Several Years Later...
Mood:  loud
Topic: CNN gets the big scoop
So, I don't know why I my recent posts have been so CNN inspired but...I don't know if you remember me talking about how that whole Pat Tilman thing played out back in 2002.. Remember him? He was the great American Hero/Football player who skipped out a fat contract with the NFL to enlist in the army after 9/11 happened. They had a big hero's funeral for him as he was killed fighting terrah in Afghanistan. Not unlike Jessica Lynch it turned out the army had some explaining to do...So nearly three years later CNN gets in on the act:

(CNN)
Army officials knew within days of Pat Tillman's death that the former NFL player had been killed by fellow Rangers during a patrol in Afghanistan but did not inform his family and the public for weeks, The Washington Post reported.

A new Army report shows that Gen. John P. Abizaid, the theater commander in Afghanistan, and other top Army officials were aware an investigation had determined the death was caused by an act of "gross negligence" four days before a nationally televised memorial service, the Post reported after reviewing nearly 2,000 pages of documents it had obtained.

Tillman, 27, turned down a multimillion-dollar contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He was taking cover behind a boulder along a canyon road near the Pakistani border when a firefight erupted at twilight on April 22, 2004.

The Post reported on its online edition Tuesday night that troops on the scene said they were immediately sure Tillman was killed by a barrage of American bullets.

The documents show that officers erroneously reported that Tillman was killed by enemy fire, destroyed critical evidence and initially concealed the truth from his brother, also an Army Ranger, who was near the attack, the Post reported.

The memorial service in San Jose, California, took place May 3, 2004. The Army announced May 29 that Tillman likely died because of friendly fire.

Brig. Gen. Gary M. Jones, who prepared the report, concluded there was no official reluctance to report the truth, according to the Post.

But an Army spokesman, Paul Boyce, told the newspaper: "Notifying families in a timely way that they have had a loved one killed or severely injured is complex and imperfect work. We can do better."

What a bunch of lying assholes! Using this poor kids death as spin to make the war look better. Pathetic.