Kerry's Other War Record (a real Hon of a story)

"The FBI shold still have the originals, wouldn't they??"

I would imagine so. I can't see the FBI allowing originals to be removed from their archives. I'd have to believe that security at the FBI is even tighter than the National Archives. There, you are not allowed to take anything into the reading room except a pencil and paper/notes. They actually prefer you to use the paper they provide. Your stuff is checked on the way in and again on the way out. Laptops only are allowed. They must be registered at the entrance to the building when you initially sign in. And, they will open your lap top to make sure you have nothing hidden inside. You sign in again (and out) wherever you go in the building, except of course the bathroom. You must leave your purse, coat, computer carrying case, and unallowed items in a personal locker, which locks for a quarter. You get the quarter back when you return the key to the locker. You can make copies of records, but you must request permission first from one of the clerks. They need to check the stuff before you can copy it. Most of it is declassified, but they still require you to check with them first. And as stated before, when you get ready to leave the reading room, you will have to sign out and everything you have with you (even your laptop), will once again be checked by the security officer on duty, and rechecked again once you get out to the floor level to leave the building.

I haven't been to the National Archives since 9/11, so I'm sure that the security procedures are even more intense now. They may even have returned the metal detector to the entranceway. It was removed one year to make room for the Christmas tree. As a person who had spent 23 years dealing with security issues, it was a bad move in my opinion. I believe they renovated part of the building, but I'm not sure if it was both entrances, or only the entrance to the secured documents (Bill of Rights, Constitution and Declaration of Independence) on display.

we at least have stopped American participation in the war

His appearance on Dick Cavett proved that that was not his major goal. He wanted our Vietnamization that would have allowed SV to defend themselves against NV to stop as well. He said that just pulling out our troops alone would have just stopped our participation in the war and not the war itself. It seemed obvious, to me at least, that he was fronting the communist concern that the war continue... lest they be ousted and defeated in SV?

Mr. Kerry now says he was relying on the "highly documented and highly disturbing" stories he heard at a Detroit conference funded by Jane Fonda. The Naval Investigative Service later found that some of the most grisly testimony there was given by false witnesses.

This refers to the Winter Soldier Investigation of Jan 1971.

But unfortunately, the NIS report has disappeared, so we can't rely on it at this time.

We have many reasons to suspect the veracity of the WSI witnesses, but not a single WSI witness has suffered public exposure as a fraud, so far.

I welcome correction on this, or rather, breaking news of WSI debunking.

I keep checking FRN's wintersoldier.com: http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/

My first suspect: Scott Camil(e).

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