Pat Tillman General Stanley McChrystal's P4 Memo "TOP SECRET" "TOP SECRET"  Written by Alberta Rose Jones, copyright protected  September 5, 2010   I just saw the movie the Pat Tillman story.  I listened intently when several 4 stars and the previous Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, were being questioned about the P4 memo written by General Stanley McChrystal.  I thought to myself why ask these folks who you know were lying when they received the P4 memo.  It is clearly a shame when we cannot get to the truth.  There would have been other means available to Pat Tillman's family to get to the bottom of the P4 memo.  How can a football player (Roger Clemens) be found guilty of lying to Congress and go to a federal prison to serve time, yet, our elected officials cannot get to the truth regarding the Tillman "Conspiracy".  Look at the P4 memo.  I found two versions on the internet.   One is redacted the other appears to be real but maybe not.  Those who have served in the military and have had the experience of reading "secure" communications know there is more to this.  How was the P4 memo communicated from General McChrystal to those commands/commanders in charge?  Via a secure communication line.  Once received by the communication folks what happens?  lets see.. depending on its urgency.. it gets delivered to the person who is suppose to receive it.  Who delivers it and when?  That is where the Tillman family needed to be investigating.  Not with the liars at the top.   Once received the person who delivered it to the various 4 star generals would have kept a copy in a file.  It could not be destroyed.  Proof of delivery would have been available and the Tillmans could have obtained this via a freedom of information act request.  What do I mean by proof of delivery?  When a secure communication is received it must be delivered.  The secure communication will have a stamp on it for routing and receipt.  Once received it is stamped by the receiving agency/office.  The Tillman family would have been entitled to this as part of the Congressional investigation.  Why did they not receive it?  Why did Congress not ask for it? More on the Personal For Top Secret Message from General McChrystal.  I have made available the best document I could find regarding understanding military messages.  You can download the document but it is a large pdf file.  I have chosen to highlight what is most important about the P4 message other than the plain fact it was "top secret" and General McChrystal wanted the Personal For Message to get there and get there by secure means.. this is the key to the whole top secret message:  DELIVER DURING NORMAL DUTY HOURS [REDACTION] DO NOT TRANSMIT VIA OPINTEL BROADCAST OPER/OEF// MSGID/GENAMIN/TASK FORCE  What was redacted???   Was this message sent "cryptically"? How are "top secret" messages sent by military telecommunications?  It was sent a certain way so it could be passed to the Secretary of Defense and the White House. Next what does this all mean in the message?  It has been redacted as well... if the Tillman's knew this.. it would have helped solve the puzzle.   DECL/DERI:DRV FROM [REDACTION] /INST-[REDACTION]-//BT CLASSIFIED BY: [REDACTION] REASON [REDACTION] DECLASSIFY ON: [REDACTION] CLASSIFICATION: [REDACTINO] CAVEATS: [REDACTION] TERMS: [REDACTION]

click here to download file   United States Navy Naval Telecommunications Manual for Message Drafting and How Messages are transmitted.   One good thing I found for the Tillman Family is when can this message be destroyed.. read.. it went to the White House and the Department of Defense.. it must be kept permanently... forever.. at the Federal Records Center    Messages of historical or continuing interest (when no longer  needed for local reference these will be transferred to the  Federal Records Center, Mechanicsburg, PA.    Activities in the Washington DC area will transfer these to the  Federal Records Center, Alexandria, VA) – Permanently

3-16  3.4.11  PERSONAL FOR    PERSONAL FOR messages are those classified and unclassified  messages marked "PERSONAL FOR" a person by name or title, and are  treated as a personal message.  The use of PERSONAL FOR messages  is reserved for officers of flag rank and officers in a command  status.  This special delivery instruction is intended to insure  greater privacy than ordinary messages and to convey information  on a personal basis.  Distribution is made solely to the  designated recipient.  Additional distribution may be made as  directed by the recipient.    PERSONAL FOR messages are handled by regularly assigned  communications personnel who possess a security clearance  commensurate with the classification of the particular message.   Do not use any special procedure to account for, log, or destroy  PERSONAL FOR messages, i.e., attach a disclosure sheet, etc.,  except as specifically required by the classification applied to  the individual message.  Transmit PERSONAL FOR messages per the  classification of the message.   3.6.4  TOP SECRET CONTROL LOG    Upon receipt of a TOP SECRET, including all types of TOP SECRET  SPECAT, addressed to the parent command or subscriber of the  telecommunications facility, the center will assign a sequential  number and enter the originator, date-time-group and copy count  of the message into a log.  A separate entry will be made for  each customer addressed.  The messages will be annotated  "Copy_____of____" and "Page____of____".     3.6.11    CRYPTO CENTER FILE    The cryptocenter file will contain a copy of each message sent or  received by the telecommunications facility which is TOP SECRET,  SPECAT less SIOP-ESI, or designated for special privacy  regardless of classification.  TICON/NATO traffic must be filed  separately. Messages are to be in date-time-group order and  fillers for these messages will be placed in appropriate files.     3.6.12 BROADCAST FILE    TOP SECRET messages addressed to the command will be filed as  directed in paragraph 3.6.4.

0 292234Z APRIL 04 FM TASK FORCE TO RUCAACC/USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL//CDR//INFO RUCQAS/USSOCOM PP MACDILL AFB//FL//CDR// RUEPVBT/TASK FORCE BT [REDACTION] PERSONAL FOR CDR USCENTCOM CDR USSOCOM CDR USASOC DELIVER DURING NORMAL DUTY HOURS [REDACTION] DO NOT TRANSMIT VIA OPINTEL BROADCAST OPER/OEF// MSGID/GENAMIN/TASK FORCE // SUBJ/P-4 COCERNING INFORMATION ON CORPORAL TILLMAN'S DEATH// RMKS/SIR, IN THE AFTERMATH OF CORPORAL TILLMAN'S UNTIMELY YET HEROIC DEATH IN AFGHANISTAN ON 22 APRIL 04, IT IS ANTICIPATED HIGHLY POSSIBLE THAT CORPORAL TILLMAN WAS KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE. THIS POTENTIAL FINDING IS EXACERBATED BY THE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT POTUS AND THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY MIGHTIN CLUDE COMMENTS ABOUT CORPORAL TILLMAN'S HEROISM AND HIS APPROVED SILVER STAR MEDAL IN SPEECHES CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED, NOT INFORMING THE SPECIFICS SURROUNDING HIS DEATH. THE POTENTIAL THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE IN NO WAY DETRACTS FROM HISD WINTESSED HEROISM OR THE RECOMMENDED PEROSNAL DECORATION FOR VALOR IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY. CORPORAL TILLMAN WAS KILLED IN A COMPLICATED BATTLESPACE GEOMETRY INVOLVING TWO SEPARATE RANGER VEHICLE SERIALS TRAVERSING THROUGH SEVERE TERRAIN ALONG A WINDING 500-600 FOOT DEFILE IN WHICH FRIENDLY FORCES WERE FIRED UPON BY MULTIPLE ENEMY POSITIONS. CORPORAL TILLMAN DISEMBARKED FROM HIS VEHICLE, AND IN SUPPORT OF HIS FELLOW RANGERS AND DEMONSTRATING GREAT CONCERN FOR THEIR WELFARE OVER CARE FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL SAFETY ENTERED THE ENEMY KILL ZONE INTO WHICH BOTH IMPACTED. I FELT THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS INFORMAITON AS SOON AS WE DETECTED IT IN ORDER TO PRECLUDE ANY UNKNOWING STATEMENTS BY OUR COUNTRY'S LEADERS WHICH MIGHT CAUSE PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF CORPORAL TILLMAN'S DEATH BECOME PUBLIC.// DECL/DERI:DRV FROM [REDACTION] /INST-[REDACTION]-//BT CLASSIFIED BY: [REDACTION] REASON [REDACTION] DECLASSIFY ON: [REDACTION] CLASSIFICATION: [REDACTINO] CAVEATS: [REDACTION] TERMS: [REDACTION]