http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/04/AR2006030400860.htmlWASHINGTON -- The Army said Saturday it will launch a criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting.
scott1 said:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/04/AR2006030400860.html
It's been two years why they just starting to launch a crimnal investegation?
I don't watch football.But I'am kind of intersted to see what if it was propous what was the motive.
Every "friendly-fire" incident gets investigated, of course, SA.
russ_watters said:Every "friendly-fire" incident gets investigated, of course, SA. The article says this is the fifth investigation of this incident. That may be more than other incidents get investigated (I don't know), but it is certainly false to claim that others don't get investigated at all.
Plane crashes and friendly fire are two different things. In a plane crash, you don't always really want/need/care to know why - in a friendly fire incident, someone always does. A google finds information on dozens of separate incidents.selfAdjoint said:Russ, I used to be a weather officer at a TAC base. Occasionally the pilots would prang in. There was always an investgation, and the result was foregone: if the pilot survived the cause was "unknown mechanical failure", and if the pilot was killed it was "pilot error".
The required incident investigation form will be filed, of course, and if nobody takes up the case, that's where it ends.
True.ComputerGeek said:They all get investigated, but not all of them get a criminal investigation.
deckart said:A waste of time. It's unfortunate that it happened but that is the risk every soldier is aware of. I'm sure that all the men who survived that ordeal feel horribly about it.
Pat Tillman was a former NFL player who joined the Army after the 9/11 attacks. He was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 by friendly fire, but the Army initially reported that he died in combat. The probe is being launched to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death and the subsequent cover-up by the Army.
In 2017, a new book titled "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" was published, which revealed that the Army had known about the friendly fire incident from the beginning but still released false information about Tillman's death. This new information has led to the Army reopening the investigation.
The probe will be conducted by the Army's Criminal Investigation Command and will involve interviewing witnesses, reviewing documents and evidence, and examining the decisions made by Army officials in the aftermath of Tillman's death.
In 2007, the Army conducted a previous investigation into Tillman's death and found that nine Army officers, including four generals, were guilty of making critical errors in reporting and investigating Tillman's death. However, no one was held accountable or faced any consequences for their actions.
The purpose of this probe is to uncover the truth about Pat Tillman's death and the subsequent cover-up by the Army. The desired outcome is accountability for those who were involved in the cover-up and closure for the Tillman family, who have been seeking answers and justice for over a decade.