The videos also proved that Warpinski and NCIS had no interest in a real investigation or discovering the truth. From the first day the accusations were thrown out, Warpinski had his mind made up about the case, viewing it as his career meal ticket: Nail the Navy SEAL accused by members of his own platoon of war crimes. He told them as much right off the bat, saying, “NCIS. . . we already kind of have our approach, our take on this.”