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I've been battling reporters about Burkett for months. Here is a post about an exchange that I had with the Dallas Morning News about Burkett. Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News, who co-wrote the book "Bush's Brain," wrote a dreadful anti-Bush screed here that used Bill Burkett as the sole source. A few minutes of Googling revealed that Burkett's story had changed radically from the one he was telling during the 2000 campaign. In 2000, Burkett denied that the Bush team had "doctored" Bush's military records; now he's claiming that in 1997 he heard orders over a speakerphone from Joe Allbaugh to destroy damaging records. Leave it to the mainstream media to ignore those discrepancies.

Why did Burkett change his story so radically since 2000 and how can he now remember with such clarity an event that he apparently couldn't remember 4 years ago? I'm no journalist but I believe that this source has a severe credibility problem.

Further, Burkett has long been a vocal Bush opponent and has other credibility issues, such as this court case where he sued his superior officers for denying him military medical care. His case was dismissed by the trial court and was thrown out again when he appealed. Burkett claims that Bush sent him on the trip that caused his illness and has had it in for Bush ever since.

The WashPost didn't put any of Burkett's history of anti-Bush behavior in their article. No, we have an elderly man with a cane and a dog waging war on powerful forces. Please.

I've been battling reporters about Burkett for months. Here is a post about an exchange that I had with the Dallas Morning News about Burkett. Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News, who co-wrote the book "Bush's Brain," wrote a dreadful anti-Bush screed here that used Bill Burkett as the sole source. A few minutes of Googling revealed that Burkett's story had changed radically from the one he was telling during the 2000 campaign. In 2000, Burkett denied that the Bush team had "doctored" Bush's military records; now he's claiming that in 1997 he heard orders over a speakerphone from Joe Allbaugh to destroy damaging records. Leave it to the mainstream media to ignore those discrepancies.

An excellent summary.