VA Chief Denies Cover-up of Suicide Data

[unhappycamper]

VA Chief Denies Cover-up of Suicide Data
May 06, 2008
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake says data about the number of veterans attempting suicide were not released because of concerns about its accuracy.

E-mails among VA officials were recently disclosed during a trial in San Francisco that suggested some might have been attempting to hide the number of attempted suicides by those under the agency's care. The judge has not yet ruled in the lawsuit filed by two veterans groups.

The disclosure of the e-mails prompted two Democratic senators to call for the firing of the VA's head of mental health.

In prepared testimony before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Peake says there were concerns about how the data discussed in the e-mails was collected.


Article and discussion at: http://www.military.com/news/article/va-chief-denies-coverup-of-sucide-data.html

[patrice]

1. When people have been robbed of their Humanity AND their Freedom, they tend to despair.

This is one of the saddest things to come out of the IWR.

I will NEVER forget.

[frogcycle]

2. he's a lying sack of shit

no other way to put it.

He sends a memo with "Shhhhhhh!" at the top of it, says "this should not be shared with CBS" when they were doing a story. He delivers a number to congress something like 795 suicide attempts for an entire year, while that "Shhhhh!' memo says many thousands per month.

He is a .... LYING.....SACK.....OF.....SHIT

He should be thrown under the bus. Literally.