After Pat Tillman's death, Army clamped down on communications at his base

[Poiuyt]

SAN FRANCISCO - Within hours of Pat Tillman's death, the Army went into information-lockdown mode, cutting off phone and Internet connections at a base in Afghanistan, posting guards on a wounded platoon mate, and ordering a sergeant to burn Tillman's uniform.

New investigative documents reviewed by The Associated Press describe how the military sealed off information about Tillman's death from all but a small ring of soldiers. Officers quietly passed their suspicion of friendly fire up the chain to the highest ranks of the military, but the truth did not reach Tillman's family for five weeks.

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[underpants]

1. I am not afraid to say that I think Cheney et al had something to do with this

I mean that they were FULLY involved. Sorry I have watched them for too long to not see them operating in the margin that we all step over to even consider an issue. If Tillman got back to the states or if he gave an interview (which he had never done granted) they would have lost the whole ESPN crowd and they would have had an election that even our press wouldn't have let them get away with.

[MadBadger]

2. Whenever something bad happens to the Army

They do this kind of BUllshit. Same thing happened with Walter Reed. Some at the army seemed to be more upset that people said anything to the press, then they were about the conditions.

[Mandate My Ass]

3. Thry burned his uniform AND his diary

He was pissed off about Iraq and was planning on saying so in a very public way. He also had planned a meeting with Chomsky after his tour was over, but that goshdarn "friendly fire" took care of that.

[genie_weenie]

4. The military does this often. It's called

River City. Happened thrice during my last stay in Iraq, the longets period being a week prior to Phantom Fury (Fallujah assault).

[Dernitt]

5. Thank you for your service.

:patriot:

[genie_weenie]

8. Thanks but bleech.

Pleasee do not misconstrue my subject line. I'm not insulting your thanks but I joined for selfish personal reasons and ended up having most of my preconceived notions of the world and the US blasted.

[WFF]

6. What is "River City?"

Do you just mean a communications blackout? Or is there something more sinister?

[genie_weenie]

7. Just a fancy way

of having a phrase sound indicative of isolation. Think a city surrounded by a river...

Edit: oops