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Misleading Information From the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Abstract
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform addresses misleading information surrounding the deaths of Corporal Patrick Tillman and the capture and rescue of Private Jessica Lynch during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Investigations into Corporal Tillman's faced challenges in determining what senior officials at the White House and Defense Department knew, with a widespread lack of recall among interviewed officials. A similar lack of recollection was encountered in the investigation of Private Lynch's inaccurate accounts, highlighting gaps in knowledge regarding the dissemination of misleading information to the media and the delay in correcting the false narrative surrounding her capture and rescue.
Date
2008-09-16
Document Type
House Committee Approved Report
Serial Number
110-858.H
Document Length
80 pages
Congress
110
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Committee Approved Reports
PAP Major Code
16: Defense
PAP Minor Code
1600: General
Related Hearings
Press Releases and Contextual Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20090101102222/http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2099