Former British Army officer Tim Wilson explores how a combination of reportorial carelessness & stupidity, a newspaper's arrogance and political meddling led to the probably unnecessary death of a British soldier in Afghanistan. It is a sad, sobering tale, well told. The picture of the soldier who gave his life in the line of fire shows the character of a man whose memory deserves everlasting honor--more than can be said for the reporter whose life he saved.

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