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...findings, based on reporting by our Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson and others, matched those reached by Abrams for CNN. The allegations about the use of nerve gas and the killing of defectors are not supported by the evidence...
...second-in-command, former Lieut. 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...
Another source was retired Admiral Thomas Moorer, who at the time was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Moorer, now 86, indicated that sarin was "available" and offered what CNN took to be a confirmation that the deadly gas was used. He now says that he never had any direct knowledge that sarin was used, never meant to confirm its use and only heard about it later through "rumors" or "verbal statements...
...initial story, CNN also conducted telephone interviews with a former senior military official who would not go on the record but at times seemed to confirm the use of sarin gas. His statements, however, were not based on first-hand knowledge. Since the broadcast and story, this source has stated that he does not believe the gas used was sarin or nerve...
...detailed and candid 54-page report, which it released publicly last week, CNN said, "Although the broadcast was prepared after exhaustive research, was rooted in considerable supportive data and reflected the deeply held beliefs of the CNN journalists who prepared it, the central thesis of the broadcast could not be sustained at the time of the broadcast itself and cannot be sustained...