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Newspaper Clipping: 'Special Ops Vets: Sarin Never Used' — Operation Tailwind Controversy

Newspaper Clipping: 'Special Ops Vets: Sarin Never Used' — Operation Tailwind Controversy

A newspaper clipping documenting the 1998 controversy over CNN and Time magazine's retracted claim that U.S. Air Force special operations pilots used sarin nerve gas during the 1970 Operation Tailwind raid into Laos. Retired Air Force generals Leroy Manor, Harry Aderholt, and Richard Secord publicly refuted the allegations, which were later withdrawn by CNN. Project: 219318