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The Tailwind fallout continues for CNN. A Vietnam War veteran who participated in the operation is suing CNN and Time magazine over the discredited and disavowed report that U.S. soldiers used deadly sarin nerve gas in 1970 during a secret mission in Laos.
Former Green Beret Sergeant Keith Plancich seeks damages of $100 million, contending he was defamed by the report's allegations that he and other members of a special unit killed women, children and American defectors during the operation. Plancich says his picture was repeatedly shown during the June 7 broadcast and in...