Unless he has someone to collaborate his story, I think he will only be known for looking for his 15 minutes of fame.
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=YesterdaysLies1
and link to thread at #5
That's all it takes to discredit whatever he said back in 1971.
Still, he's now saying Kerry and his goons coerced him into telling lies. That's a new one, so I propose that John Kerry be asked about it ~ in public ~ by someone in the MSM.
An AP reporter probably ought to do the job. Failure of the questions to be asked, however, should be taken as proof of what the man says about being coerced.
I empathize with the guy. I had my own personal experience dealing with a "cult" back in the mid 80's. They catch you when your at a bad point in your life. I suffered with manic-depression back then and I never had it treated until the early 90's. It's real easy to get sucked into it. Group dynamics is a great powerful psychological force. Instead of getting medical treatment I was subjected to group thearpy which was run by very inexperienced people who had agendas. My counsleor was physically abused as a child and she brought that into the meetings. I was never abused as a kid but after the meetings I was totally convinced I was. I was really messed up mentally. I was convinced I was abused as a child. The group created false memories for me because they were talking about it too. The group told me I was in denial or I was repressing those memories. It was okay to denounce my parents for their abusive behavior. Group behavior make you conform to their belief system and its easy to make things up to be accepted. You want to feel better because you want to get out of your depression. I can relate to the guy very very much.
If VVAW was giving mental health treatment to this guy, they were unethical. It's like molesting your mind! Makes me upset thinking about it.