new details are out about pat tillman's death and the ensuing coverup. there is information on his actual wounds and the military's immediate and long-term efforts to hide the truth about his death. the report indicates doctors suspected something was wrong right away and when they tried to get more information, they were blocked. but the most annoying sentence in the story for me was this:
"Army attorneys sent each other congratulatory e-mails for keeping criminal investigators at bay as the Army conducted an internal friendly-fire investigation that resulted in administrative, or non-criminal, punishments."
can you imagine this? sadly, yes. attorneys actually applauding that they kept investigators, and most importantly, tillman's family, in the dark about his death. i don't think any information that has come out has diminished tillman's sacrifice or service, but it has made me so sick about how the military has treated one of its own.
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