Author Suspects GOP in Kerry FBI File Theft

NewsMax.com ^ | 4/04/04 | NewsMax email

[CyberAnt]

BREAKING NEWS FROM NEWSMAX

Vietnam War historian Gerald Nicosia said Friday that burglars who broke into his house a week ago Thursday and removed thousands of documents from Sen. John Kerry's FBI files were most likely Republican operatives.

"I would say that the Republicans had the largest motivation because there definitely is... a heck of a lot of explosive stuff about Kerry in there," Nicosia told MSNBC's "Scarborough Country."

The author, who has unabashedly proclaimed his support for Kerry's presidential bid, obtained the FBI files while working on his 1999 book "Home to War," filing a Freedom of Information Act request that took eleven years to yield results.

Nicosia said he didn't think the top Democrat or his staff were worried about the 20,000 page stash of surveillance material he had on him.

"The Kerry camp had no reason to believe I would not cooperate with them," Nicosia insisted, explaining that he shared portions of the files with Kerry operatives a few days before their theft.

Still, after Nicosia used the files two weeks ago to disprove Kerry's denials that he attended a 1971 meeting of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War where a plot to assassinate pro-war politicians was discussed - some see the motivations of the file thieves differently.

"This almost sounds like a West Coast version of Watergate 2004," host Joe Scarborough told Nicosia and fellow guest Pat Buchanan. "Maybe it was an inside job by somebody in the Kerry campaign."

Indeed, if the Kerry camp was involved in the FBI file break-in, it wouldn't be the first time it had engaged in Watergate-style political sabotage.

As the New York Post reported just last month, during Kerry's 1972 bid for Congress, his younger brother, Cameron Kerry, was arrested for "breaking into... the headquarters of a Kerry opponent" in Lowell, Mass.

Kerry's brother and another campaign worker pleaded not guilty to charges of "breaking and entering with the intent to commit grand larceny."

After the arrests, candidate Kerry told the New York Times that the break-in was a preemptive strike in response to threats that phone lines to his campaign headquarters were about to be sabotaged.

Cameron Kerry is now a partner in a Boston-based law firm and has been a key financial backer of all of his brother's campaigns.

[CyberAnt]

The following paragraph really screamed at me; I believe it holds the clue as to who REALLY took the files, and it's NOT THE GOP:

"'The Kerry camp had no reason to believe I would not cooperate with them', Nicosia insisted, explaining that he shared portions of the files with Kerry operatives a few days before their theft."

Soooooo, he shared portions of the files with Kerry "operatives" a few days before their theft .. and I believe the "operatives" saw some stuff which they surely didn't want to wind up on TV or the front pages of some newspaper. And .. the "operatives" took the stuff and are now BLAMING THE GOP FOR DOING SOMETHING THEY DID NOT DO.

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[South40]

I saw Nicosia make his claims on Scarborough Country. He's a partisan hack. It's just as likely he sold the files to the highest paying tabloid.

[cartoonistx]

If the goods on Kerry hit the airwaves soon after the convention in July then it may very well be the GOP that took the docs. If, however, they never see the light of day you'd be right to suspect KFingK and his "Sewage Plumbers"!

[Captain Peter Blood]

As someone has pointed out why would the GOP need to steal any of this material when the author for all of it under FOIA law. The GOP can simply request and get all of the same material very easily.
Does this simple logic fail to impact on anyone?????
Another clumsy attempt to paint and GOP in another attempt to smear Bush.
This is a coordinated attack with that Traitor John Dean acting as a stalking horse with that idiot book of his coming out. AS you know he has charged that Bush has the most corrupt Administration of all time.
We need to pull all the stops out and expose all these morons for the traitors they are.

[Captain Peter Blood]

As someone has pointed out why would the GOP need to steal any of this material when the author got all of it under FOIA law. The GOP can simply request and get all of the same material very easily.
Does this simple logic fail to impact on anyone?????
Another clumsy attempt to paint and GOP in another attempt to smear Bush.
This is a coordinated attack with that Traitor John Dean acting as a stalking horse with that idiot book of his coming out. AS you know he has charged that Bush has the most corrupt Administration of all time.
We need to pull all the stops out and expose all these morons for the traitors they are.

[kitkat]

You make an excellent point. But, just for the heck of it, let's try this one on: The operatives could be Hitlery's people to scotch a book favorable to John F'n Kerry; and at the same time try to blame the theft on Bush's people. "Two for the price of one," you know.

[South40]

The operatives could be Hitlery's people to scotch a book favorable to John F'n Kerry; and at the same time try to blame the theft on Bush's people. "Two for the price of one," you know.

Would that be a "Vast left-wing conspiricy"?

[CyberAnt]

"Does this simple logic fail to impact on anyone"

Remember .. logic is not in the liberal playbook. It's NOW it makes the GOP look bad - THEY'RE BAD - that's all that matters.

[Qwinn]

"I would say that the Republicans had the largest motivation because there definitely is... a heck of a lot of explosive stuff about Kerry in there," Nicosia told MSNBC's "Scarborough Country."

Under what possible logical framework would this indicate a "largest motivation" for the Republicans to get their hands on it than for Kerry to cover it up? Quite the opposite, I would think. Kerry is more important to Kerry than he is to Bush, no?

Qwinn

[Lancey Howard]

It's just as likely he sold the files to the highest paying tabloid.

Exactly. I am positive that this silly scumbag Nicosia "stole" his own files in order to manufacture his "fifteen minutes". And look! He's on TV!! Can a book be far behind?

[bayourod]

"I would say that the Republicans had the largest motivation because there definitely is... a heck of a lot of explosive stuff about Kerry in there,"

And so Republicans stole the material to keep him from making it public and embarassing Kerry.

"The Kerry camp had no reason to believe I would not cooperate with them," ... Nicosia used the files two weeks ago to disprove Kerry's denials that he attended a 1971 meeting... "

[CyberAnt]

Well .. the "corrupt administration" is just another DNC talking point.

When Kerry said his, "crooked lying bunch" .. somebody must have gotten the idea that it would be good to start having all the dem hacks repeating the same statement. I've read or heard it at least a half dozen times.

The constant "liar" didn't work - because there was no evidence that Bush had lied about anything. But .. a lot of people believe every politician is corrupt so this one might get a few more hours of play .. but even that will not fare well against all the criminal things the Clinton admin did.

In fact .. I think they are just putting this out there to try to smear Condi before her testimony. What she's going to say must be scaring the hell out of these people.

[jerry639]

Oh, Wonderful. Now we can set up another commission to do one more book review.

[South40]

Did you see him on Scarorough Country? He had it all figured out. He said he had done an interview for TV at his house and, apparently, some viewer saw the boxes of files and then broke in and stole them. He then made sure we all knew he supports Kerry, as if that mattered. He was about as believable as a Klinton.

[taxesareforever]

Nicosia got what he wanted out of the files and now he is playing a Richard Clarke ploy in order to garner sales for his book. Don't tell me he doesn't know where they are. I would bet that he left the door open and gave the demorat hacks the nod.

[Reactionary]

Let me get this straight: the author says that there was "plenty of explosive stuff about Kerry" in his archives, which evidently means that it was damaging, yet he doesn't seem to think that the Kerry camp would be the least bit interested in preventing the files from seeing the light of day. Interesting, to say the least.

My question is, did he file a police report? For all of the squawking about "missing files," I've yet to see a single instance where a police investigation is even mentioned. All I've heard about (interestingly enough), is how the GOP must be responsible, yet there isn't a shred of evidence ever presented to support that claim.

And if the entire 20,000 pages of "damaging" information was received through FOIA requests, well, how hard can it be for the evil GOP to file the requests themselves? Hmm?

[TYVets]

"a heck of a lot of explosive stuff about Kerry in there." ,,,,,,, "Nicosia said he didn't think the top Democrat or his staff were worried about the 20,000 page stash "

Could this guy be Kerry's twin brother? Talking on all sides of every issue!

When I hear the words,,,, missing and FBI files, the name and face of the hilarybeast666 pops into my mind.

[Texas Eagle]

"The Kerry camp had no reason to believe I would not cooperate with them," Nicosia insisted, explaining that he shared portions of the files with Kerry operatives a few days before their theft.

Uh-huh. And the portions you "shared" with Kerry operatives just happened to be the ones that were stolen?

[Texas Eagle]

Exhibit A)
"I would say that the Republicans had the largest motivation because there definitely is... a heck of a lot of explosive stuff about Kerry in there," Nicosia told MSNBC's "Scarborough Country."

Exhibit B)
The author, who has unabashedly proclaimed his support for Nicosia said he didn't think the top Democrat or his staff were worried about the 20,000 page stash of surveillance material he had on him.

And you don't find these statements contradictory Mr. Nicosia? Please face the jury when answering if you don't mind.