Newspaper's Articles on Peace Corps Elicits Vigorous Response. From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: November 2, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By Jeff Bruce, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 2--Even before this newspaper began publishing its series "Casualties of Peace," disclosing security risks to Peace Corps volunteers, the agency was closing ranks to discredit the findings of our reporters who spent nearly two years researching the increasing dangers volunteers encounter.

In a memo distributed by the National Peace Corps Association to Peace Corps Online, the...