Chug,
I am well aware of how the pursuit of the truth can enter perilous paths for those trying to arrive at a statement of facts that are direct, real, ascertainable, and clear to the point there is exactly one interpetation.
At times, the appearance of a cover up can be explained away by sheer incompetence vice evil intent.
The perception of a cover up alone is sufficient to indict those that are party to it even when there was no crime, misconduct, or liability.
It is the cover up that invaribly dooms people when even the event being covered up is of no significance. Let that happen in something as serious as this tragedy and simply put.....there will be Hell to pay. The sad thing is all the fuss winds up being focussed at the "cover up" and the core issue loses significance as a result.
We have keep our sights on the right target (purposely phrased that way) so as to do what can be done to prevent this from happening again. That being the killing and wounding of our own people.
The shrill outcry for more training is a rather hollow demand. Until the accident chain caused by this tragedy is fully documented and investigated to identify its various components, no logical and effective action can be defined.
It might not be something from afield from an issue curable by "training". Nothing like this happens with just a single cause.....there is a chain of things. Breaking the chain at any one point would have prevented this from occurring. Lets lay out the chain and see what needs fixing that will be the most effective and work down from there.