When unscrupulous people go after the wallets of underpaid soldiers, it's always offensive, but in a time of war, it stirs special outrage. This week's investigative report by The Times's Diana B. Henriques shows that at least since the Vietnam War, and with increasing intensity since the Iraq war began, insurance salesmen have been fleecing American soldiers, with the tacit - if not explicit - approval of some lawmakers and Pentagon officials. The abuses center on the sale of complex high-commission, insurance-based investments to recruits. Many of the sales occur on the bases and in the barracks - a...