That's the Marine Corps Times headline.
“The absence of senior leaders in the operations center with troops in contact in the ... battlespace, and their consequent lack of situational awareness and decisive action, was the key failure in the events of 8 September 2009,” the report says. “The actions of ... senior leaders were clearly negligent.”
"The investigation found a slew of mistakes," we are told. Among them, key senior personnel “were not continuously present in the operations center” - and some who were are described as “not adequately experienced, qualified or trained.” On the other hand, mission planning and coordination was accomplished "without participation from fire-support personnel."