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House calls out government in Tillman friendly fire death

Updated: July 14, 2008, 8:02 PM ET
By Mike Fish | ESPN.com

After a 16-month investigation into the friendly fire death of former NFL player Pat Tillman, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a report Monday that is critical of what it termed a "near universal lack of recall" by top White House and Defense Department officials about events surrounding the fratricide.

The 49-page report made the case that top Bush administration officials, including former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, had effectively stonewalled the ...

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PAT TILLMAN INVESTIGATION

Pat Tillman
Pat Tillman saved a life before he died from the friendly fire of his fellow Army Rangers. At least that's what Spc. Bryan O'Neal thinks. He was next to Tillman and, in the conclusion of our four-part E-Ticket, O'Neal talks publicly for the first time about his life after the incident.

E-Ticket: What really happened?
• Part 4: Last Act of a Hero
• Part 3: Death of an American Ideal
• Part 2: Playing With Friendly Fire
• Part 1: An Un-American Tragedy

News:
• House report cites 'lack of recall'
• Tillman's widow calls for 'authentic leadership'
• Kensinger's attorney lashes out at Army
• Bush doesn't remember when he learned of fratricide
• Fish: Another hearing, more frustration for Tillman family
• Rumsfeld defends himself in Congressional hearing
• Retired three-star Gen. Kensinger censured in cover-up
• Doctors: Closeness of Tillman's wounds suspicious
• Retired general faces demotion in death of Tillman
• Tillman info sought from White House, Pentagon
• Tillman hearing is 'just the start'
• Army Ranger 'ordered' to conceal Tillman details
• Report: Army cut off communication after Tillman died
• Report: House committee to hold hearings
• Tillman's dad: Memo supports cover-up theory
• Report: General warned about friendly-fire death
• Family pushes for congressional hearings
• Military: Nothing criminal in Tillman's death
• Ranger: Account of death was 'doctored'
• Statement from Mary Tillman and family

Audio:
• Mary Tillman reacts to government's probe
• Sen. John McCain discusses the military's "mistakes" in the Tillman investigation

PDF:
• Inspector General's report
• Army CID report
• Army evidence (transcripts, statements, memos)

Aftermath:
• OTL: Tillman's unit speaks out ESPN Video
• Survivor living with memories
• Keeping Tillman's memory alive

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