The situation involving the so-called cover up pertaining to the death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan hopefully will result in some senior people being held accountable. It ought to start with the former Secretary of Defense (Rumsfeld) who himself often glossed over "details" that were sometimes not in concert with his expectations.
The media is reporting today that there may be administrative actions taken against some involved retired general officers...one a Lieutenant General. Reports indicate that the Secretary of the Army may recommend he be reduced in retired rank to Major General. Assuming the LTG knew early on that Tillman's death was caused by friendly fire, and not by enemy action as was being reported by the Defense Department at the time, my view is that he ought to lose all three of his stars and be retired at some lessor rank. People need to be held accountable for their actions (or inactions), and unfortunately that's not been happening enough, both in the Department of Defense and within the Bush administration.
