The US mil’s track record on policing itself is…not great. (Google: MSF, Kunduz, AC-130) Amnesty has called for an independent investigation. There are non-mil people with sufficient security clearance and background who could do it.https://twitter.com/Meghann_MT/status/1440022456723513348 …
Thanks Brian. While I don’t expect the investigation to seek out subject matter experts on civilian harm—I’ve never seen it done before, sadly—since you paged me, I will mention a few things the investigation team should consider to finally learn from recurring mistakes. 
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(2) the first point is to remember that the US has committed thousands of civilian harm incidents. And they all have things in common, patterns that emerge. The best way to improve is to identify the patterns and find ways to mitigate them. See the forest for the trees.
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(3) That involves knowing history. Knowing details of past incidents. Doing the hard work to identify patterns. I’ve either led or contributed to all the studies that have done that, so I can speak to the lessons that are there for the investigation team if they sought them.
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