I thought we realized that the Time article was mostly bunk. But yes, I'll go back again and look.
And paying $$ to dead civilians families does not implicate crime, only that they were collateral damage. And I'm growing alot more confident that the Marines did not kill them.
Sgt Wuterich, Capt McConnell, Lt Col Chessani and the Marine Corps agree that they did kill them. The folks from Kilo Co say that it was a mistake.
"paying $$ to dead civilians families does not implicate crime"
In this case it means the action taken was a mistake.