Miami’s loanDepot Park, underscored how the event – intended as a celebration of international baseball – has been shadowed by broader geopolitical tensions.
Post-game
Well, this is just baseball magic. A team like Venezuela, with everything against it, a nation that has undergone enormous political strife, economic hardship, human rights issues, foreign intervention and a list of issues that goes on and on. It has not been easy at all to be a Venezuelan, but tonight they all feel a little bit lighter because their representatives have made sports history. They defeat the USA, in their back yard, something that seemed improbable just a few hours ago. And the joy is contagious, no matter who you were rooting for.
Suarez speaks!
He had the big hit and now he speaks to FOX TV in the US.
“What can I say, it’s amazing, God is good….he was with us the whole time…nobody believe in us…but this is for the whole country…we play with passion and love, we feel this jersey.”
Venezuela are the champions!
The Americans stare out at the celebrating Venezuelans, who upset the Japanese just a few days ago, and have now turned the trick a second time! Their bullpen was lights out this entire tournament, and the gang with Rodriguez held a star-studded Team USA lineup to just three hits! A nation rejoices, horns blare in Caracas and all over the South American nation! The flags are out, the tears are streaming. The trophy is heading south!
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VEN 3-2 USA, FINAL!
Anothny waves at a fastball! It’s all over! Venezuela win the World Baseball Classic, upsetting the Americans in a historic win for all-time!
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
Palencia wants to talk to Perez. Another momentary pause.
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
Strike two, inside corner!
Venezuela are one strike away!
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
Palencia pauses, ties his shoes. Deep breaths.
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
A seed on the outside corner – strike one!
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
High and away! Ball one!
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
Henderson skies to third base!
Venezuela are an out away from the title!
It’s all down to Roman Anthony!
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
Ball one to the 24-year-old.
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
Whiff! One down! Schwarber could not touch the high cheese!
Gunnar Henderson, who homered against the DR, is pinch-hitting!
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
It’s 2-2 to Schwarber and the Cubs closer throws hard!
VEN 3-2 USA, bottom 9th
Daniel Palencia, who is filthy, comes in to face a parade of lefties in his bid to try and seal a historic WBC title for Venezuela. First up is Schwarber.
VEN 3-2 USA, top 9th
He lifts it to let, and Anthony has it. Three outs, and this is it! It’ll be Schwarber, Bregman and Anthony for all the marbles in the bottom of the ninth!
VEN 3-2 USA, top 9th
The US challenged Suarez re-touching third base when he ran there for no reason whatsoever because he didn’t know how many outs there were. But he did get back to second in time. The US is out of challenges, and the US puts Abreu on intentionally, which makes sense. It’s up to Salvador Perez to come up with a hit in a big spot.
VEN 3-2 USA, top 9th
Rogers, with that submarine delivery, doesn’t throw hard, but how anyone can pick it up I have no idea. Tovar pops up harmlessly to second. Two outs.
So of there’s going to be an insurance run for Venezuela, it’s up to Abreu, who as we know, homered already tonight.
VEN 3-2 USA, top 9th
Rogers has to face Tovar who is 2-3 tonight.
VEN 3-2 USA, top 9th
The eighth pitch to the pinch hitting Gimenez is hit to left – Anthony has it, and that’s the first out of the inning for the Americans.
Whitlock is done, here comes the submarine pitching Tyler Rogers to try and hold Venezuela to a single run.
RUN! VEN 3-2 USA, top 9th
Eugenio Suárez hits a ball into the gap in left center field! It’s going to the wall! Sanoja is coming around to score, and Suárez is at second with a double!
Venezuela re-take the lead!!!!
VEN 2-2 USA, top 9th
Full count to Suarez!
REPLAY! THE CALL STANDS! VEN 2-2 USA, top 9th
It’s a stolen base, so now the lead run is 180 feet away with nobody out! It’s 2-1 to Suarez.
Pitch – swing and a miss, strike two!
VEN 2-2 USA, top 9th
Sanoja steals second! So now Venezuela has a runner in scoring position!
The US will challenge, but he looked like he just got his foot in to me. Let’s see.
VEN 2-2 USA, top 9th
Luis Arraez walks! A lead off walk is not good!
Javier Sanoja pinch runs for the three-time batting champ, and Suarez is up.
Ball one prompts a meeting at the mound to calm Whitlock, who may be feeling it.
VEN 2-2 USA, top 9th
Garrett Whitlock, who was superb in his last outing v the DR, has the ninth for the Americans. He will face Luis Arraez to open the frame.
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VEN 2-2 USA, bottom 8th
Another changeup and Judge watches it AGAIN! It’s his third strikeout of the night!
The inning is over but we are tied! To the ninth!
VEN 2-2 USA, bottom 8th
Changeup, foul – strike one! It’s another changeup – he lets it go. Strike two!
VEN 2-2 USA, bottom 8th
Now it’s Judge! He’s ahead 1-0.
HOME RUN! VEN 2-2 USA, bottom 8th
Bryce Harper delivers a home run to center and this game is tied!
He runs around the bases and lets out a roar! Relief for the Americans! They have new life!
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VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 8th
low – ball one.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 8th
Witt Jr walks on four pitches! is this the break the US needs?
Bryce Harper steps in. The Venezuelans chat at the mound, with pitching coach Johan Santana leading the conversation.
Here we go! Harper is the tying run!
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 8th
Machado strikes Turang out on three pitches, and this is getting UGLIER for the Americans!
Here is Crowe-Armstrong and he grounds out to second.
WOW!
It’s up to Witt Jr in the US eighth!
VEN 2-0 USA, top 8th
Garcia pops out to Smith who makes the catch behind the plate.
Easy inning for Jax.
Turang, Crowe-Armstrong and Witt Jr are due up.
VEN 2-0 USA, top 8th
Acuna grounds out to short. Two down. Here’s Garcia.
VEN 2-0 USA, top 8th
Griffin Jax is in for Team USA and he faces Chourio who is the ninth hitter in the Venezuelan lineup. He’s ahead 0-2 and then gets Chourio to chase out of the zone – strike three.
One down. Here’s Acuna Jr.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 7th
Machado pitched for Orix in Japan last season and had a 2.28 ERA. In the WBC in four appearances, his ERA is zero. He’s ahead on Smith 0-2. Pitch…and a swing and a harmless pop up on the right side of foul ground. It’s caught, side retired!
Team USA are six outs away from humiliation. And the president is watching.
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VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 7th
Anthony walks! And two-out walks can be deadly, as baseball fans all know.
Omar Lopez wants a new pitcher.
Will Smith will hit, though, you know, Cal Raleigh must be sitting over in the dugout with his 60 home runs last season, thinking, “hey Mark, can I try?”
Andrés Machado walks in to make the biggest pitches of his life.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 7th
Bregman hits it hard towards third – Garcia has it – he first a dart over to first, in time to get Bregman. And Garcia made that look pretty easy.
Anthony is up with two outs. Last gasp for the US in the seventh.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 7th
Brewers pitcher Angel Zerpa is in and blows away Kyle Schwarber – a glamorous entry.
Bregman is next.
VEN 2-0 USA, top 7th
Perez hits a ball to shallow right field – Judge is charging and will get there to make the catch. Side retired!
Team USA have nine outs to play with, and it’s stretch time in Miami
VEN 2-0 USA, top 7th
Perez chases a ball in the dirt – he’s down in the count 0-2!
VEN 2-0 USA, top 7th
Abreu with an “excuse me” check swing that winds up at shortstop – he’s thrown out, while Tovar advances to second base. It’s up to captain Salvador Perez!
VEN 2-0 USA, top 7th
Tovar lifts a base hit to left and that’s a one-out base runner for Venezuela! It’s timely because here’s Venezuela’s home run man, Abreu stepping in!
VEN 2-0 USA, top 7th
Will Vest, solid Tigers pitcher, comes in and strikes out his teammate Torres for the first out. Now it’s Tovar.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
As they say, you know this game is important if Judge is letting a 3-1 groove go!
What is up with Team USA?
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
Ground ball to third – Garcia has it, gathers it, throws it, in time to get Judge! Inning over!
Judge stares at a 3-1 cookie and the US go down in the seventh! They have two hits through six innings!
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
In there for a called strike – the count is full!
What was Judge looking at? Right down Broadway!
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
Judge looks at a ball low and away. It’s 3-1!
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
It’s 2-1!
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
Judge has struck out twice, so he’s happy to see Rodriguez off the mound. And now Butto is behind in the count to theYankees slugger 2-0.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
Life! It’s a base hit to right! Now Team USA are an Aaron Judge blast away from tying up this game!
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
Witt pops to foul territory on the first base side – Arraez has it for the second out.
Ho-hum.
Here’s Bryce Harper.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 6th
Buxton is out and now the southpaw center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, who the Mets traded for a bag of popcorn and a diet coke when he was a prospect, steps in for the Yanks.
Butto is now pitching for Venezuela and he gets the pinch hitter to sky out to left.
One down!
Top of the lineup for the US and Bobby Witt Jr, 0-2, steps in.
VEN 2-0 USA, top 6th
Keller freezes Suarez on a two-strike sweeper and that does it for Venezuela in the sixth!
Will Team USA ever wake up? Or will they head back to Arizona and Florida in a deep, dark doze?
VEN 2-0 USA, top 6th
Keller is back on the hill and he quickly retires Garcia, induing a fly ball to shallow center – it’s easy for Buxton, one down.
Arraez now and it’s rinse and repeat – another fly ball to center, and this one is also cake for the Minnesotan.
It’s up to Suarez now to keep the frame going.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 5th
Turang grounds out, and Venezuela are just 12 outs away from making WBC history!
Too soon?
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 5th
OK, so the pen is great, and are one of the reasons they are here tonight. But I still don’t understand why Rodriguez was removed with 38 pitches left in his allotment.
Anyway, Will Smith is the first to face Bazardo, and of course, he strikes out Smith. So what do I know, right?
Here’s Turang with two outs.
VEN 2-0 USA, bottom 5th
Roman Anthony is the next batter in this Red Sox fest. He hits a soft, delicate grounder to second – that’s easy for Torres who throws to first for the out.
And now Eduard Bazardo is replacing Rodriguez, and I have a question.
WHY?
He’s thrown 57 pitches and has given up one single hit! Get me Venezuela’s manager Omar Lopez on the phone, now!
Come on man!!!!!
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VEN 2-0 USA, top 5th
Acuna grounds to short – Witt has it, fires off line, and Harper makes the stab! Tough play by the first baseman and that prevents a two-out base runner. So Venezuela is done in their fifth, but damage was indeed done!
Woop, here it is. Abreu goes deep v McLean.
VEN 2-0 USA, top 5th
So Wilyer Abreu, who had a key three-run shot just a few days ago against Japan, has done it again! I don’t think he’ll be buying too many drinks at home for the next 40 or 50 years.
Now Perez flies out to center for the first out before Chourio pops out to second.
After the bomb, two quick outs.
Here comes team USA manager Mark DeRosa to get McLean, who made two mistakes in 4 2/3 innings. He’s replaced by Brad Keller.
HOME RUN! VEN 2-0 USA, top 5th
The Americans and their star-studded lineup scratched out just two runs v Luis Severino and a so-so DR bullpen. Now Rodriguez has kept them off the board.
And now Abreu goes deep! It’s up and over the center field wall! The solo shot gives Venezuela a 2-0 lead!
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VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 4th
Bregman bounces to short – Tovar has it and tosses to second for the force play. Side retired! Eduardo Rodriguez, who had a 5.09 ERA last season is dominating the Americans right now! He’s through four innings unscathed!
VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 4th
He walks Schwarber on four pitches, which keeps the inning alive for Bregman.
VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 4th
Judge can’t lay off the changeup away! He strikes out Judge, again! Two down, and here’s Schwarber!
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VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 4th
Aaron Judge is next – mistakes will be deposited in the stands.
VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 4th
Bryce Harper grounds out softly to second. Rodriguez is pitching the game of his life right now.
VEN 1-0 USA, top 4th
Gleyber is strikeout no4 for McLean. Two down.
Now Tovar pops out to foul ground on the first base side, and Nolan McLean is through four with 51 pitches in the books.
VEN 1-0 USA, top 4th
McLean is back and the difference in this game is his wild pitch he threw in the third inning. It allowed Perez to advance to third base before he scored on a sac fly.
Suarez. is at the plate for Venezuela and the count is full! Pitch…foul ball.
Let’s do it again. Pitch…ground ball, right side – Turang has it, tosses to first and there’s one down.
Now Gleyber Torres, who has pop, steps in to the box.
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VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 3rd
Witt skies to center just shy of the warning track – Jackson Chourio is there and puts it away for the third out. Rodriguez has three innings in the books on just 35 pitches!
VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 3rd
Buxton waves at a change up away! Two down! Top of the lineup now for the US and it’s up to Witt Jr. to keep the inning alive.
VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 3rd
Turang hits a ground ball to the right side, just passed the outstretched body of Luis Arraez, who just missed making the play. That’s the first hit for Team USA and now it’s Buxton who comes to the plate batting in the ninth hole.
VEN 1-0 USA, bottom 3rd
Will Smith is up and trying to wake up the US’ bats. But he pops out to right field. One down and here’s Turang.
VEN 1-0 USA, top 3rd
Arraez hits a sharp ground ball to second, right at Turang! He fires over to first for the third out and the side is retired. But not before Venezuela takes a lead over the Americans!
RUN! VEN 1-0 USA, top 3rd
Garcia flies out to center: it’s deep enough to score Perez and Venezuela takes the lead! Can Luis Arraez add to their lead?
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VEN 0-0 USA, top 3rd
McLean’s slider goes to the backstop! Both runners advance, and now a base hit could put Venezuela up two runs!
VEN 0-0 USA, top 3rd
Fastball up means ball four, so now the Venezuelans have two on and one out with Mikael Garcia stepping in with a chance to put the visitors up.
VEN 0-0 USA, top 3rd
Full count to Acuna!
VEN 0-0 USA, top 3rd
McLean dominates Chourio, a slider that glides way out of the zone which the Venezuelan chases to no avail.
One down and here’s Acuna who singled in his first at-bat.
VEN 0-0 USA, top 3rd
Captain Salvador Perez has himself a lead-off base hit to right field to start off Venezuela’s third inning. Chourio is next.
VEN 0-0 USA, bottom 2nd
Anthony taps out back to Rodriguez, who tosses over to first for the out! Six outs in 23 pitches? Yeah, that will do.
VEN 0-0 USA, bottom 2nd
Kyle Schwarber is first up to the plate to face Rodriguez. It’s a lefty-lefty match-up and the count is even 2-2.
Now Rodriguez rears back and challenges the slugger and strikes him out! This is going much better than his last outing v the DR when they hit two dingers off him in the first three innings.
And now Bregman bounces out to first! Two down!
The Venezuelan crowd is quite happy with that, as you can imagine. Roman Anthony, who homered v the DR in the semis, steps in.
VEN 0-0 USA, top 2nd
Abreu pops to shallow left field – Witt strolls back, holds up his glove, opens it, closes it, and the ball is inside.
That’s three outs.
Are we going to have a pitcher’ dual?
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VEN 0-0 USA, top 2nd
McLean is back on the hill for Team USA, he’ll face Suarez, or should I say faced. The DH chases a slider for the first out.
Tovar is third up this inning, and has himself a two-out hit! Can Abreu keep the line moving?
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VEN 0-0 USA, bottom 1st
Rodriguez parks a cutter on the outer edge of the zone and home plate umpire Dan Bellino punches Judge out! Strong inning for the D-backs hurler!
VEN 0-0 USA, bottom 1st
Quick out for Venezuela – Bobby Witt lines out to center field: one down.
Now Bryce Harper stands in, and he hits a breaking ball to shortstop – that’s easy for Tovar.
So two easy outs and here comes Judge, who has two homers, six hits and six walks this WBC. He’s ahead in the count 2-1.
VEN 0-0 USA, top 1st
Maikel Garcia is up: he hits a hard ground ball to third base. Alex Bregman has it and fires to second for the first out, then Turang throws to first to complete the double play! So that erases the lead off hitter!
Now Luis Arraez hits a can of corn to center field for the third out. So McLean faces the minimum and here comes the US!
Vamos!
We’re off! Nolan McLean has the ball and throws it – Ronald Acuna swings and hits a base bit up the middle! We’re off, will Venezuela be running?
Olympic vibes
The US team is channeling the Olympic hockey team by wearing the game-used jerseys from their gold medal game win last month. Will the pixie dust from the Marvel in Milan rub off?
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National anthems
It’s old-school pre-recorded orchestra versions. I have never heard the Venezuelan anthem before – does that make me a bad person? The US one sounds just like the version they’d play when a TV station would sign off for the night and you wake up all weirded out on your couch.
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Here they come
In the moodily lit Loan Depot park, here the two teams are walking in with their flags, down the foul lines, towards home plate. Aaron Judge is holding the flag for the US, and Luis Arraez for Venezuela. Considering everything that went down this January, it has quite a serious and tense feel to it.
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How did the WBC do?
Very well I would say. During a down-time in the US sporting calendar, baseball rose to the forefront during a time when sleepy spring training games barely bring a baseball pulse. Then there’s this from Front Office Sports:
“After Fox Sports posted an overall viewership record during the pool-play round and set a single-game WBC audience record with a U.S.-Mexico contest, Sunday night’s semifinal win by the U.S. over the Dominican Republic averaged 7.37 million viewers. That game on FS1 and Fox Deportes set another milestone as the most-watched WBC broadcast ever on any network in the event’s 20-year history, beating the prior mark of 5.02 million viewers from earlier this month by 47%.”
So this is a tournament that continues to gain momentum off of the 2023 edition that resonated meaningfully on the US domestic front for the first time. The next WBC is scheduled for March of 2030, but there’s a push to add MLB players to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, which would be another boon for the growth of the game.
Venezuela lineup
Not much to see here, just Torres and Tovar swapping in the fifth and sixth spot. Otherwise, this is the lineup that defeated Italy last night to reach the finals. The top three of this lineup have provided the bulk of the Venezuelan offense – the US will have to find a way to slow them down in order to win tonight.
1. Ronald Acuña Jr., RF
2. Maikel Garcia, 3B
3. Luis Arraez, 1B
4. Eugenio Suárez, DH
5. Gleyber Torres, 2B
6. Ezequiel Tovar, SS
7. Wilyer Abreu, LF
8. Salvador Perez, C
9. Jackson Chourio, CF
United States lineup
A few changes as Venezuela throws the lefty tonight – Gunnar Henderson who homered against the DR is out, and the right handed third baseman Alex Bregman is in. Pete Crow-Armstrong, the southpaw center fielder will sit in favor of Minnesota’s Byron Buxton. Otherwise, it’s the same lineup.
1. Bobby Witt Jr., SS
2. Bryce Harper, 1B
3. Aaron Judge, RF
4. Kyle Schwarber, DH
5. Alex Bregman, 3B
6. Roman Anthony, LF
7. Will Smith, C
8. Brice Turang, 2B
9. Byron Buxton, CF
Hola!
Hello and welcome to our rolling, live coverage of the World Baseball Classic final between the United States of America and Venezuela. If it feels like it was just a few days ago that the tournament began, that’s because it was. It’s a short, compact schedule – this will be the 47th game played in just 13 days.
This will be the first time these nations face-off at the WBC, but they did meet back in January in Caracas when the visiting US pulled off a stunning surprise victory that included the removal of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. That initial confrontation means this game takes on even higher stakes as the underdog South Americans bid to avenge their military defeat and take their first WBC title.
The Americans, fresh off their tight 2-1 win in front of a partisan Dominican crowd in Miami, had a day off yesterday. Meanwhile, Venezuela enjoyed a comeback win over Italy that included 7.2 innings of stellar bullpen work and a seventh inning rally for the win. Venezuela shocked Japan in the quarterfinals, which is without question the biggest upset of this tournament, so they’re riding a wave as they head into this winner-take-all contest.
Eduardo Rodríguez gets the ball for Venezuela. The veteran Diamondbacks 32-year-old hurler doesn’t have sexy MLB stats, but he did put together a couple of stellar seasons in 2018 and 2019 for the Red Sox, pitching in the World Series – albeit badly - when they beat the Dodgers. So does he have big game experience. How did he do in this tournament? He was battered by the DR for five runs, including two homers in 2.2 disappointing innings during his only appearance.
Who is pitching for the United States? Not Jacob deGrom, not Tarik Skubal, not Garrett Crochet, not Max Fried. Instead, it’s 24-year-old still rookie, Nolan McLean. Now, I’m not saying that because McLean isn’t any good. He’s plenty good and he had a fantastic debut in 2025. His future is sparkly, but this is a huge spot and there’s a lot of US pitching talent not on this team and that’s too bad. That said, McLean definitely gets the edge over Rodríguez and is more than capable of shutting down Venezuela.
Statistically speaking, in this event, there’s not much between these teams: they both have surprising numbers in both batting and pitching departments. Of course, the US is favored, and as we said Sunday, they really haven’t hit yet. And surely it’s just a matter of time. Will it be better late than never for the vaunted US lineup?
First pitch is about 8:09 EST and 12:09 GMT, so there’s still time to get your homemade granola and kombucha ready for the big game. In the meantime, email me all your thoughts and feelings and I’ll make you famous.
More to come – stick with us!
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David will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s a look at the recent tensions between the two countries in the run-up to Tuesday’s final:
The US will play Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic final on Tuesday, a meeting that comes after recent tensions between the two countries.
In January, Donald Trump ordered a military operation that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Since then, the US has launched a war against Iran, during which the American players have paid tribute to their country’s military. Players have saluted each other after victories and the team invited Robert J O’Neill, a former Navy Seal who claims he killed Osama bin Laden, to give a locker room speech. Two of the team’s pitchers, Paul Skenes and Griffin Jax, played at the Air Force Academy and have spoken of the importance of honoring the military.
The choice of O’Neill to motivate the team received pushback as he called men who voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election as “my concubines” and been criticized by some for talking about secret military operations in public.
You can read the full report below:
