A revised version of the class-action settlement over the so-called “gay purge” explicitly includes people whose careers suffered as early as 1955 — seven years prior to a previously agreed date. A former Air Force member who was investigated in the late 1950s and forced out in the early ’60s represents one of the earliest cases in the legal action, Elliott said. But how far north of that it will go is very difficult to predict.”We don’t know who these people are. “So we don’t know who these people are. Even if we knew who they are, we don’t know how many of them are still alive.

Source: National Post April 25, 2018 21:11 UTC