No Great Revelations

By SOPHFRONIA SCOTT GREGORY

THE U.S. SENATE UNANIMOUSLY DEMANDED EARLIER THIS month that the Bush Administration declassify and make public all secret POW/MIA documents now in the Pentagon's possession. But what exactly is in them? Insiders who have reviewed the papers say anxious families are in for a big disappointment once again. All relevant documents were shown to family members long ago, and more than 1.3 million pages have already been shown to members and staff of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs without any convincing results. Key sections of some internal Pentagon memorandums have already been leaked, and although they reflect "sloppy" and "unprofessional" running of the mia office, according to individuals charged with studying them, they add nothing substantive to the search for surviving Americans.