Retired General Is Reprimanded in Tillman Case

[Hissyspit]

Source: New York Times

Retired General Is Reprimanded in Tillman Case

By NEIL A. LEWIS
Published: August 1, 2007
WASHINGTON, July 31 — The Army moved today to stanch the furor over the mishandling of the friendly fire death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan by censuring a retired three-star general for errors and deceptions and apologizing profusely to the Tillman family and the public for “mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership.”

Army Secretary Pete Geren outlined the results and recommendations of the seventh and what he said he expected to be the Army’s final investigation of the shooting death of Corporal Tillman, a former N.F.L. player-turned-soldier, and its aftermath. The report asserted that there was no cover-up of the shooting, which officials decided was a tragic battlefield accident and not a murder.

The report by Gen. William S. Wallace concluded that Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger failed to follow procedures requiring him to notify the Tillman family and top officials about the investigation into the possibility of friendly fire and then lied to two sets of investigators about when he knew that Corporal Tillman’s death was caused by shots fired by fellow Army Rangers.

Mr. Geren agreed with the report’s recommendation that General Kensinger be censured and that a review board consider reducing him in rank to a two-star general. Mr. Geren was unreserved in his criticism of General Kensinger, who at the time of the shooting in April 2004 was the head of special operations for the Army.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/washington/01cnd-tillman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[burythehatchet]

1. OJ got reprimanded also.

[razors edge]

2. That's a good one.

I have a feeling the General will continue to protect the real killer, sorta like OJ I guess, only more fucked up, if thats possible.

[dflprincess]

3. I don't think the family with be content with a "profuse apology"

n/t

[19jet54]

4. Scapegoat for Bush/Rove Politics!

We should cut Bush's pension instead!!!!!!

[MasonJar]

5. The true test of a sociopath...continually let others take the fall for

one's own failings and illegal acts....Bush, of course.