Green Party presidential candidate and former Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney claims the Department of Defense executed 5,000 prisoners and then disposed of the bodies in a Louisiana swamp. McKinney claims the government used Hurricane Katrina to cover up the alleged executions. A Defense Department spokesperson called McKinney's allegations "outrageous."FOX News: McKinney Accuses Government of Slaughtering Prisoners

"I suspect that these are prisoners. ...So this investigation of the whole prison industrial complex is extremely important and it should not end with just a question of the nature of prisons in our country. These 5,000 souls also need some justice too."--Cynthia McKinneyFOX News: McKinney Accuses Government of Slaughtering Prisoners

"The claim is outrageous on the very face of it and doesn't merit any further consideration. It would be inconceivable that 5,000 people would go missing in America without anyone noticing it prior to this."--Lt. Col. Les MelnykFOX News: McKinney Accuses Government of Slaughtering Prisoners