White House "Stonewalling" on Pat Tillman Documents

[babylonsister]

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071707A.shtml

White House "Stonewalling" on Pat Tillman Documents
By Matt Renner
t r u t h o u t | Report

Tuesday 17 July 2007

The White House has refused to turn over documents in connection with the US House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation into the death of Corporal Pat Tillman, citing executive privilege. However, an examination of the documents released by the Department of Defense (DOD) shows the White House selectively withheld documents which did not fall within their executive privilege claim, and the White House may have ignored a warning from a top military official in order to propagate the fictional story of Tillman's demise.

The Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been examining the cover-up of the death of Corporal Pat Tillman, the former Arizona Cardinal football star. On April 22, 2004 while on patrol in Afghanistan, Tillman was shot in the head by an American soldier. Public statements by the military claimed Tillman was killed by Taliban fighters in combat. This patently false explanation was not corrected for over a month and was only revealed as false after the official story began to collapse. According to investigations conducted on behalf of members of the Tillman family, military officials tried to cover up the fratricide by falsifying evidence, altering statements made by soldiers who witnessed the event and by posthumously awarding Tillman the Silver Star for valor.

According to the chairman and ranking member of the Oversight Committee, their investigation includes a central question: "What the White House and the leadership of the Department of Defense know about Corporal Tillman's death and when they know it?"

A joint letter from Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ranking Member Tom Davis (R-Va.) accuses the White House of illegitimately withholding documents critical to the investigation and ignoring warnings from a top military official.

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[wicket]

1. Those rat bastards

:grr: :grr:

[underpants]

2. Of course they are-they CAN'T let anyone know that they offed him

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. My Thoughts EXACTLY

They are Far more involved than we have any idea.

[babylonsister]

4. Here's Jonathan Turley on Countdown last night; he was sincerely

baffled at why the wh has done this. Check it out!

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/17/countdown-harriet-miers-inherent-contempt-pat-tillman-executive-privilege/