[Enchante]

"The State Department assured Congressman Ryan that the politically well-connected Jones was a decent man and his Peoples Temple compound was safe and open"

Yeah, "politically well-connected" with the DEMOCRATS -- journalists always like to leave that one out. Jones met with the Carters, dined privately with Rosalyn, counted several Democrat Congressmen as friends and allies, etc.

They never like to let people know that Jim Jones was a leftist, and far more of a secular Demagogue than anything else -- he merely used a gloss of religion as a means of social control. He called the slaughter a "revolutionary suicide"......

[nuconvert]

“The State Department assured Congressman Ryan ...”

The State Dept under Carter....more deaths on their heads - and now some from his administration are back advising Obama.