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FREEREPUBLIC NET LAUNCHES WEB SITE ON “WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION”
JOHNKERRYFORPRESIDENT.INFO ^ | 2/23/03 | Diotima

Posted on 02/23/2004 4:18:08 AM PST by diotima

***NEWS RELEASE***

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2004
Contact: Scott Swett (frn@freeper.org) (703) 863-8033

FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK LAUNCHES WEB SITE ON "WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION" AND KERRY SLANDER OF U.S. TROOPS IN VIETNAM

(Washington, DC) The Free Republic Network today announced the unveiling of www.WinterSoldier.com, a new web site to provide news, analysis and research material regarding the false claim by John Kerry and others during the Vietnam era that atrocities were routinely committed by America's military.

In 1971 former Navy Lt. John Kerry testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about American "war crimes" in Southeast Asia, which he described as "not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command". Free Republic Network Director Scott Swett released the following statement:

"John Kerry played a key role in the leftist disinformation campaign that undermined support for the war by slandering a generation of American soldiers as mass murderers of civilians. Kerry testified before the Senate that the United States committed war crimes in Vietnam as a matter of military policy, citing claims of atrocities made at the discredited 'Winter Soldier Investigation' -- an event primarily funded by Jane Fonda."

"The truth is that atrocities were the exception in Vietnam, not the rule."

"Since Senator Kerry has made the strength of his military record a key issue in his pursuit of the Presidency, it is important for voters to have access to a more complete picture of his actions than is available from the Kerry campaign or the media. WinterSoldier.com will document and analyze the activities in which Kerry and others participated during the Vietnam era."

The site features a section on Kerry's hard-to-find 1971 book "The New Soldier" and covers the activities of the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War and its sponsors. New information will be added as it becomes available. Readers are invited to provide feedback, submit editorial pieces, and provide relevant material. The site will go live on Monday, February 23, 2004.

The Free Republic Network www.FreeRepublic.net is a 501(c)(4) public service corporation whose mission is to organize, train and support conservative activists nationwide. It provides information and organizational services to more than 50 regional and issue-based chapters around the country, and serves as the activism arm of the Free Republic Forum www.FreeRepublic.com.

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To: diotima
Excellent website. I was looking at the documents. Joe Kennedy? Is that Joe Kennedy II, ex-congressman from MA?
241 posted on 02/23/2004 6:44:03 PM PST by Milligan
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To: diotima
Bump
242 posted on 02/23/2004 6:45:02 PM PST by sport
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To: Rebelbase
You can always leave if you feel unwelcome.
243 posted on 02/23/2004 6:50:54 PM PST by sport
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To: BlackElk
Me!
244 posted on 02/23/2004 6:58:08 PM PST by sport
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To: Interesting Times
Excellent new piece of info (for me) on Al Hubbard.

245 posted on 02/23/2004 7:04:29 PM PST by secretagent
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To: PhilDragoo
Thanks for the website. I purchased the book through Amazon after watching a presentation by the Holzers on C-SPAN. It really is well done--scholarly and well-documented.
246 posted on 02/23/2004 7:15:39 PM PST by kabar
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To: diotima
Great site.

Sen. Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon was impressed by the charges made by the veterans and inserted the transcript of the Detroit hearing into the "Congressional Record."

Furthermore, he asked the commandant of the Marine Corps to investigate the numerous allegations of wrongdoing made against the Marine in particular.

The results of this investigation, carried out by the Naval Investigative Service, are interesting and revealing.

I read that the NIS report has disappeared, at least temporarily. Guenter Lewy found it in some archive and can't find it now.

Alternatively, I read that they (Navy?) won't release it for privacy reasons.

I'd like to read that NIS report, or a privacy redacted version, or summary..

247 posted on 02/23/2004 7:46:35 PM PST by secretagent
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub,Bump.
248 posted on 02/23/2004 7:51:42 PM PST by fatima (Karen ,Ken 4 ID,Jim-Karen is coming home from Iraq March 1st,WooHoo)
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To: secretagent
I just read another page of your site: What's New.

At the moment we are particularly interested in obtaining the complete text of the Naval Investigative Service investigation of the Winter Soldier event.

You look to have a dynamite site!

249 posted on 02/23/2004 7:55:01 PM PST by secretagent
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To: secretagent; Dog
That's right, you googled into this about the NIS report:

In an interview, Lewy termed the Winter Soldier project "completely unreliable and untrustworthy" and doubts that Vietnam War atrocities were officially condoned or as widespread as the Detroit testimony indicated.

Lewy said he does not recall if he saw a copy of the naval investigative report or was briefed on its contents. "I'm quite confident the information is authentic," he said. Paul O'Donnell, a spokesman for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, said officials were searching for a copy of the report

250 posted on 02/23/2004 8:08:44 PM PST by secretagent
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To: diotima
Good one:

You can also visit the website by typing in: johnkerryforpresident.info

251 posted on 02/23/2004 9:40:45 PM PST by GOPJ (NFL Fatcats: Grown men don't watch hollywood peep shows with wives and children.)
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To: Vets_Husband_and_Wife
Totally concur with your assessment.

That POS represents my state and anyone living in fly over country is delusional if they believe this won't happen.

She is campaigning all over NY State promising to pump Federal funds to distressed upstate cities.

The left loves her, she is their saviour and they will vote for her. You have to really live in this liberal hell to appreciate how deeply the left hates our President and how committed they are to their glory days of the 60's. The older ones just dress a little differently than their Woodstock days, but they and their offspring are still working toward that communist utopian world.

252 posted on 02/24/2004 12:25:40 AM PST by catfur (In my world, no outfit is complete without cat fur)
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To: catfur
My sister is a 50 year old angry commie. She WANTS Hillary to run for president. She actually wanted Hillary to run back when Bill ran and won two times. I don't see why these people are so in love with communism... they have to build walls to keep people IN with communism....
253 posted on 02/24/2004 1:26:33 AM PST by buffyt (Kerry is now one of those (communists) who we fought against. {Aloha Ronnie quote})
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To: secretagent
And your point is .....what?
254 posted on 02/24/2004 2:45:50 AM PST by Dog (Bin Laden your account to America is past due......time to pay up.)
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To: Dog
Sorry I didn't make that clear. I remembered two versions of what happened to the NIS report, then ran into one again, the one you found.

Just reposted it on this thread, with credit due. Thanks!

255 posted on 02/24/2004 6:36:33 AM PST by secretagent
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
This post may be easier.Click on the link,John Kerryfor Presidentinfo, at the top of this post,then at the Winter Soldier site,click on Key Quotes,found on the left side index.At the bottom of that KQ page is the audio link.
256 posted on 02/24/2004 6:47:29 AM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: mystery-ak
Follow my directions in #256 and listen to Kerry at his most pretentious.
257 posted on 02/24/2004 7:08:31 AM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: Interesting Times
I'm glad you included Hayden's horrible words. I missed them on your site. Despicable. I see now what kind of propaganda machine we were and are up against.

Kerry should be ashamed of himself. Keep spreading the word.

258 posted on 02/24/2004 7:10:50 AM PST by Victoria
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To: kabar
I didn't know any of this. Thanks for taking the time to spell it out.
259 posted on 02/24/2004 7:12:56 AM PST by Victoria
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To: diotima
G. Gordon Liddy is plugging the Winter Soldier website on his radio program now.
260 posted on 02/24/2004 7:42:56 AM PST by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
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