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Government has history of secrecy, spying, leaks

It isn't the first time that the federal government has been caught spying on Americans or that classified government information has been leaked to the news media or otherwise widely distributed. The Vietnam War and civil-rights protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s generated plenty of surveillaFull story

Ex-Calif. Rep. Cunningham finishes prison term

Randy "Duke" Cunningham, whose feats as a Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S. House career that ended in disgrace when he was convicted of accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors, on Tuesday completed one of the longest prison sentence ever given to a me Full story

Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs

U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Full story

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Four U.S. Navy sailors reported missing during the Vietnam War have been buried together in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors

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