Wednesday, May 31, 1972
Suppressed Report: Calley Was Insane
NEW YORK (UPI) --Lt. William Calley became temporarily insane under the stress of combat and could not have committed premeditated murder at My Lai, according to the secret data of a psychiatrist and two psychologists who examined him.The data, suppressed at Calley's court-martial, rests now in a kind of legal limbo in an Army office. Only a special but unlikely legal motion or the intervention of President Nixon can get the information before the U.S. Army Court of Military Review which soon will determine Calley's fate.The psychiatrist wrote in the suppressed volume of data that a "killer instinct" clearly is part of Calley's "underlying psychotic and pre-psychotic state which he had before military service, during Vietnam and to this day."The psychiatrist, Dr. Albert A. LaVerne of New York, a recognized forensic expert, said that he had submitted all the reports to military authorities in 1971 and again several weeks ago.UPI obtained a copy of LaVerne's report and those of the two psychologists.LaVerne's diagnosis went on to say "it is imperative to emphasize that if Calley is ever released to society, he should be under close medical and psychiatric surveillance for an unlimited period of time, during which he should be under psychiatric care and treatment.""Suppressed Report: Calley Was Insane", by (UPI) published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 31, 1972 and reprinted from European and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a Department of Defense publication copyright, 2002 European and Pacific Stars and Stripes.