"thunder" wrote in message

The press is the press. With all it's failings, I question if any of this
would have come to light if it hadn't been for the press.

That's the conventional wisdom, and no one offers a correction. The fact is
that the allegations came from within the Army, the investigation was
launched by the Army, and the fact of the allegations and the investigation
was publicized by the Army in a press statement within days of the
allegations being made. The Army investigated and the report started moving
up the line, as is its wont, in April. The only reason the press even
noticed was because one of those nimrods was stupid enough to post pictures
on the web. Our press has effected some brilliant investigative journalism
over the years, but this ain't part of it.