I apologize for my ignorance on this, but can someone spell out for me what this means, and how this should be presented by the media? I haven't heard about this.
It is illegal - very, very, very illegal - for a soldier to engage in negotiations with the enemy unless he has been given express permission to do so by superior officers (superior as in damn near the very top of the chain of command). I don't know if this would count as actual treason, but if not it's extremely close.
Beyond the violations of military law, there's also the possibility that what he did may have changed the course of the war in favor of the Communists, and made things much worse for POWs still being held by the Vietnamese at the time.
As for how the media should handle it, I just hope they wait till Friday. A home-run Bush speech Thursday night followed by immediate charges of treasonous activity by Kerry on Friday morning could be a one-two knockout punch that will destroy the Kerry candidacy.