David Goldstein and Matthew Schofield | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Besides waiting nearly a week before
identifying the Army staff sergeant who's accused of killing 16 Afghan
villagers, the U.S. military scrubbed its websites of references to his
combat service.
Gone were photographs of the suspect, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, as well as a recounting in his base's newspaper of a 2007 battle in Iraq involving his unit that quoted him extensively.
Gone were photographs of the suspect, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, as well as a recounting in his base's newspaper of a 2007 battle in Iraq involving his unit that quoted him extensively.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/03/21/142710/after-bales-arrest-military-tried.html#storylink=cpy
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I would be more outraged except this was so incompetently done, the attempt at obscuration became its own punishment. Just like herpes, the internet is forever.
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