Did Hanoi Jane Pass Notes Handed to Her by US POWs to Vietnamese Captors? (Larry Carrigan)

Those of you who caught me on The O’Reilly Factor last night might be wondering that very question, as it became the sticking point between the Big O and yours truly. Here’s the discussion of the matter from the widely hailed and authoritative site Snopes.com:

The most serious accusations…, that Fonda turned over slips of paper furtively given her by American POWs to the North Vietnamese and that several POWs were beaten to death as a result, are untrue. Those named in the inflammatory e-mail categorically deny the events they supposedly were part of.

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