[Dog]

Here is another bombshell..... Kerry in his own words..

When John Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April 1971, he admitted that he had probably broken the law by going to Paris and meeting with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong leaders. (From page 188 of the hearing record: "I realize that even my visits in Paris . . . in a sense are on the borderline of private individuals negotiating, et cetera. I understand these things." The prohibition against private individuals negotiating--which has been on the criminal statute books since John Adams was President--is contained in 18 U.S.C. Section 953 and is a felony.)

[Inspectorette]

Was he in the Naval Reserves at that time?

[BunnySlippers]

OH ... this would make a nice Swift Vets ad.

[Defiant1]

If Kerry signed up in 1966 he would have a 6 year commitment ending in 1972. Furthermore he was a commissioned officer. When he went to Paris, protested the war, helped form the VVAW, attended their meetings, and testified before congress he was an officer in the US Navy Reserves on inactive status. He would maintain that status until he resigned his commission. The only evidence I have seen that he did this is sometime in 1978. He was not a "private individual".

[tet68]

On April 23, 1971, John Kerry appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,

"I realize that even my visits in Paris . . . in a sense are on the borderline of private individuals negotiating, et cetera. I understand these things." The prohibition against private individuals negotiating--which has been on the criminal statute books since John Adams was President--is contained in 18 U.S.C. Section 953 and is a felony.)

Only he wasn't a private individual at that time but was in the Naval reserve...

[atomicpossum]

And, if the American people heard that Kerry went to Paris and negotiated the surrender of the US to the communists in Vietnam in violation of law, would they view it benignly? Not a chance.

As long as Kerry could keep his image as 'war hero,' that could be his platform. But there's a much uglier side at the core that is not as pretty to the public.

[Don Corleone]

When John Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April 1971, he admitted that he had probably broken the law by going to Paris and meeting with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong leaders. (From page 188 of the hearing record: "I realize that even my visits in Paris . . . in a sense are on the borderline of private individuals negotiating, et cetera. I understand these things." The prohibition against private individuals negotiating--which has been on the criminal statute books since John Adams was President--is contained in 18 U.S.C. Section 953 and is a felony.)

And in his own words he has also disqualified himself from being president..under the law.

[AZBear]

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