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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Air Force mortician pays price for whistleblowing

Air Force mortician pays price for whistleblowing
March 30, 2012
 By David Martin (CBS News)
MAGNOLIA, Del. - On Friday, the military released documents that explain how incinerated partial remains of 9/11 victims went into a landfill. Some officers from the Dover Air Force Base mortuary wanted a burial at sea overseen by a chaplain, but instead the remains were declared medical waste. The Dover mortuary has also been accused of mishandling the remains of fallen troops. One man tried to stop it, but he paid a price. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin has his story. It is a grim and solemn sight: flag-draped caskets coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan. But unseen is an even grimmer fact: Many of the bodies inside those caskets have been blown to pieces. read more here Air Force campaign of retaliation

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