message which can also mean diplomacy. superdescribing recent rolling stone articles that look at the pr essence of mr. beals position basically with seal team six. tell us about that and any responses you have. we did a very troubling story on a group of soldiers that called themselves the kill team, u.s. soldiers in afghanistan who went out and systematically hunted down afghan civilians, killed them and then mutilated their bodies taking body parts atrophy if is, in one case the first victim was a 15-year-old boy. it just so happens this is platoon is from the same brigade as sergeant bales and was based out of the same base in the united states, joint base lewis-mcchord. we found photographic evidence at the time that suggested that these crimes by the kill team went beyond then one platoon. the pentagon tried to portray it as a rogue platoon much as they re saying is the sergeant now is a rogue soldier. but the evidence really suggested that it went farther than that and that o
back this controversy. it was revealed that what the army chooses to call a rogue squad and rogue platoon of the 5th stryker brigade out of washington state embarked on a campaign to target and kill innocent afghan civilians. allegedly many of these soldiers, about five, had been involved in these killings of three afghan civilians. and in the army s investigation, they went they spread out their tin knaentacles who anybo is in that platoon, brigade, who find out who knew what when and at the same time investigators collected these very photos of some of which now appear in rolling stone. in all, there were 4,000 photos collected. military official says most of those were the typical kind of happy snaps you would see but about 100 grizzly really
that s from the army. last summer we began extensive reporting on this rogue platoon. speaking specifically with jeremy morlock s former defense attorney, who was trying to explain why his ex-client was accused of killing innocent afghan civilians. your defense is that your client was mentally incapacitated? that the army either knew it or should have known it? the army knew he had been blown up in two ied attacks, the army chose instead of treat him, give his weapon back and load him up on drugs. reporter: both drugs carry fda warnings about producing suicidal thoughts. the trouble began in november of 2009 when the striker brigade got a new squad leader, staff sergeant calvin gibbs. when he showed up at this unit he bragged to the young
by this rogue platoon. the evidence includes damning photographs. those who have seen them say they found soldiers hunting with dead afghan. the photos were taken by jailers in iraq s abu ghraib prison. this military directive orders all photos be return to the criminal investigation division at ft. lewis. last week, jeff morrell refused to speculate on the case. i don t want to did anything that could jeopardize the prosecution or their ability of the zests in this case to get a fair trial. for now the army is working hard to contain witnesses and evidence. all in an effort to control the story of a platoon even the army says was out of control. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. after seeing a portion of drew griffin s story, the army released this statement saying,
the military, which had not charged stoner with any crime was threatening to bring charges against him and then offered him a deal as long as he didn t go public. the u.s. army appears to be trying to limit further damage by this rogue platoon. the evidence including damning photographs. those who have seen them tells cnn it shows soldiers posing with dead afghans like hunting trophies, worse than those at abu ghraib prison. this military directive orders all photos be immediately returned to the criminal investigation division at ft. lewis. last week, pentagon spoexman jeff morrell refused to speculate on the case. i don t want to do anything that could in any way jeopardize the prosecution or the ability of the defendants in this case to get a fair trial. reporter: for now the army is working hard to contain witnesses and containest to