Report Slams 'Striking Lack of Recollection' in Tillman, Lynch Cases

clipped from thehill.com A proposed report on the misleading information released following the fratricide of ex-NFL player Cpl. Pat Tillman and the rescue of Pvt. Jessica Lynch slams the administration’s “near universal lack of recall” on the issue. “Cpl. Tillman and Pvt. Lynch are the two most famous soldiers in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars,” the proposed report of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said. The document, which will be voted on Thursday, called the “misinformation” in both cases an “unconscionable distraction from their actual service and heroism.” Following Tillman’s friendly-fire death in Afghanistan, his family and the public were led to believe that he was killed by enemies. It was also revealed that the first version of Lynch’s capture had been embellished.

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“On the key issue of what senior officials knew, the investigation was frustrated by a near universal lack of recall,” the proposed report stated. “The committee interviewed several senior officials at the White House, including communications director Dan Bartlett, press secretary Scott McClellan and chief speechwriter Michael Gerson. Not a single one could recall when he learned about the fratricide or what he did in response.”

It's weird how politicians always develop amnesia when they're in trouble, isn't it?