http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/war+crimes/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3803/war_crimes_hunter/ As I watch beads of water trickle through cracks in the hull of the 20-year-old, rough-hewn sampan chugging down the Huong Diem River, I begin to think about how I came to be a war crimes hunter. Here, deep in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, accompanied by my wife, photojournalist Tam Turse, and our translator, I'm on a mission to seek out and record the stories of the forgotten victims of what is appropriately known here as the "American War." I've been researching U.S. war crimes in Vietnam since 2002, when I first located a collection of U.S. war crimes investigations documents -- compiled by a secret U.S. Army task force in the 1970s -- at the U.S. National Archives. After writing… vietnam war war and peace war crimes Rachel Jefferson