From what I've heard the Gen. Pershing story is an urban internet legend.

Here's a link: http://urbanlegends.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=pershing&SUName=urbanlegends&TopNode=3919&type=1

It doesn't really surprise me that a paragon of journalistic integrity like The Washington Times would report this. ;\)

Here's another interesting note that I saw in the News Tribune this morning. It is in a column called News of the Weird.

"In April, the Treasury Department's agency that investigates allegedly illegal financing across U.S. borders was revealed to have only 4 agents working on money traceable to Osama bin Laden and Sadaam Hussein, but 21 agents working full-time on violations of the U.S. embargo of Cuba."

Scary stuff, I'm reminded of the old saying - We have met the enemy and they is us.
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