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Did Navy Lt. Kerry violate The UCMJ?August 23rd, 2004 The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is a federal law, enacted by Congress. Its provisions are contained in United States Code, Title 10, Chapter 47. Article 36 of the UCMJ allows the President to prescribe rules and procedures to implement the provisions of the UCMJ. The President does this via the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM) which is an executive order that contains detailed instructions for implementing military law for the United States Armed Forces. The UCMJ states:ART. 104. AIDING THE ENEMY  Any person who--(1) aids, or attempts to aid, the...

As many here might recall, I have been posting about John Kerry's meetings with the Vietcong and North Vietnamese since early February. I found a photograph in Staciewicz's book, Winter Soldier, which shows the VVAW meeting with the delegations of the enemy in March of 1971: First peace meeting between VVAW and the NLF, Paris, 1971 And I knew from Kerry's own testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he had also gone to Paris and met with these groups. LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS RELATING TO THE WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1971 UNITED STATES SENATE; COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN...

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040309-122413-8660r Another site, Wintersoldier.com, places records from Sen. Kerry's anti-war protests online, including the transcript of the full question and answer session before a U.S. Senate committee, where the young Vietnam veteran detailed, among other activities, his trip as a civilian to the Paris Peace talks involving the U.S., South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese governments. "I have been to Paris. I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks -- that is to say the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government," Kerry said during testimony on April 22, 1971, before the Foreign Relations Committee, according to...

A couple of weeks ago I posted this thread about a photograph that I wound in a book about Kerry's group, the Vietnam Veterans Against The War: Kerry's Group Met With The Viet Cong In Paris In 1971 The Vietnam Veterans Against The War (VVAW) sent their own delegation to Paris to meet with the representatives of the National Liberation Front (AKA Viet Cong) in 1971. At this time John Kerry was their spokesman and defacto leader. This photograph is from the book "The Winter Soldiers", by Richard Stacewicz, page 284: Caption: First peace meeting between VVAW and the NLF,...

<p>The Vietnam Veterans Against The War (VVAW) sent their own delegation to Paris to meet with the representatives of the National Liberation Front (AKA Viet Cong) in 1971. At this time John Kerry was their spokesman and defacto leader.</p> <p>Caption: First peace meeting between VVAW and the NLF, Paris, 1971.</p>