FRANKNOTE

Tillman's mother, Mary, told the Washington Post Saturday that the criminal investigation should have been launched at the onset. 'The military has had every opportunity to do the right thing and they haven't,' she said. 'They knew all along that something was seriously wrong and they just wanted to cover it up.'

His father, Patrick Tillman Sr., told the Post that he questioned whether another investigation would provide anymore answers.

'I think it's another step,' he said. 'But if you send investigators to reinvestigate an investigation that was falsified in the first place, what do you think you're going to get?'