When the A-Team were sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, what crime were they actually accused of?

Sam Aldridge, London England

• Stealing gold bullion

  Liz, Stoke, Staffs

• Stealing gold bullion

  Liz, Stoke, UK

• In 1972, in an effort to bring the Vietnam war to an end, the A-Team, under orders from a Colonel Morrison, robbed the Bank of Hanoi. However, due to a double cross, Colonel Morrison was murdered and his headquarters burnt to the ground, and so no proof existed that the A-team were acting under orders. Because of this the A-Team were sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn''t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.

  D Millan, London UK

• I pity the fool that doesn't know this. The A-Team was first formed during the Vietnam War as a highly trained crack commando unit. One day they were given a mission that they thought would end the war. Actualy, this mission turned out to be a set up, as the Vietcong had paid off a US military officer to embarass the United States. This mission was to rob a bank in Hanoi. As usual, the team succseded. However, when the returned to base they found that the Vietcong and blown the tar out it, killing the only millitary officer that could have testified that the A-Team was acting on a military order.

  Andy, London

• Using thousands of dollars worth of ammo and ordnance and never actually hitting anything or inflicting any injuries on the enemy.

  Mick, Durham, UK

• We have to choose between “these guys robbed a bank” from the US govt version (and a US court of law), and their story “we were ordered to rob a bank, but all evidence of our orders magically caught fire”. I think the US govt version is more believable. However, I still don’t see how they’d be so pursued under US law. My understanding is that they were CIA irregulars based out of Laos. A lot of money was passing through CIA in order to pay off Laos/Vietnam military and govt officials. I reckon that these guys dipped too deeply into company funds, as it were. If they stole 50+ million from the company and also burned some deal with the Laos/Viet govt then the CIA would be pretty damned p*ssed.

  David, London UK