re: Further evidence
Nobody has shown yet that Alston did not return to duty after his injury, so it's still up in the air.
What's ironic is that all these questions could be asked by the press and answered by the people concerned, or even better, by examining the military records. The media has shut this down as a story, refusing to take part in anything that might be anti-Kerry, and a lot of records are still tied up. This could have been settled a long time ago.
What's happening is that because of the lockdown on this story, individuals are having to scour already-released information for clues.
At this point, I guess we are meant to infer that Kerry was the only person now alive who took that boat into Cambodia. This is so lame.