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Wow, didn't know they disagree that much with McCain's heroic past... Video

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7459946.stm At least according to the Vietnamese. Seems like they may only have used enhanced interrogations and stress positions. I suppose they thought they might get some useful information out of him that could help them prevent a bombing and maybe...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-na-pow15feb15,0,3155150.story?coll=la-home-headlines White House seeks to prevent suite by former POWs against Iraqi torturers…

Catching up on mail that arrived while I've been away, I found what I think is an inspiring and uplifting story about George Washington in the October issue of The American Prospect. I had not previously heard this story, and I haven't yet seen the book it appears in, but I'm looking forward to...

Earlier this year The Nation featured a pair of good articles debunking some commonly-held (but false) beliefs about Jane Fonda. I had intended to mention these articles at the time, thinking it might be of interest in light of election-year attempts to link Kerry with Fonda, but did not get...

On 60 Minutes: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/20/60minutes/main584810.shtml Why? These guys got valid judgments against the terrorist animals that tortured them (Saddam and Co.), and now the administration says they are SOL. Under the theory that Saddam's assets have been declared...

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/10/1068329485243.html It gets better: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031106-5.html

http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,963108,00.html

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/5552797.htm "After he saw Lynch slapped, the lawyer slipped into her room at the Saddam Hospital in Nasiriyah and told her, "Don't worry." Then he walked six miles to the nearest U.S. Marines and told them where she was. He later returned to the...

Website created to find out about, and free, Scott Speicher. IMO, and this is just speculation, he safely ejected, was captured, and interrogated. When the Gulf War ended and the US didn't request his return, he was executed.