[gilliam]

It also has the markings of a hoax, or he misplaced them (it would seem he had an odd filing system). When the police investigated they found no sign of a break in and Nicosia refused to have them do a detailed investigation of the crime scene. It would also seem that the Kerry campaign dispatched a messenger to the home of author Gerald Nicosia to pick up copies of the FBI files a week before the alleged theft of the documents. I wonder if he filed some kind of insurance claim??

[Fedora]

Ping.

[Clintonfatigued]

If it was a Watergate-style break-in, you can bet Kerry used more capable people than "the plumbers". I wonder if Terry Lenzner is on Kerry's payroll?

[elmer fudd]

This is just dumb. I'm sure Bush, being the president, could get access to Kerry's FBI file with out having to burglarize some flake out in California.

[rogueleader]

Why doesn't someone just ask the FBI to re-release the whole group of documents they FOIA'd in the first place?

That could be done within a couple of weeks, I would think.

[GeronL]

Nicosia found some stuff thats really bad on Kerry and he is doing all of this to cover up the fact that he HID or DESTROYED them.

Remember, he is cooperating with the Kerry campaign.

[ntnychik]

History shows the Kerry camp is capable of such a caper:
John Kerry's Watergate (from Insight on the News): http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1065034/posts
Kerry Clan's Watergate (NY Post): http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1071819/posts
Boston Globe, 1996 (scroll down for picture of Cameron Kerry arrest)http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061803.shtml

[kenth]

Trying to clarke up his career it seems...

[Graymatter]

Throw enough mud, something's bound to stick...

If Nicosia's behind it, it's worse than a hoax, and he should be investigated---he and the people encouraging him.

[TEXOKIE]

bump for later read

[counterpunch]

It may be a hoax, or more likely, Kerry's people stole the files. This guy is a real idiot, thinking that "cooperating" with the Kerry campaign by telling them what lies and scandals he is about to expose would mean they wouldn't want to steal the files to keep him from exposing the rest of the lies and scandals that haven't yet come out.

The fact is if the Republicans want the FBI files on Kerry, they'll just ask John Ashcroft. The only reason anyone would want to steal this man's collection of copies is to supress further information from getting out.

[cherry]

I just can not believe that our private affairs can be ordered up by some goomba like this writer and then just sit around in his garage for all to see....

this whole story smells....that guy made it all up because he accidently "lost" his records to the Kerry campaign and now he wants a way to cover it up.....

Or the Demons did it without his knowledge....

Stupid fellow .....

Why Kerry can be a serious canidate for the Presidency while having been a member of a terrorist group is beyond me....

[OneTimeLurker]

I thought these were obtained through the FIA (FOIA?). Stealing them would only save somebody time in compiling them.

[tkathy]

The Republicans in charge of the 2004 campaign appear to be too ineffective and stupid to pull off anything like this.

[An.American.Expatriate]

First, it is quite deceptive to refer to the items allegedly stolen as "FBI Files". These were Nicosia's (sp??) files. He obtained them from the FBI under the FOIA. By stating that FBI Files were stolen, the reader is led to believe that a far more sinister plan was behind the "thefts".

Second, the whole things stinks to high heaven as Nicosia refused to allow police to process the "crime scene", he can not say what was "taken" and, most importantly, if the Republicans had wanted to have the information, the could have easily contacted the FBI under the FOIA and gotten them **without breaking the law**.

Lastly, what possible reason could allies of GWB have for "stealing" information which, reportedly, damages JF'nK - especially in light of the fact that Nicosia was willfully sharing the information??

The whole incident doesn't pass the smell test. But our unbiased media will faithfully report on this and the truth will be known - I am absolutely sure of this!!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Within days of the tip-off, Kerry aides arrived in Corte Madera, just north of San Franciso, to collect photocopies of the 1971 document. Mr Nicosia believes that his discovery was also what later lured burglars to his home. "My hunch is that Republicans did this," he said last week. "I was co-operating with the Democrats. I warned them about what I had found and opened it up to them."

Anyone with half a brain would know the Democrats needed to "collect" this document.

[laredo44]

This entire episode stinks of a Democrat/media cover up. They've made it ALL about what happened to the files and NOTHING about what is in the files. If this were reversed, the media would be in 24/7 high agitation over it. Ratherjenningsbrokaw would be demanding every night that Bush order the FBI to make the files public RIGHT NOW. The implication everywhere would be that Bush was hiding something. The Associated Press would have an army interviewing everyone who had anything to do with the story. There would be the steady drip, drip, drip of a story-a-day. In your car in the morning and evening, each drivetime half-hour news segment would mention the files in a suspicious fashion. Guys who knew Bush when would have unlimited access to the Today Show, Chris Matthews, and CNN. The negative coverage would be smothering.

[Lucky2]

If this was even remotely Watergateish, kerry by now would have been screaming bloody murder. This so called burglery was done by the kerrys to get rid of evidence that could destroy him.