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...record source was the platoon's second-in-command, former Lieut. Robert Van Buskirk. He said he had seen two American defectors, vividly described killing one of them and seemed to confirm that nerve gas was used. His assertion about defectors, however, was based on a "recovered memory" that occurred while being interviewed by CNN. In his own book on Tailwind, he had not made this charge. Both in his early interviews with CNN and in statements he made after the story ran, he was ambiguous about whether the "Caucasians" he recalled were American defectors or Russian advisers...
Another source was retired Admiral Thomas Moorer, who at the time was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Moorer, now 86, indicated that sarin was "available" and offered what CNN took to be a confirmation that the deadly gas was used. He now says that he never had any direct knowledge that sarin was used, never meant to confirm its use and only heard about it later through "rumors" or "verbal statements...
Retired Major General John Singlaub was also quoted in a way that seemed to confirm that American defectors were intentionally killed. He was not, however, involved in the Tailwind mission, and he says he has no knowledge of the events there. Subsequently he has been among those denouncing the assertion that sarin gas was used...
...switch the channel?" Mike's wife used to ask him when he got particularly agitated. But Mike thought that switching channels would simply confirm his growing suspicion that all public-affairs programming was sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland, using his money...
...level, the recent news of Radcliffe College's possible demise seems to confirm a year of apparent friction between the "partner institutions," from a battle for Byerly Hall to a debate over diplomas (p\lease see related story, page...