This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s print edition.
It’s hard to beat the U.S. Army when it comes to giving the bureaucratic run-around.
The Army has been blocking News Tribune staffers who have tried to ferret out information about problems at Madigan Army Medical Center, where soldiers apparently had been misdiagnosed during medical disability reviews for combat-related conditions. Even Freedom of Information Act requests have gotten little traction, with the requests lagging for months before being rejected for one reason or another, or being answered incompletely.
Most recently, military reporter Adam Ashton sought information about findings made by the Army …