Capt. Brett Crozier of USS Theodore Roosevelt to US Navy superiors: we're in trouble with coronavirus. Please help.

US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly: You communicated with us on the wrong channels & the public now thinks we're incompetent. You're fired.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04//us/politics/coronavirus-brett-crozier-theodore-roosevelt.html

Roosevelt crew: "Secretary Modly has turned a military crisis operation into a political reprisal. Capt. Crozier has the full faith and confidence of this crew."

Modly: Well, who ya gonna believe me or your own eyes?

Crew: Our eyes.

Paraphrasing (except crew quote).

If ever there were a time for complete transparency, honesty, integrity, and truth, this is it. That U.S. government bureaucrats are worried about public perception aligns well with what Soviet apparatchiks did after Chernobyl. Message: lie to the public about what's really wrong