I find this entire thread disturbing. It seems to me that it's a poorly
veiled attempt
to accuse Kerry of guilt by association, a favorite tactic of extremists.
For example,
I thought Nixon was a ****head, however, attacking him because he met with
Khrushchev or Mao, doesn't make him a communist sympathizer.

FYI, you don't need to go back to the VN war to find cases of prisoners
being
beaten for refusing to cooperate. There are plenty of examples in recent
times.
Rehashing murky memories and upchucking accusations 40 years later does
nothing useful.

"Dave" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:15:38 -0500, Matt Colie

said:

They had
secreted a slip of paper with the SSN of all the captives so the
families could be informed. It was passed to HJ during a handshake. It
was hoped she would take it back to the Red Cross or any other agency.
Instead - As soon as she was through with the photo-op, she handed the
slip to th lead guard.

Matt,

At least some sources suggest that this part of the story is untrue,
though
even these sources acknowledge that at least one story of a prisoner's
being
beaten for refusing to cooperate is true.



Dave
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