When the Naval Investigative Service (NIS) attempted to interview those who allegedly had witnessed atrocities, most refused to cooperate, even after assurances that they would not be questioned about atrocities they committed personally. Those who did cooperate never provided details of actual crimes to investigators. The NIS also discovered that some of the most grisly testimony was given by fake witnesses who had appropriated the names of real Vietnam veterans.Don't rely on the NIS report. It has gone missing:
Lewy said he does not recall if he saw a copy of the naval investigative report or was briefed on its contents. "I'm quite confident the information is authentic," he said. Paul O'Donnell, a spokesman for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, said officials were searching for a copy of the report.
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Better to demand that the WSI witnesses release their full military records, not just their discharge papers (easily faked).
The NIS report effectively never happened, at least until it turns up. Depending on the NIS report could result in an embarrassing setback for those sceptical of the "Winter Soldier Investigation".
Too bad the link to the Baltimore Sun article is no good. Maybe the NIS report was destroyed in the St. Louis fire in the early seventies. Who knows? But the worst "war crimes" I saw was some off-duty, yahoo GIs throwing rocks at Vietnamese civilians. I believe Kerry propagated this slander against all servicemen just to further his political ambition.