or chain of command derelict of duties. they put a lot of blame on your son. yes, they did. reporter: in what is now official army history, the army largely blamed platoon leader lieutenant jonathan brostrom for the deaths. the report says he picked a poor location for the observation post and failed to use afghan security forces as lookouts. it s a lot easier to blame a dead second lieutenant than it is the chain of command. so drew, this just begs the question now what? what recourse do the family members have some what pushback is possible this is there an inspector general that is looking at this? congressional committees? what can people do? reporter: certainly dave brostrom has asked for help with the combat studies institute but
that i affirmed after investigating officers provided it to me. again, i support this particular process. reporter: but for david brostrom, an especially stinging moment was yet to come. the army s combat studies institute was writing the final historical report on the battle of wanat. and reinterviewing only those officers in the higher command. the same officers that had been originally found derelict of duty. then the army s combat studies institute released what is now official army history. my personal feeling, this is my feeling, is that the army when they took a look at general petraeus and general notonsky s decision, it was embarrassing to them. the final decision was more to protect the institution than it was focused on finding officers
congressional committees? what can people do? reporter: certainly dave b s brostrom has asked for help with the combat studies institute but the army s entrenched. they seem saying, listen, we don t want to second-guess our military leaders in battle. i got to tell you, eliot, military leaders have told me over the phone that that is exactly what should have been done in this case. not to just punish these leaders now prevent this from ever happening again. at this point, it looks like unless retiring army chief of staff general casey gets involved, that this is going to go down in history. it is going to be blamed on this dead platoon leader. do we know where charles campbell is? he s the general who stood up on that video, that gripping video and said i m just reversing the conclusions of the people who did the report, where is he now? has he been forced to explain that decision? and what the possible rationale
campbell, the colleague who reversed his decision. we discussed that. i respect his view in this particular case. i support the process. but i did not change the finding that i affirmed after investigating officers provided it to me. again, i support this particular process. reporter: but for david brostrom, an especially stinging moment was yet to come. the army s combat studies institute was writing the final historical report on the battle of wanat. and reinterviewing only those officers in the higher command. the same officers that had been originally found derelict of duty. then the army s combat studies institute released what is now official army history. my personal feeling, this is my feeling, is that the army when they took a look at general