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...June 7, CNN broadcast a story on NewsStand: CNN & TIME alleging that sarin nerve gas was used by U.S. forces in a secret operation in Laos, known as Tailwind, and that U.S. defectors were intentionally killed. TIME ran a companion story that week, "Did the U.S. Drop Nerve Gas?," written by the CNN journalists. After these stories provoked strong denials, CNN launched an investigation, overseen by the eminent attorney Floyd Abrams, and we promised that we would examine the issue and report back...
...Robert Van Buskirk. He said he had seen two American defectors, vividly described killing one of them and seemed to confirm that nerve gas was used. His assertion about defectors, however, was based on a "recovered memory" that occurred while being interviewed by CNN. In his own book on Tailwind, he had not made this charge. Both in his early interviews with CNN and in statements he made after the story ran, he was ambiguous about whether the "Caucasians" he recalled were American defectors or Russian advisers. He was also ambiguous, before and after the broadcast, about his knowledge...
Retired Major General John Singlaub was also quoted in a way that seemed to confirm that American defectors were intentionally killed. He was not, however, involved in the Tailwind mission, and he says he has no knowledge of the events there. Subsequently he has been among those denouncing the assertion that sarin gas was used...
...good 600,000 miles. This letdown came the day after another bunch of astronomers (who had apparently paid less attention in high school trigonometry class) announced a miss of approximately 30,000 lousy miles, which left open the possibility of a good, solid creaming should a tailwind or something come along at the right moment. How depressing...
Republicans grew used to enjoying those little gold "history" stars rewarded after each election. By 1988 they had won five out of the past six presidential races, and could plausibly claim an unstoppable historical tailwind. Then came '92. This helps to explain the almost hysterical hatred of Bill Clinton by many Republicans and conservatives: he didn't just snatch an election from them; he punctured their claim to history. When the Republicans gained control of Congress in 1994 for the first time in decades, the victory was that much sweeter for restoring--with a vengeance--their momentarily lost sense...