Dramatic move as Senator John Kerry steps into Boston College dispute

I don't give a sh!te about all the stupid details the preceding commentor have stated. What's done is done. The blood bath is over. Both sides are to be blamed. So accept it. It takes a couragous men and women to stop the hate for the childrens sake. Now go in peace.

Thank goodness somebody is doing this. Thank you, Senator Kerry. I hope we protect the confidentiality of these files.

Kilsally if the HET have prosecuted loyalists to the tune of 90% they must have committed 90% of the atrocities.Thank you for adding clarity to Slainte's argument and poving him correct.

slainte9 - you are misinformed - this police inquiry is by the HET (Historical Enquiries Team) who look at cold cases related to `The Troubles` over 90% of resultant prosecutions have been of Loyalist paramilitary crimes.

So Senator Kerry is urging the police to stop investigating a murder? BBC Northern Ireland News: Release Boston College IRA tapes says Jean McConville’s daughter …The daughter of Jean McConville who was kidnapped and murdered by the IRA, has called for controversial tapes about her killing to be released. Helen McKendry said interviews given to researchers at Boston College about her mother’s death should be handed to police in Northern Ireland. She was 15 years old in 1972 when her mother was taken from their Divis Street home. Jean McConville was tortured, shot in the back of the head and buried near a County Louth beach. Helen McKendry said not knowing what had happened was “torture” Ms McKendry has written to the US Attorney General asking him to see the family’s side of the story and hand over the interviews to the British authorities…….

Still don't understand why any Republican or Loyalist for that matter, would volunteer for this "project?" Did they not see this coming? Unfortunately, what's done is done. Not sure what B.C. was trying to accomplish. This entire mess is only going to reopen old wounds.

Working class Vietnam Vets. had a right to vent their spleen at the warmongering capitalist apologists on Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania Ave. The PSNI are RUC in sheeps clothing, and questionably partisan in delivering justice. If I had been either of the researchers I'd be hopping mad it my work was passed onto third parties by BC.

If he handles this like he "stood up for" his fellow vietnam veterans, Boston College is going to be sold down the drain for political points. Had he not betrayed his fellow veterans with hearsay and lies, he probably would have been elected 8 years ago and still be president.

John Kerry can be counted on to take care of this mess created by BC.

Nice article islenita!! it's as plain as day what is happening here unfortunaely realist and his cohorts cannot see the truth through their pro British rose tinted glasses.As I have stated before 50% of the civilian workers in the PSNI were members of the discredited RUC one wonders who's pushing this tilted barrow.

The Brits will never quit, or 'Move On' as we like to say nowadays. Too many atrocities by ALL sides, so if you wanna fix one, then fix 'em all. Impossible? Unless an impartial tribunal runs the show, it will never happen, even after the GFA was put in place, the Brits were caught continuing with their subversive tactics, any why not, N.I. is a good practice/training camp for them.

Kerr is after irish american votes, a small minority that appear to support SF, well, let's see if he holds up the values if documentary evidence stands in the way of a Al Qaeda member being convicted, the simple fact is that the US establishment plays the 'green' card at election time, but the irish are so split on the Ulster question that they cannot show a united front on anything, so we will wait to see what next week will hold, of course, if Kerry is simply saying that no terrorist should be held accountable for their actions or that an Irish terrorist should be allowed to 'get away' with violent actions, but no muslim terrorist organisation will be treated with the same leniency, then why doesn't he say so, oh, slainte9, u obviously arent from NI otherwise you would know that the HET have been dealing with almost exclusively loyalist crimes.

It's about time this matter received attention as our Justices, US Attorneys and all others seemed to be brain dead. The Judge's first Memorandum allowing an "in camera review" is like reading his "circular thought process". Boy was that one hard read. This murder happened 40 years ago and the British government, under the terms of the Treaty, was to exhaust all remedies as this request is of last resort. They have done nothing. In fact they had the Brendan Hughes tapes for over 9 months and still haven't done anything. How foolish does the US look arguing that there is an urgency to this matter. It is clearly a politically motivated attempt to skew the governing body back to the ways of old-Orange. Hey and how about the matter of the FBI and it's 3k pages of information on Senator Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick. We all know he was drunk, drove off the bridge, killing Ms Kopechne. I would venture that rather hang around to render any help, he hightailed it out of there to get "legal help". So why does the Kennedy's get to review the documents prior to disclosure, and if any of them are still alive and implicated or complicit in Teddy's adventure, those portions will not be disclosed until they are deceased. Ahh the DOUBLE STANDARD when it comes to the Republicans in NI. We all know the paras also engaged in murdering as well. Case dismissed.

The British only want to punish the Catholics. Since the British have been completely unwilling to punish either their military or the Protestant militias, their war crimes need to be brought before the war crimes tribunal at The Hague.

seanmelbourne: I understand your posts just fine my friend and that's precisely what you meant. Thankfully, you will be disappointed as the 'Troubles' will not be making a come back. If you're embarrassed by this, then good, you ought to be - perhaps you've learned a lesson? As I stated earlier, if these tapes hold evidence that can bring killers to justice then let the PSNI have them.