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Posted on 08/18/2004 2:58:40 PM PDT by Petronski
Formal Complaint Filed Over Senator’s Vietnam Awards, Post-Service Activities
(Washington, D.C.) – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today filed a request with the U.S. Navy and the Defense Department for an investigation into the awards granted to Sen. John Kerry during his service with the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. Judicial Watch also requested that military authorities investigate Kerry’s anti-war activities, including his meeting with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegations in Paris, while a member of the Naval Reserve.
Basing its requests on a recently published book, Unfit for Command, by former Navy officer John E. O’Neill and Harvard University professor Jerome R. Corsi, and on news media interviews of other officers and sailors who served with Kerry, Judicial Watch notes that unresolved allegations against Kerry include: false official reports and statements; dishonorable conduct; aiding the enemy; dereliction of duty; misuse and abuse of U.S. government equipment and property; war crimes; and multiple violations of U.S. Navy regulations and directives, the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the U.S. Code.
Kerry was awarded three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star for “wounds” received and actions in Vietnam, but eyewitnesses refute his version of a number of the events that were the basis for receiving the commendations. Judicial Watch is asking the Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy, including its Department Board of Decorations and Medals, to look into the circumstances surrounding Kerry’s awards.
Judicial Watch also is requesting an investigation of Kerry’s anti-war activities. After he was released from active duty but while he was a commissioned officer in the inactive Naval Reserve, Kerry joined the anti-war group Vietnam Veterans Against the War and traveled to Paris to meet with delegations from North Vietnam and the Communist Viet Cong. He held a press conference in Washington, D.C., following the meeting and advocated the “peace proposal,” which included war damage reparations, put forth by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong.
“The allegations concerning Kerry’s conduct during the Vietnam War are credible, serious and shocking,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The sooner an investigation begins, the better.”
Not only should they stay away from JW passively, I think they should issue a press release actively disassociating themselves.
JW will poison the wells and open the SBV to ridicule.
They have victories?!
That guy and his firm are the same as Gloria Alred... USELESS media hounds looking to make a quick buck.
I have been sending this to everyone I know: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1191146/posts
Nice to see this little weasel get what he deserves. Now to affect the polls. Send the story out to any newspaper, commentator or person you know. the ball is rolling so let's use it to crush Kerry.
YES!
That settles it. Kerry is home free and former JW Chairman Larry Klayman fancies himself a US Senator from Florida.
Sorry Charley, but you missed a good target.
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Big whoop...this is like me calling for an investigation!
Send the gist of the article to your local paper in the editorial section. Get others to read it and start questioning it. How long before all FReepers get enough people to make it a legitimate investigation?
I am willing to try. How about you?
So far the Bush administration has managed to keep the "Unfit for Command" charges at arm's length from their campaign. I don't see how it benefits Bush/Cheney 04 if the Navy and DoD start the investigation JW is requesting prior to the election.
Okay boys and girls, open your checkbooks. suckers.
Yes it's,"Elmer Fudd."
Let's keep our eyes on the important stuff.
Hmm, that reminds me. I should go off and donate more money to the swift boat vets for truth so they can put up another ad. I want to see them SINK Kerry with the truth.
Oh this just keeps getting more and more delicious.
TNT
Suckering^3. Sounds about right. I've been duped enough times by Judicial Watch. It's hard to get excited about them filing another action that they won't follow through on.
And upwind, too.
Hey, Larry, why don't you just give it up and get a real job. You are an embarrassment to yourself and to others.
Their only political allegiance is to themselves, as has been proven during the past four years. This press release and action was done only to sucker the conservatives who haven't been paying attention.
Nobody should kid themselves. Judicial Watch is not on our side. They are on their side. Period.
When they were goin' after Clinton - they were Conservative heros. When they went after Cheney, they were villified here, but called an "independent watch dog group" by the media. And now we have the being hailed again as champions of the truth.
Hogwash.
we have the = we have them
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