So many mysteries

According to GOP Flack/Canned Hunt Ranch Owner Karen Armstrong when this story first broke:

She told reporters that the small shotgun pellets "broke the skin" and that the blast "knocked him silly. But he was fine. He was talking. His eyes were open. It didn't get in his eyes or anything like that."

And then in explaining why they didn't alert the press sooner, Armstrong has said:

Ranch owner Katharine Armstrong said no one discussed notifying the public of the accident Saturday because they were consumed with making sure Whittington was treated. She said the family realized in the morning that it would be a story and decided to call the local newspaper, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. She said she then discussed the news coverage with Cheney for the first time.

Boy the top remark sure seems a bit less dire than the bottom one doesn't it?

And then there is this:

Sally (Whittington) May said her father does not recall a lot of the incident, nor was he involved in how or whether information about the incident was released: "He didn't know at the time if he was going to the hospital or the mortuary."

Reddhedd is doing more of this CSI:Firedoglake stuff.