AR> RW> No, no, no.  They (the Americans) were paying (as
AR> RW> paying for a ticket) passengers (riding the ship to get
AR> RW> from here to there).
AR>  CC> Did they not know where they were going or told they were
AR>  CC> going somewhere else? --- CNet/3
AR> They knew where they were going.
AR> They just assumed that the Gremans would not sink the ship with if there
AR> were non-combatitants on board.
AR> They were wrong.
My God, The message from the Germans was kept secret.  I'm dealing right now 
with someone who wants me to help him find some information of his own, 
possibly could get me killed.  I probably won't, but I do think that he does 
have a right to know where his father is.  May the day someday come where the 
gov't doesn't split families and kill people for having information that 
threaten "national security."
Peace.
--- CNet/3
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