In 1972 she told the news media that all of the American Prisoners of War were being well treated and were not being tortured. But when the POWs returned home in 1973, they told about the inhumane treatment and torture they had suffered as prisoners of war. Their stories directly contradicted what she said in 1972. Some of the American POWs such as Senator John McCain stated that he was tortured by his guards for refusing to meet with groups such as Jane Fonda's. Jane Fonda, in her response to these new allegations, referred to the returning POWs as being "hypocrites and liars."
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