[Sabertooth]

[Sabertooth]

FYI

[Glenn]

Were some of those files from his shrink?

[Publius Maximus]

A John Kerry Watergate-style break in?

I sincerely believe he has a lot psychologically in common with Nixon. Nixon also watched him carefully - perhaps seeing a little of himself in the then-young upstart.

Just speculating, of course.

[ladyinred]

This is very interesting Saber.

[DoctorMichael]

What's that smell? </Twilight Zone Music>

[1066AD]

These would be copies wouldn't they ? So he can reapply and then look particularly at those stolen the first time to see what makes them attractive :)

[LibWhacker]

You could have your thrill seeker, like someone who wants a piece of the history, . . .

Yeah, right, a thrill seeker who knew exactly which files to take. I doubt that. The rats are out to cover up for Kerry. The FBI better make sure their files are secured against an inside job, or they will come up missing, too.

[Torie]

One could assume he could just refile under the FOIA, and get them again. But I presume, he has revealed all the best stuff.

[FormerACLUmember]

Just standard operating procedure for the evil rat party.

[Arkinsaw]

Note to people with documents on Democrats:
1) Make copies
2) Put copies in safe place
3) Make more copies
4) Put copies in place nobody knows about
5) Get a security guard
6) Make a will

[Ann Archy]

Hey Numbnut Nicosia, those were C-O-P-I-E-S...they are NOT lost to you forever!! I smell a turncoat.

[avant_garde]

They will show up five years later on Hillary's coffee table!

[paul in cape]

Missing files? No problem. He can always ask Hillary! for her copies of JF'nK's files.

[Qwinn]

"There's a range of possibilities. You could have your thrill seeker, like someone who wants a piece of the history," Nicosia told The Associated Press Friday in a phone interview."

Right. There's a range of possibilities... and then they only state one side of that range, one that totally absolves Kerry.

The reason that would leap to anyone's mind upon seeing the headline? Not even mentioned.

I'm sure the same would be true if something similar happened concerning files about Bush.

Uh huh.

Qwinn

P.S. Sure - the author could reapply under the FOIA. Only this time, those documents won't be provided. Whoever stole those documents, I would bet, has more than enough clout to get rid of the originals as well. Not even saying it was Kerry necessarily - but it could easily be foreign "allies" of the VVAW.

[Starve The Beast]

Boy this is really dramatic. In fact, it's so dramatic that it's a little hard to believe. Not saying it's not true but, let's wait to see how this shakes out before we get too far into speculation about it. Nothing worse than being taken in by an urban legend... or a partisan trick of some kind.

[sport]

If this is true he is lucky to still be breathing.

If this had been members of the clinton crime cartel he would have committed suicide.

[xm177e2]

What prevents him from making another FOIA request?

[Atchafalaya]

Was Hillary when this happened?

[petitfour]

Hmmmm. I smell a RAT. Hubby was skeptical of this release of the surveillance of Kerry by the FBI because it makes him look sympathetic. And now the content of those files goes missing? I guess Kerry will continue to look sympathetic, and we'll never know what was in the files.

But we do know that Kerry was at a meeting where assassinations were discussed. And then there's the nasty run-in Senator Stennis had with some robbers on his front lawn. And who else were they after???????

[Cicero]

These are only copies. But two things occur to me.

First, the FBI can be very, very slow responding to an FOIA inquiry. They might not manage to come up with replacements until next November.

Second, the FBI is pretty good at losing or shredding files themselves. Just look at Filegate, the OKC bombing, and TWA 800. Not to speak of those X-rays of Vince Foster and Ron Brown that vanished right out of locked safes.