Soldier: Army ordered me not to tell truth about Tillman

[William769]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The last soldier to see Army Ranger Pat Tillman alive, Spc. Bryan O'Neal, told lawmakers that he was warned by superiors not to divulge -- especially to the Tillman family -- that a fellow soldier killed Tillman.

O'Neal particularly wanted to tell fellow soldier Kevin Tillman, who was in the convoy traveling behind his brother at the time of the 2004 incident in Afghanistan.

"I wanted right off the bat to let the family know what had happened, especially Kevin, because I worked with him in a platoon and I knew that he and the family all needed to know what had happened," O'Neal testified. "I was quite appalled that when I was actually able to speak with Kevin, I was ordered not to tell him."

Asked who gave him the order, O'Neal replied that it came from his battalion commander, then-Lt. Col. Jeff Bailey.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/24/tillman.hearing/index.html

[ThomCat]

1. That is just evil.

x(

[William769]

3. Well when the commander in chief is evil,,,

[ThomCat]

4. I agree with you. As one of my coworkers likes to say,

"A fish stinks from the head."

[William769]

7. Yep and my daddy always told me when you want to kill a snake

Cut it's head off.

[blm]

12. Disgusting thugs made EVERYTHING about political jockeying - no doubt they HAD

to make sure Tillman didn't make it back to the US.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. We Follow Orders Or People Die!!

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

[Double T]

5. What a miserable disgrace the Army leadership has become.

[Cha]

6. And how "Christian" is

that?

[William769]

8. It's not "Christian"

And that what all Christians on this board will tell you.

[Cha]

9. Yeah, I know it's not and I'm

pointing out their HYPOCRICY.

[Raskolnik]

10. Did I miss something? What does Christianity have to do with this story?

?

[Cha]

11. Sorry, I was refering to this..

"they weren't Christian" Military officer to Tillman family... not letting go of grief..."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x742215

[City Lights]

13. The truth shall set you free.

How dare the Army insist that Spc. O'Neal live out his days with this horrible secret! It's traumatic enough to have witnessed it, but to be forced to lie about it by your own government is an outrage.

I'm sickened.

[Disturbed]

14. I want an answer.

Why did the Military burn his dairies?

[BreweryYardRat]

15. I used to think Tillman's death was a tragic accident.

With all this new stuff, and some commentary (on a different subject) I saw posted on another board by a vet where he implied his unit had taken the law into its own hands several times, even when they had outright evidence of wrongdoing and could have simply turned the offender in.

If folks are willing to do that, it's not such a stretch to believe that someone could have "leaked" false information to soldiers of similar mindset and let them go from there.