Tillman Cover-up

The Army censured a retired three-star general for a "perfect storm of mistakes, mis-judgments and a failure of leadership" after the 2004 friendly-fire death in Afghanistan of Army Ranger Pat Tillman. Army Secretary Pete Geren asked an Army review panel to decide whether Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger should also have his rank reduced. Geren told a Pentagon news conference tha, while Kensinger was "guilty of deception" in misleading investigators, there was no intentional Pentagon cover-up of circumstances surrounding the former pro football player's death which at first was categorized by the military as being from enemy fire. At least six other officers received lesser reprimands too.