They Did Happen

No, Danny. These things did happen. In fact they were shown on American network televison (that is her actions, but not what later happened to the prisoners as a result of her actions). No, she would not necessarily have been prosecuted. Both she and her family were much too high profile and famous for her to have been prosecuted. Although she clearly could have been prosecuted, but the administration in Washingtion apparently thought it would have detracted from the overall war effort.