Lawmakers to open Tillman-Lynch hearing

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - As the Army probed Pat Tillman's death, investigators implored the CIA and Pentagon last year to scour their databanks for aerial video of the friendly fire incident, footage they believed might have been captured as a Predator drone flew over the scene.

Lawmakers plan to press the Pentagon on Tuesday with questions still hovering over the one-time National Football League star's shooting: Was a drone flying overhead when Tillman was killed? Did it videotape the incident?

The military says no such videotape exists, but members of Congress hope to elicit the new information when the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing as part of an investigation into misleading information from the U.S. military. Members of Tillman's family, who have continued to raise questions about the incident, were also scheduled to appear.

The most recent investigation by the Army, released last month, documented a monthslong search for the video. The undertaking "suggests the distinct possibility that a Predator drone overflew the battle scene, and, if it did, may have captured yet-unrevealed material information," said Daniel Kohns, a spokesman for Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat who represents the San Jose, Calif., area where Tillman grew up.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_on_go_co/tillman_friendly_fire

[C_U_L8R]

1. I want to know who crafted the bullshit cover story...

KKKarl !

[underpants]

2. Not just the cover story but the whole incident

Sorry but I have observed their behavior for too long to give them any benefit of the doubt on this one. They did this or had it done. They couldn't risk Tillman getting in front of a camera or his meeting with Chomsky even reported.

[maddezmom]

3. Tillman Tale "Pure Fiction": Brother

Tillman Tale "Pure Fiction": Brother
Kevin Tillman Assails Pentagon For Trying To "Deceive" Family And Nation Over War Hero's Death

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2007

Quote

"We appeal to this committee because we believe this narrative was intended to deceive the family, but more importantly, to deceive the American public."


(CBS/AP) The brother of Pat Tillman broke his three-year silence Tuesday, telling Congress the military's heroic recounting of the NFL player-turned Army Ranger's death in Afghanistan was "pure fiction."

Some members of Congress hoped to elicit new information Tuesday as the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing as part of an investigation into misleading information from the U.S. military.

Pat Tillman died in a friendly-fire incident in April 2004, however, his family was not told until May 29, 2004, what really happened. In the intervening weeks, the military continued to say Tillman died under enemy fire, and even awarded him the Silver Star, which is given for heroic battlefield action.

"We appeal to this committee because we believe this narrative was intended to deceive the family, but more importantly, to deceive the American public," Kevin Tillman said.

more:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/24/politics/main2720253.shtml

[Lisa]

4. and major props to Jessica Lynch

I just saw her interviewed on CNN. She insists that she isn't a hero, but I think her actions right now show that she is! She kept saying that she thought Pat Tillman's family was wonderful, and that they deserve to know the truth about what happened to their son.