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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-04 11:14 AM
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Swiftie Roy Hoffman Ordered War Crime, 2 Witnesses Say

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Bill "Means, a 55-year-old investigator for several Bakersfield law firms, was particularly annoyed by the words of one retired admiral. Roy F. 'Latch' Hoffman, one of the co-founders of the pro-Bush group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, had publicly criticized Kerry, a former Swift boat commander, for having brought back stories about alleged war crimes by U.S. forces -- often carried out, Kerry said in 1971, 'with the full awareness of officers at all levels.' Seemed to him, Means said, his own Swift boat crew had come close to committing a war crime themselves one day. A senior officer, hitching a ride up the coast aboard their Swift boat, had ordered the crew to fire on a small group of unarmed Vietnamese fishermen working their nets in unrestricted waters, Means said. The boat's commanding officer had refused to comply." The senior officer was Roy Hoffman, then a Navy captain in charge of the entire Swift boat task force in Vietnam. Will the networks interview Bill Means???


http://www.bakersfield.com/columnist/local/price/story/4918722p-4975095c.html

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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-04 11:18 AM
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1. Spread the word, Bush's henchmen are once again proven to be Evil
Edited on Mon Sep-06-04 11:19 AM by ck4829
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-04 11:21 AM
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2. ID and Password
bakersfieldisreally
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Clinton Crusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-04 11:29 AM
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3. Will ANYONE pick up on this?
Would it do any good to send it to Tweety??
:kick:
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-04 11:33 AM
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4. Yes, send it to Tweety and Olberman and Scarborough (because he
does all of his shows on the SBVLiars). I can't because my Outlook doesn't work or else I would - please send it.
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Clinton Crusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-04 11:35 AM
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5. I sent it to Tweety and Olbermann
forget Scarface, he'll put some ridiculous spin on it and make it appear Hoffmann didnt mean THAT, he never SAID shoot anyone = Dems desp. to debunk, blah blah blah.... :eyes:
:kick:
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-04 11:46 AM
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6. Thank you! A week or two ago they were discussing this on Hardball
and Buchanan kept going on about how Kerry may have wrote the reports so they didn't prove anything and there may not have been any fire, blah, blah. An article about the man that pulled Thurlow out of the water on that day had come out with him saying there was fire and so did another guy on the boat BUT on Hardball they hadn't heard it.

It drove me crazy. Why do I, with my computer and TV know more than the people putting on the news shows. I was just about to pull all of my hair out.

:crazy: :argh: :cry:
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-04 11:49 AM
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7. Can Hoffman be prosecuted?
Who would have to bring charges?
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