Now his mother, Mary, has published a book in which she charges that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld knew about the cover-up over the details of her son’s death. As she writes [via MSNBC]:
During a recent 60 Minutes interview, Katie Couric questioned Army Secretary Pete Geren over the alterations of eyewitness accounts of Tillman’s death used for his Silver Star citation. She asked if he knew who manipulated the statements, and he replied:
Over at the IAVA blog, Perry Jefferies takes issue with Sec. Geren’s uncertainty, saying that the process for awarding medals should clearly indicate who writes a citation:
If indeed the medal was awarded under dishonest conditions, should it still stand? A letter to the Arizona Republic newspaper took this stance:
Another reader then responded:
In the New York Times’ look at Mary Tillman’s new book, there’s an interesting historical note of other athletes who’ve been killed in action.
You can read a Newsweek Q&A with Mary Tillman here.
