Who is Gary S. Chafetz
Gary Chafetz set out to chronicle the scandal involving conservative gun-for-hire and super-lobbyist, Jack Abramoff. Instead he uncovered a Shakespearean tragedy of deceit, betrayal and political vendetta. The true villains--John McCain, the Washington Post and the U.S. Department of Justice-- railroaded an innocent man.
Chafetz benefited from exclusive and unconditional access to the jailed Abramoff and to many never-before-released documents. The blizzard of stories originating from the Washington political machine painted Abramoff as an implausibly greedy lobbyist who cheated Indian tribes, bribed politicians and corrupted the political process--a fascinating tale but, ultimately, untrue. The true story, as Chafetz recounts in The Perfect Villain, is even more riveting and compelling. Read more about gary chafetz
North Vietnamese reporter interviews McCain: November 09, 1967 | Download/Read
It didn´t take Lt. Commander John Sidney McCain long to start sharing valuable military information with the enemy after he was shot down over Hanoi on October 26, 1967. Within fourteen days of his capture, McCain had granted an inappropriate interview to a North Vietnamese reporter-which was published in Havana, Cuba on November 6th-in which McCain shared military details of the preparations, tactics, and strategies of his squadron´s bombing raid on Hanoi, as well the anxieties of his fellow pilots.
Francois Chalais interviews McCain: December 29, 1967 | Download/Read
Approximately two months later, McCain granted an interview to Francois Chalais, a "prominent" French television reporter, which was broadcast in French throughout Europe in mid January, 1968. McCain repeats much of the military information, but also reveals that he fractured his arms and right leg when he ejected from his burning aircraft and was immediately taken to a hospital, reserved for the North Vietnamese military. (McCain later contradicts this, claiming, he was not taken to the hospital for several days.) McCain concedes that he has been well treated, but admits he is not enamored of the food. By now, the North Vietnamese realize that he is the son of one of the most powerful military men in America, Admiral Edmund John McCain.
North Vietnamese radio interview : June 20, 1969 | Download/Read
On May 19, 1969, Melvin Laird, the U. S. Secretary of Defense, issued a plea for North Vietnam to treat American POWs in accordance with the Geneva Accords. On June 2nd, the North Vietnamese responded by broadcasting a radio interview into South Vietnam with John McCain, in which he claimed that he had received good medical attention and had been well treated.
Dr. Fernando Barral interviews McCain: January 24, 1970 | Download/Read
In this unsettling document, McCain granted an extensive interview to Spanish psychiatrist Dr. Fernando Barral, in which the American POW shared a great deal of military and personally revealing information. The interview-conducted not in the prison camp, but in the offices of the Committee for Foreign Cultural Relations in Hanoi-was published in Havana, Cuba on January 24, 1970.
Deception and nondisclosure appears to be a pattern in McCain´s behavior.
McCain refuses to release any of his POW records. Four previously obscure documents I recently uncovered indicate that he is lying about how much military information he shared with the enemy. These transcripts of his interviews, published in Hanoi and intercepted by American intelligence services, contradict his later claims in his numerous autobiographies that he shared virtually nothing with the enemy. Read more about what McCain Claims
Why did John McCain go to such lengths to prohibit the release of his POW records?
The disturbing question about this carefully researched article, written by a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, is why did John McCain go to such lengths to prohibit the release of his POW records? Is McCain afraid that these records will reveal that his collaboration with the enemy was not only far more extensive than he admits, but would force him to resign from the U.S. Senate, never mind as Republican nominee for President of the United States. Read this article By Sydney Schanberg
Take a harrowing journey into the life of former super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff--the internationally reviled pariah and symbol of Washington greed and corruption. Experience his utter destruction when he is suddenly swept away by a nightmarish catastrophe, engineered by the not-so pious trio of Sen. John McCain, The Washington Post, and the Department of Justice. It should come as no surprise that in the final analysis, Abramoff was neither a saint nor The Perfect Villain.
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McCain must release his POW records-without delay
The Russians ran the Hanoi Hilton, where McCain was held during the Vietnam War. Vladimir Putin has the very records McCain refuses to release here. Putin could use these records to blackmail McCain should he become President. McCain must release his POW records-without delay, rationalizations or redaction-for the sake of our national security.
The American people need to know what is in those files.
There are claims that during his captivity as a POW, John McCain granted between 20 and 32 interviews, many of which were prejudicial to the United States and provided the North Vietnamese with valuable military information.
The U.S. Military Code of Conduct for captured American soldiers requires them to reveal nothing except name, rank, serial number, and date of birth, and specifically bars them from sharing any military information which may assist the enemy.
