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Memogate: Did Burkett Tip His Hand?
HobbsOnline ^ | September 16, 2004 | Bill Hobbs

Posted on 09/16/2004 6:25:44 AM PDT by tdadams

Memogate: Did Burkett Tip His Hand?

Retired Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett, a long-time Bush-hater who has been named by several news outlets as a possible source for the forged documents in the CBS memogate scandal, wrote the following on August 13, 2004, for Democrats.com, before the memos surfaced:

I have found no documentation from LTC Killian's hand or staff that indicate that this unit was involved in any complicit way to either cover for the failures of 1LT Bush, or to provide him pay or certification for training not completed.
So, if Burkett found no such documentation - did he forge it? And did he then sell CBS a bill of goods, convincing them that the memos were authentic and "accurately reflected" that for which there actually is no authentic documentation? [Hat tip: Mike Hollihan]

Here's a story from today's Washington Post reporting that the forged documents were faxed from a Kinko's in Abilene, Texas, which is the closest Kinko's to Burkett's home 21 miles away in Baird, Texas.

I'll bring you more links later regarding Burkett.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billburkett; blackeye; cbs; cbsnews; danrather; killian; memogate; rather; ratherbiased; rathergate
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1 posted on 09/16/2004 6:25:44 AM PDT by tdadams
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To: tdadams
either cover for the failures of 1LT Bush

Would Burkett get the format of Bush's rank right on democrats.com, but wrong on the forgeries?

2 posted on 09/16/2004 6:27:44 AM PDT by Huck (What's the typography, Kenneth?)
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To: tdadams

This is hugh! And series! Great find, and great post


3 posted on 09/16/2004 6:27:52 AM PDT by Viet Vet in Augusta GA
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To: tdadams
Burkett is the FALL guy, it's someone MUCH closer to the Kerry camp than this guy. There's NO WAY Rather would have said it was an "unimpeachable source" for this kook. Nor would he have worked so hard to try to dodge this.

No, he may be the "sacrificial goat" they offer up, but he's NOT the one who did this. It's likely 'Ol Terry boy, or Carville, or Rather's own daughter.

The REAL perpetrator is someone that Rather and dnCBS would LITERALLY put their careers and the entire dnCBS news organization in jeopardy of collapsing for.

No, Bill Burkett is NOT the man... And you can bet, if it turns out they name him, he'll either take the money and run and "admit it" or he'll deny it and note they're trying to make him the fall guy. But he is NOT the source of those documents.


4 posted on 09/16/2004 6:28:15 AM PDT by woodb01 (Take out the 'dnC'BS "news" trash... Make dnCBS EXTINCT)
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To: woodb01

This guy also was hospitalized for depression, according to the WaPo this morning in Hobbs' article.


5 posted on 09/16/2004 6:29:27 AM PDT by Galtoid
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To: tdadams

Forgery is a felony.


6 posted on 09/16/2004 6:29:45 AM PDT by Piquaboy
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To: tdadams
Read that again. It's quite damning:
I have found no documentation from LTC Killian's hand or staff that indicate that this unit was involved in any complicit way to either cover for the failures of 1LT Bush
How does that square with the CBS memos where Killian supposedly wrote that he was under pressure to "sugar coat" Bush's evaluation?
7 posted on 09/16/2004 6:30:57 AM PDT by tdadams (The only lies 'Unfit for Command' contains are the direct quotes of John Kerry)
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To: tdadams
today's Washington Post reporting that the forged documents were faxed from a Kinko's in Abilene, Texas, which is the closest Kinko's to Burkett's home 21 miles away in Baird, Texas.

This is hearsay.
Don't believe it until CBS shows us the original timestamped fax.

CBS has zero credibility and nothing about this story can be believed until there is a full disclosure with real evidence from CBS.
And the source of this claim, Strong, has already lied for CBS once.

I'm very suspicious that Burkett is being offered up as a fall guy and red herring to distract from an even more sinister conspiracy that strikes at the very heart of Kerry's campaign and the DNC headquarters.

Besides, Dan Rather claimed the documents came from an "unimpeachable source".
Surely CBS would not trust a character as shady as Burkett for that, right?
Especially one who is on the record as saying he had no such documents, right?

That would be the most scandalous part of the story yet, as far as Dan Rather and CBS News is concerned. This kind of thing could end CBS's news division completely.
8 posted on 09/16/2004 6:31:11 AM PDT by counterpunch (The CouNTeRPuNcH Collection - www.counterpunch.us)
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Look to James Moore or Burkett's Dem operative attorney for the real source.


9 posted on 09/16/2004 6:31:34 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Watch for a CBS employee in a trench coat going by DeepWord.....)
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To: tdadams

It is critical that Burkett is link to the Kerry campaign. This would be the biggest payoff for the Republican party.


10 posted on 09/16/2004 6:31:36 AM PDT by sarasotarepublican
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To: Viet Vet in Augusta GA

"This is hugh! And series!"

Okay, this is an inside joke I've noticed for some time.

Someone clue me in pls?


11 posted on 09/16/2004 6:31:49 AM PDT by Fenris6
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To: woodb01

He may be the originator....and still not be DNCBS's source.


12 posted on 09/16/2004 6:32:12 AM PDT by OSHA (Hey MSM. Get a clue, it's no longer "That's the way it was." It's now "That's the way it is!")
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To: woodb01

Burkett is not the unimpeachable source.


13 posted on 09/16/2004 6:32:15 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Watch for a CBS employee in a trench coat going by DeepWord.....)
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To: counterpunch

Exactly. Looks like they're trying to protect Dan Rather's daughter.


14 posted on 09/16/2004 6:32:56 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Fenris6

It's an inside joke that I wish would die.


15 posted on 09/16/2004 6:33:04 AM PDT by tdadams (The only lies 'Unfit for Command' contains are the direct quotes of John Kerry)
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To: counterpunch

"CBS has zero credibility and nothing about this story can be believed until there is a full disclosure with real evidence from CBS."

Completely agree. People, there's bigger game ahead - save your rounds.


16 posted on 09/16/2004 6:33:55 AM PDT by Fenris6
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To: tdadams

I'm beginning to have serious doubts that this guy is the forger. May we review your other theories again?


17 posted on 09/16/2004 6:34:16 AM PDT by Asclepius (protectionists would outsource our dignity and prosperity in return for illusory job security)
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To: woodb01

10 to 01 it is Rather"s daughter!


18 posted on 09/16/2004 6:34:32 AM PDT by primatreat (!)
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To: tdadams

Was Burkett even in the Air National Guard?

I thought he was in the ARMY National Guard. He writes rank like an Army officer.


19 posted on 09/16/2004 6:34:57 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: jimbo123
Exactly. Looks like they're trying to protect Dan Rather's daughter.

Rather's daughter is the source.
20 posted on 09/16/2004 6:36:19 AM PDT by igoramus987
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