Pat Tillman’s Parents Discuss ‘The Tillman Story’ on Larry King Live
“… I don’t think they are very honorable people. I know they were lying. I mean, and I think that — you know, like, you know, Pat and I are talking about, you know, we feel that there could have been something else that happened to Pat but — I mean, we can’t prove it. Every bit of evidence has been destroyed. … Rumsfeld, Abizaid, Myers and Brown collectively said, ‘I don’t know, I don’t recall, I don’t remember’ about 82 times and no one on that panel pressed them. No one did their research. Neither faction of that committee.” — Pat Tillman’s mother Mary on Larry King Live
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in April of 2005 Pat Tillman seniors
with us here sent a strongly-wordedletter the Brigadier General Gary Jones
was leaving the Army's investigationinto pat's debtis another clip from the Tillman storyI just went through and blew out just
about everything they consider to be a fact and
explain to them why thatis ally and concluded by telling them
paidI have little regard for them I just
wanna tell somebody on aunbeknownst to pass seniorthe army considered the wording in his
letter to be a formal accusation ofcriminal misconductyour sheeps this automatically initiated
a new investigationby the inspector general's office he got
the silver star Pat righthe did you have that mental I do yepI have one danny has one Nick Murray has
oneshe kept those only a I'm not gettingare you what do you think the government
may really think I loverumsfeld McChrystal and the restreading your thoughts about this why
well i i don't think they're veryhonorable peopleI'm I know they're relying I mean and I
think that onyou know like you know up and they're
talking about you know we feel thatthere could have been something else
that happened to pat but weyou we can't prove it every bit of
evidence has been destroyedand let someone were to come forward to
tell us in new information there isn'tmuch we can dobut through the congressional hearing
the first congressional hearing we doknow that there was indeed a cover upthe oversight committee deemed that
there was butpeople dropped the ball congress stop
the ball when it came time to find outwho was actually accountablerumsfeld Abbas aide Myers and brown
collectively saidI don't know I don't recall I don't
remember about 82 timesand no one on that panel pressed them no
onedid their research neither faction that
committeeI mean there were a few very brave and
courageous people on that panel but forthe most partthey dropped the ball completely and I
think what's sad about it and no one atthat main purpose is for thisdocumentary and what are the reasons
that Iwanted to you know to republish the book
that I wroteis because this is not an isolated
incident pat is not alonethere are many soldiers who have diedin these wars and the families are like
two and it's outrageousfriendly fire is common in or was those
in perfumes ingoes back to every war reporters gonna
have friendly fire when you're outdinner platespeople guns are gone their books on it
going back to the civil war that I'mfamiliar with yeahand they have books going back to the
civil war that I'm familiar with thatsay you do not split the troopsbecause it is very dangerous but you
knowthe point that we were trying to make in
friendly fire does occurmaybe it was an accident probably was an
accident but theselling that we were handed whiz wastest and unbearable it was it was not
eventethered to a fact it so manufacturedthat made it tough to tolerate and
that's why we kept pushinghere and no one has been held
accountable whenabout this this manner
This video is intended for the sole purpose of my own creativity and does not reflect the opinion of any of the artists or voices used in the video. The song is Mr. President from The Grouch and Eligh. The voices are various newscasters and reporters.
Tillman Military Scholars Richard Garcia, Melissa Stroh, Aaron and Bonnie Contreras. Highlights from the 6th annual Pat's Run held Saturday, April 17, 2010 at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium.
Feature and coverage courtesy of Fox Sports Arizona.
The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew." The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation and follows a previous hearing held in April. Witnesses will include former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired). Gen. Kensinger has been served with a subpoena, but has not been able to be located over the past several days and will not appear. Rep. Elijah Cummings questions witnesses.
At his confirmation hearing Tuesday, Lt. Gen Stanley McChrystal told the Senate Armed Services Committee that mistakes were made in the military's handling of the accidental shooting death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman. (June 2)
BAR-LEV: There's a sense that this is a story that is over. That this is something we look back on about the Bush administration. In fact, this is a story that continues to this day. Nobody's ever been called to account for their actions...This was a deliberate attempt to cover up the facts.
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"... I don't think they are very honorable people. I know they were lying. I mean, and I think that -- you know, like, you know, Pat and I are talking about, you know, we feel that there could have been something else that happened to Pat but -- I mean, we can't prove it. Every bit of evidence has been destroyed. ... Rumsfeld, Abizaid, Myers and Brown collectively said, 'I don't know, I don't recall, I don't remember' about 82 times and no one on that panel pressed them. No one did their research. Neither faction of that committee." -- Pat Tillman's mother Mary on Larry King Live
Check it out: http://www.tillmanstory.com/
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The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Army Private Jessica Lynch gives opening remarks.
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This ESPN Sports Century biography on Pat Tillman is divided into six parts. I think this aired in 2005. For updated information, read "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman" by Mary Tillman http://www.amazon.com/Boots-Ground-Dusk-Tribute-Tillman/dp/1594868808 and "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" by Jon Krakauer http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385522266/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1594868808&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1R1ZC333SDPTXNBP09RW
Professional football player Pat Tillman joined the Army after 9/11 and was killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire during a gun battle. But as Erica Hill reports, the story told by the government was quite different.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Rep. Bruce Braley questions whether edits were made to original reports about the incident that resulted in Tillman's death.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Rep. Danny Davis questions Specialist Patrick Tillman's mother Mary Tillman about what senior military officials knew and when they knew it.
