Memo Reveals Military's View of Reporter Probing Atrocity

By Greg Mitchell

Published: June 24, 2007 12:35 PM ET
NEW YORK Six weeks ago, at the military hearings probing the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha in November 2005, a Marine officer testified about his view of the initial questions about the incident, and possible coverup, raised by the Time magazine reporter who broke the case.

The questions from Tim McGirk clearly provoked more rage than a determination to look into the evidence offered by eyewitnesses.