"Had today's New York Times been in actions back then, the Germans would have been told of the "secret minefield" and some court would rule the Germans were murdered in violation of articles of war."
It's not like they didn't want to.
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521607825
Wow. Another book to add to my list.
You call that a smoking gun?
Here's a smoking gun!
http://ucca.org/famine/gordondispatch.html