Tillman's celebrity, as one who gave up a professional football
contract to join the Army after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, made his
death major news.
The military at first concocted a heroic story about how Tillman, a
specialist posthumously promoted to corporal, had been killed in a
fierce firefight with the enemy, despite obvious evidence that he had
been shot by his own men at close range.
More than a month later, a military investigation reported publicly
that the death was not linked to enemy fire.
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After an oversight hearing in April -- in which Tillman's family
members testified -- the committee sought the documents to learn about
the alleged coverup and the high-level discussions about how to spin
the case.
From The Washington Post, 7/14/07:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301929.html?hpid=topnews
White House Denies Request for Documents in Ex-NFL Player's Death
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 14, 2007; Page A03
The White House has refused to give Congress documents about the death
of former NFL player Pat Tillman, with White House counsel Fred F.
Fielding saying that certain papers relating to discussion of the
friendly-fire shooting "implicate Executive Branch confidentiality
interests."
Reps. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) and Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), the
leading members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, objected to the refusal yesterday in letters to the White
House and the Defense Department.
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What ***** d'ya suppose the Bush Crime Family's trying to cover this
time.
Harry
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