A Gold Star family is suing the Marine Corps and other Defense Department agencies, alleging a coordinated, illegal effort to suppress details about the insider attack that claimed three Marines’ lives in Afghanistan. The lawsuit was filed in federal court last Wednesday by the family of Lance Cpl. Greg Buckley Jr. It seeks the release of investigative materials and autopsy results connected to the 2012 murders, which were carried out by an Afghan teenager at a base in the Garmser district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province. The complaint also accuses the Marine Corps of callously and incorrectly directing Buckley’s family to seek specifics about the attack via the federal Freedom of Information Act, only to ignore their request once it was submitted. It names the Marine Corps, departing commandant Gen. Jim Amos, the Defense Department, Navy Department and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In short, these Gold Star families were sent on an unnecessary and emotionally traumatizing wild-goose chase for information the Marine Corps was legally obligated to provide in the first place but is obviously determined to never provide, the complaint reads. Attorney Michael Bowe, who represents Buckley Sr. and Grosseto pro bono, said his clients aren’t looking for anything but the answers they were owed. Gold Star families shouldn’t have to beg or sue to get the respect, information, and assistance to which they are legally and morally entitled, he said. This is a sad and shameful day. marinecorpstimes/article/20141016/NEWS/310270020/Fallen-Marine-s-family-sues-Corps-over-insider-attack-secrecy
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:16:53 +0000
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