John Kerry: I Committed Atrocities (THE Rare 1971 Audio)

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[Little Bill]

If they gave me a 20 mm

No problem with that, I wonder how John F'n, would have reacted to Bee Hive rounds, The 90" on the M48 A2, the 90 recoiless, 106 Recoiless, 60, 81, and 4.2 Mortars, Dusters, 40MM, Zippo Tracks, Fire and Rain, Quad 50's. It seems that these Navy guys' had a sheltered childhood.

[jmstein7]

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[jmstein7]

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[jmstein7]

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[chance33_98]

From here Just thought these things were of interest....

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As noted above, the Mercury News series was not only a story about the United States government and crack cocaine. It also revisited allegations concerning the Contras and drug trafficking that has been reported upon and investigated for many years. In 1987, the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations began an investigation focusing on allegations received by the subcommittee chairman, Senator John Kerry, concerning illegal gun-running and narcotics trafficking associated with the Contras. A two-year investigation produced a 1,166-page report in 1989 analyzing the involvement of Contra groups and supporters in drug trafficking, and the role of United States government officials in these activities. Allegations of cocaine trafficking by Contras also arose during the investigation conducted by Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh into the Iran-Contra affair. Drug trafficking allegations, however, were not the focus of that inquiry and the Walsh report included no findings on these allegations.

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The second installment of the Los Angeles Times series explored whether there was in fact a CIA-sanctioned operation that funneled millions of dollars into the Contras. It found no proof that Blandon and Meneses had given millions of dollars to the Contra party and could confirm only that Blandon had given about $50,000. Indeed, the Los Angeles Times article concluded that the Mercury News had arrived at its million-dollar estimate of Meneses' and Blandon's donations based on its own calculations derived from "the volume of cocaine that they were selling, and Blandon's statement that what he sold, he gave to the Contras."(2) Rejecting the Dark Alliance assertion that Blandon had sent profits to the Contras from 1981 to 1986, the Los Angeles Times found, based upon Blandon's testimony, that he had sent profits to the Contras in only one year. The second installment of the Los Angeles Times series also suggested, based on interviews with various CIA officials and former government officials, that CIA involvement in such a scheme was improbable. But the article quoted the chief investigator for Senator Kerry's subcommittee investigation, Jack Blum, as saying that, while the CIA did not have agents selling drugs to fund the Contras, the United States government may have opened channels that helped drug dealers bring drugs into the United States and protected them from law enforcement.

[BJClinton]

May I ask, where was this found? Is it confirmed to be authentic?

This is his prepared statement to the Senate before a hearing. The text is a matter of Senate record, I'm not sure who kept the audio.

[Post Toasties]

'Rats nominate Lieutenant Calley, er, Kerry for president.

[treeclimber]

CNN & NBC are not reliable sources of info anymore. Thus, the rise of the internet, the sharing of info this way. We cant get our info from Dan Rather, Brokaw or Jennings anymore. THEY FILTER IT!!!! They only broadcast that which fits into their agenda.

Long live the internet. Long live Free Republic!! Hail, Drudge! Hail Newsmax, Frontpagemag.com, Newspundit.net. Hail sftt.org!

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the audio link JMS7 ! And thanks for transcribing the text, Lillylangtree.

See post #53 (transcription) if you can't 'listen' to this (easy/friendly) audio link at work, etc.

John Kerry: I Committed Atrocities
(THE Rare 1971 Audio)

Audio Link

"Yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones."

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks. You should have pinged me when ya first posted this. Good job ! ...

[Choose Ye This Day]

Hugh Hewitt played a whole 20 minutes of his testimony about 3 weeks ago.

Laura Ingraham played clips of it last week.

[rwfromkansas]

Any articles on NBC trying to suppress this?

[Mich0127]

I am so excited that you have this...Crim Pro BUMP ;)

[nuffsenuff]

I thought he was proud of his service in Vietnam?

He couldn't possibly be flip-flopping on this too?

[jmstein7]

This is NOT from his testimony. This is from an interview with Crosby Noyes on April 18, 1971. The interview was replayed on Meet the Press on May 6, 2001.

[Mich0127]

What can you expect from Massachusetts?

[international american]

Thanks for the ping! Kerry will self destruct too much baggage; most liberal voting record, questionable medals,
speaking against the war when our troops are in jail overseas....Good luck, F'n:)

[Mich0127]

I am offended as well :'(...j/k

Played it for me before class...but YOU SHOULD HAVE PLAYED IT LOUDER!!!! :)

[MeekOneGOP]

Look for Kerry to wage a NASTY Class Warfare campaign, too !

[Fawnn]

Ping the Canteen crew?