See the video here
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/1...er-soldier-ii/
Kerry claims Winter Soldier Investigations were substantiated by further investigation.
MATTERA: Did you ever verify those
KERRY (crosstalk): I’ve been misquoted about that hundreds of times.
MATTERA: So you never substantiated those charges before you–
KERRY: I proposed–I gave them to the committee because I felt that they ought to be investigated and that’s exactly what I said. These are the–many of those charges, incidentally, were subsequently verified by different entities.
Slate: No criminal charges were filed as a result of any of the [Army’s Criminal Investigative Division] investigations into Winter Soldier.
FrontPageMag.com, February 25, 2008
Slate: Much of the testimony that will be heard during the three days could not be corroborated by the Free Press in the ten days it had to run down each account.
Detroit Free Press, January 31, 1971
http://keohane.blogspot.com/2008/03/...r-soldier.html
What is the History of “Winter Soldier” Allegations and Why is it Important?- In 1971, more than 100 members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) held a three day conference in Detroit to make hundreds of unsupported allegations of war crimes that they claimed to have participated in or witnessed.
- The VVAW allegations were presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs in April 1971 by John Kerry, in an event given enormous publicity by the “Big Three” networks, ABC, CBS and NBC. The networks and print media repeated the war crime allegation uncritically, without demanding evidence.
- The Kerry / VVAW allegations were widely believed, and helped contribute to an atmosphere of public contempt toward American Vietnam Veterans.
- The military was charged with investigating the VVAW allegations, but the results of those investigations were never made public.
- The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) opened cases for 48 VVAW allegations that, if true, would qualify as war crimes. Summary reports show that 25 of the “witnesses” refused to support their allegations with evidence. Several others provided statements that could not be confirmed, or that were contradicted by investigation. At least ten more backtracked on their Winter Soldier allegations when questioned by investigators. Out of 76 allegations made by purported Army VVAW members, only one case showed probable evidence of a war crime.
Sources:
WinterSoldier.com:
Army CID Investigations of VVAW War Crimes Allegations
FrontPageMagazine.com:
Newly Discovered Army Reports Discredit “Winter Soldier” Claims