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known example of a cover-up, of course, was the initial military
reaction to My Lai.
98. See, for example, the notes on this in Hughes, supra note 35, pp. 3-4.
99. See, for example, Michel Costino, Memorandum for the Record on "'Senaze
Hearings on NCO Club Irregularities," AMCSA-C, October 14, 1969; Just,
supra note 50, p. 83; or any of the numerous other published reports
about these scandals. Among those implicated in the NCO-club scandals
were a three-star general and the sergeant-major of the Army.
100. Nichols, supra note 31, p. 4.
101. It should be noted, for example, that the AWC study (supra note 2, p.
32) concluded, on the subject of military professionalism and ethics,
that "The present climate is not self-correcting, and because of the
nature and extent of the problem, changes must be credibly instituted
and enforced by the Army's top leader3hip."
102. Westmoreland, supra note 4, p. 296.
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