(Route) Irish Roulette

Having followed the media coverage of the Calipari shooting investigation, and read parts of the unredacted U.S. report, I'm starting to think that a completely accurate, fully detailed account of the tragic night's events will remain elusive.

Some strange stuff:

CBS apparently reported a few days ago that there was conclusive satellite evidence that the Calipari/Sgrena car was traveling at or above 60mph (much faster than other traffic on the road that night). A few news agencies picked it up in the next day or so, but it has all but disappeared since.

This morning, an Italian lawyer and member of Berlusconi's Forza Italia party indicated that he was in possession of an apparent audio recording of an Italian-language satellite phone call made on the night of the shooting, and that it supports the U.S. account of events. The audio tape has not been authenticated by anyone yet, or even heard by anyone in the media, so far as I can tell, but the lawyer, Carlo Taormina, has said he will be turning it over to Italian authorities.

Hardly anyone is mentioning that the checkpoint had processed 15 to 30 vehicles that night prior to the Calipari shooting, without incident. Was it just a case of the Calipari/Sgrena vehicle loosing out in a game of Route Irish Roulette, or was it behaving in a way that caused the American soldiers to react differently, such as speeding and failing to stop when illuminated with a spotlight and green laser targeting dot (as the official American account of events states).

It's a sad business whatever the real story happens to be.