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The title "... American POW" is inaccurate, since Downey was never a POW: He was engaged in espionage, and spies have no right to POW status (https://www.icrc.o
by cperciva 12y ago
The title "... American POW" is inaccurate, since Downey was never a POW: He was engaged in espionage, and spies have no right to POW status (https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule107 https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule107).
The wording in the title in the article, "... American captive of war" is better, and should be used instead.
- dctoedt 12y ago> The wording in the title in the article, "... American captive of war" is better, and should be used instead. Poster here --- that's how I posted it, with the original wording.
- cperciva 12y agoI guess a moderator missed the nuance and thought they were improving the title. Hopefully another moderator can restore it now that I've pointed it out...