Army admits to "errors" in Tillman case
Wow, no kidding!
Army and Defense Department investigators said that officers looking into the incident passed along misleading and inaccurate information and delayed reporting their belief that Tillman was killed by fellow Rangers. The investigators recommended the Army take action against the officers…“We as an Army failed in our duty to the Tillman family, the duty we owe to all the families of our fallen soldiers: Give them the truth, the best we know it, as fast as we can,” said Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren. “Our failure in fulfilling this duty brought discredit to the Army and compounded the grief suffered by the Tillman family. For that, on behalf of the Army, I apologize to the Tillman family.”
The Army, he said, will take corrective action and hold people accountable.
It’s hard to say where the “errors” in reporting started. My gut feeling is that it started at the very bottom - Tillman’s squad leader - and then traveled upward. His death was an accident of war - tragic - but an accident. No one wants to tell family members that their son/brother was accidentally killed by his own fellow soldiers, and it looks like they omitted many facts when it was originally reported to avoid that kind of embarrassing situation.
I hope this ends this sad case - and those involved are held accountable. Families do have the right to know what really happened, even in high-profile situations like Tillman’s.
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