Posted on 09/15/2004 11:54:11 PM PDT by Susannah
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Killian's former secretary, 86-year-old Marian Carr Knox, also questioned the documents in an interview with The Dallas Morning News.
"These are not real," Knox said in a story posted Tuesday on the newspaper's Web site. "They're not what I typed, and I would have typed them for him."
Knox told the newspaper she did not recall typing the memos, but that they echoed Killian's views on Mr. Bush. She said he retained memos for a personal "cover his back" file he kept in a locked drawer of his desk, but she was not sure what happened to them when he died in 1984.
CBS News spokeswoman Sandra Genelius said CBS did not believe Knox was a documents expert and that the network believes the documents are genuine.
"It is notable that she confirms the content of the documents, which was the primary focus of our story in the first place," Genelius said.
Questions have been raised for years about Mr. Bush's entry into and service in the Guard, especially a period from mid-1972 to mid-1973 for which there is conflicting evidence Mr. Bush performed his duties. It is known that he missed a flight physical during that time.
On Tuesday, a private anti-Bush group called Texans for Truth offered a $50,000 reward for "anyone who can prove Bush's claim that he fulfilled his service requirements."
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(Excerpt) Read more at kcal9.com ...
The answer to your question is explained in detail here: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/046034.php
Yeah... Yeah, that is somewhat notable; I couldn't help noticing that myself. The big picture is this:
1) memos are indisputably forgeries
2) Rather had backed himself into a tight corner
3) Along comes an 86-year old woman, who Rather introduces as "a credible" voice, who says this:
Why, yes-- those are forgeries! But you know what? They're almost exact copies of memos I once wrote myself! That's right-- they're forgeries, BUT they're completely accurate too!! What must have happened is that someone saw my memos, then typed up their own-- that's it! And they did it that way so that they wouldn't get into trouble!
Darn. Guess Dan is off the hook, now.
The proof is his Honorary Discharge.
more specific details about what info is needed to qualify for the reward money is available at http://texansfortruth.com
(below is an excerpt from site, but there are also links on the site explaining how to submit evidence and what qualifies)
"$50,000 Reward for New Evidence On Bush's Military Record!
Texans for Truth is offering a reward of $50,000 for original information proving whether George W. Bush performed duties in the Air National Guard between May 1972 and May 1973 at Dannelly Air National Guard Base in Alabama on the terms and conditions set forth here. "
The information required for proof of Bush's military service is quite specific to collect the reward.
see http://texansfortruth.com/reward.html
So nothing ever published before can be used. So a document
that says he is "Honorably Discharged" like his DD214, thats no good.
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