Guard memos on Bush fake, says squadron leader's son (new information about the signature)

Houston Chronicle ^ | 9/9/04

[ambrose]

Sept. 9, 2004, 11:40PM

Guard memos on Bush fake, says squadron leader's son

By MIKE GLENN

Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

The son of President Bush's former squadron commander is disputing the authenticity of memos allegedly written by his father that are critical of Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard.

The purported 30-year-old documents were shown Wednesday on the CBS News program 60 Minutes. The show reported that the documents came from the personal files of Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, Bush's commander in the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at the former Ellington Air Force Base, now Ellington Field.

Houston businessman Gary Killian said Thursday that he doesn't believe the newly discovered documents are legitimate.

Killian said his father, who died in 1984, could barely type and usually assigned typing duties to a secretary.

"It would have been against his own self-interest to keep a memo like that on file," Killian said. "It was just not in his nature to do that."

Killian said the memos appear to be faked. In one of them, he said, his father's first name is used in the signature.

"I don't recall him ever signing with his first name," the son said.

Killian said his father did not maintain an office at home and had no secret file there where such documents would have been stored.

According to the Associated Press, the White House distributed the four memos dated from 1972 and 1973 after obtaining them from CBS News. The White House did not question their accuracy.

Killian said his father "thought well" of Bush's abilities as an Air National Guard pilot assigned to fly the F-102.

mike.glenn@chron.com

[ambrose]

Killian said the memos appear to be faked. In one of them, he said, his father's first name is used in the signature. "I don't recall him ever signing with his first name," the son said.

[Mike Fieschko]

The guy couldn't type. How many white-outs or erasures are there in the 'memos'? < /rehortical question>

[flashbunny]

The timing of his remarks are suspicious....I smell a Karl Rove plot!

[DJ MacWoW]

ping

[PhilDragoo]

"I don't recall him ever signing with his first name," the son said.

JOHN FORGES KERRY
THE SAGA CONTINUES

[Agrarian]

Yet another good question. Perfect typing was rare -- I was pretty good with a typewriter, and yet the eraser was my friend...

[ArmyBratproud]

The goons on the 9/11 Commission would love CBS...
They use "imagination".

[MamaLucci]

The fact that SeeBS "news reporters" didn't call Killian's family for verification before going on air with this bogus story, tells us all we need to know about their intentions.

[AmericanCheeseFood]

When CBS was running the story on TV during their evening scum. I couldn't get that fake Barnes' pay source out of myhead...you know..

PAID FOR BY KERRY

As if Dan RatherLie was about to say.."It's good to know that you do as you are paid to do."

[Grampa Dave]

Time for you to post your famous John Forges Kerry Graphic arts.

[ambrose]

they thought they could get away with it. They figured "Sure, some idiots will moan about this on right-wing radio shows, but our fellow MSM travelers won't blow the whistle." Looks like they were wrong.

[ikka]

The son of President Bush's former squadron commander is disputing the authenticity of memos allegedly written by his father that are critical of Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard.

TRANSLATION: CBS did NOT EVER CONTACT the son in an attempt to authenticate the documents. The ONE person still alive that would be in a position to know, CBS never talked to.

[MamaLucci]

How about................
"The "F" stands for "Forgery"......(among other things).

[Irish Eyes]

I always wondered what the F in kerry's name stood for, I guess we know now.

[AmericanCheeseFood]

Toss me on the ping list would ya'll?

Thanks.

[Tired of Taxes]

Amazing. No one at CBS thought to check with the man's son???

According to the Associated Press, the White House distributed the four memos dated from 1972 and 1973 after obtaining them from CBS News. The White House did not question their accuracy.

It really looks like Bush, Cheney, etc., were certain that these memos were forgeries before releasing them, and they just wanted to watch the media and the Democrats look foolish.

[Texasforever]

"It would have been against his own self-interest to keep a memo like that on file," That was my non-technical reason for believing they were fakes last night. That "CYA" memo was a career killer.

[america-rules]

Any official MOR (memo of record) will be placed in the Airmans records not the person who wrote them. This store is so full of grap it's not even funny. The civilians are going googles over this and anyone who served in a management position knows there are so many falsehoods said about Bush's service it's crazy.

I told my business partner months ago exactly the same what York wrote today about the point system.

What nobody has said YET is the fact that the democraps have slandered all Guard members smearing Bush while we had thousands of guard and reserves killed in Vietnam (Even many from Bush's unit) and have thousands of Guard members fighting in iraq right now !

[Grampa Dave]

THE CBS FERTILIZING OF AMERICA CONTINUES!