Afghan war whistleblower Daniel Davis: ‘I had to speak out – lives are at stake’ | The Raw Story

Soldier wrote detailed report claiming US generals ‘have so distorted the truth … the truth has become unrecognizable’
“I am – how do you say it? – persona non grata,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Davis, as he sat sipping a coffee and eating a chocolate sundae in a shopping mall, just a subway stop from the Pentagon.
The career soldier is now a black sheep at the giant defence department building where he still works. The reason was his extraordinarily brave decision to accuse America’s military top brass of lying about the war in Afghanistan. When he went public in the New York Times, he was acclaimed as a hero for speaking out about a war that many Americans feel has gone horribly awry. Later this month he will receive a Ridenhour prize, an award given to whistleblowers that is named after the Vietnam war soldier who exposed the My Lai massacre.
afghan war whistleblower Daniel Davis: ‘I had to speak out – lives are at stake’ | The Raw Story