Guard Memos Fuel Another Vietnam-Era Battle; ... some question the documents' authenticity

LA Times ^ | 9-10-04

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Guard Memos Fuel Another Vietnam-Era Battle

CBS defends letters that seem to impugn Bush's service as some question the documents' authenticity. Partisans on both sides engage.

By James Rainey And Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writers

A day after reports that President Bush received preferential treatment during his time in the Texas Air National Guard, the controversy raged on in the presidential race Thursday as Bush's critics suggested he lied about his Vietnam-era record and defenders accused Democrats of fueling baseless attacks.

As both sides fought over the nature of Bush's military service more than 30 years ago, experts raised questions about the authenticity of documents that a day earlier had cast a shadow over Bush's performance as a pilot and first lieutenant in the Texas Guard.

Forensic authorities said that critical memos that CBS News said were written by Bush's squadron commander in the early 1970s might not be legitimate — the product of a modern-day word processor and not a Vietnam-era typewriter that Bush's commander would have used.

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Gad! If the LA Slime is reporting on this, there must be more than smoke... BTW checking on the enemy, CNN Headline Snooze still have no mention of the fakes, but report on them as if they came from the Burning Bush... Pun intended!

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