Posted on 09/12/2004 1:21:48 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com
Edited on 09/12/2004 8:39:48 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Over at the liberal grassroots site IndyMedia, Pablo Kristophoros says that the disputed memos cited by CBS are in the book.
"The full details of George Bush's military service are in the new book by Kitty Kelley by the good offices of the Texas Veterans for Truth. This group has offered a large monetary reward for anyone who served in the Alabama Air National Guard with George W. Bush, but there have been no takers. There is a wealth of details in the 736-page book, and one of the over 800 sources is the Texas Veterans for Truth. Killian's memos and other information are there. The CBS memos are real and the proof is in the details."
In a memo to CBS affiliates last week which RatherBiased.com has obtained, the network said the disputed documents "were provided by unimpeachable sources."
In a report last week, the conservative magazine The American Spectator said that CBS's documents were possibly given to it by the Democratic National Committee.
Meanwhile in the most recent edition of Newsweek, reporters Howard Fineman and Michael Isikoff claim that one of CBS's main sources is a former TANG officer:
"Where did the documents come from? CBS won't say. But the trail pieced together by Newsweek shows that in a sulfurous season like this one, the difference between obscurity and power is small, and anyone can get a hearing. A principal source for CBS's story was Bill Burkett, a disgruntled former Guard officer who lives in Baird, Texas, who says he was present at Guard headquarters in Austin in 1997, when a top aide to the then Governor Bush ordered records sanitized to protect the Boss. Other Guard officials disputed Burkett's account, and the Bush aide involved, Joe Allbaugh, called it 'absolute garbage.' Burkett may have a motive to make trouble for the powers that be. In 1998, he grew gravely ill on a Guard mission to Panama, causing him to be hospitalized, and he suffered two nervous breakdowns. He unsuccessfully sued for medical expenses.
"Still, in theory, Burkett may have had access to any Guard records that, in a friend's words, 'didn't make it to the shredder.' Fellow officers say he wasn't a crank, but rather a stickler for proper procedure--a classic whistle-blower type. Burkett was impressive enough to cause CBS producer Mary Mapes to fly to Texas to interview him. "
Some Democrats are saying that the whole thing is a Republican setup. The Kerry campaign says it did not have anything to do with the documents.
Of course, with the book coming out on Tuesday and CBS remaining mum (for now) on who its sources were, only time will tell who is correct.
Hat tip: Templar Pundit
I agree with you. This isn't dirty politics, this is an ideological war. Look behind all of these groups, ANSWER, MoveOn, and the like. They are Marxists, Maoists, Socialists, etc. These are global forces deeply threatened by the current administration.
Genuine photo of the VRWC???
International socialism is the number 2 threat right behind the international jihadists.
Is Shi++y Kelly still scheduled for her three day tv appearance this week?
Absolutely Right.
Excellent Profile page.
Uh. Thank you?
Pitiful.
LOL
SeeBS FRAUDcasting network has one source, and that is all it needs: the DNC.
Witness the stories it has carried and carried and carried and kerried and kerried this year...
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True, but just like in the 60s, their interests converge. The socialists sympathize with the jihadists, just as they did with Saddam when they gathered in the millions across the world to protest the war.
Whoa.. if what you are saying is true. Why on Gods Green Earth is NBC going ahead with their interview(s) this week? Surely, they don't want to undergo the same embarasement as cBS, or do they????
Same book.
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