Idiots at USAToday used Burkett twice before on stories!
"Burkett had twice before been an on-the-record source for USA TODAY stories: a Dec. 18, 2001, story on inflated troop counts in the Guard nationwide — so-called ghost soldiers — and a Feb. 12 story this year in which Burkett recounted what he said were efforts by top Texas Guard officials to “cleanse” Bush's military record of embarrassing information in the summer of 1997."
FEBRUARY 2, 2004 : (DNC CHAIRMAN TERRY MCAULIFFE LIES ABOUT BUSH'S MILITARY SERVICE, INSULTS NATIONAL GUARD) DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe Says President Bush’s National Guard Service Not Part Of Military. “George Bush never served in our military and our country.” (ABC’s “This Week,” 2/1/04)
FEBRUARY 3, 2004 : (KERRY TRIES TO SLAM BUSH BY : EQUATING NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE WITH DRAFT DODGING, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION, ETC) Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) Compares Guard Service To Draft-Dodging. “‘If people went to Canada, if people opposed the war, if people chose to be in the Guard, that’s their choice, and I’ve never raised that in an issue,’ he said.” (Noelle Straub, “Kerry Presents Himself As GOP’s Worst Nightmare,” Boston Herald, 2/3/04)
FEBRUARY 4, 2004 : (KERRY TRIES TO SLAM BUSH BY : EQUATING NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE WITH DRAFT DODGING, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION, ETC) Kerry Repeats Insult Of Guard. “‘I’ve never made any judgments about any choice somebody made about avoiding the draft, about going to Canada, going to jail, being a conscientious objector, going into the National Guard,’ Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, told Fox News Channel. ‘Those are choices people make.’” (Nick Anderson, “Buoyant Kerry Embraces Role Of Frontrunner,” Los Angeles Times, 2/4/04)
FEBRUARY 12, 2004 : (BURKETT IS USA TODAY'S SOURCE FOR A TALE ABOUT THE ALLEGED 'CLEANSING' OF BUSH'S TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD RECORDS) "Burkett had twice before been an on-the-record source for USA TODAY stories: a Dec. 18, 2001, story on inflated troop counts in the Guard nationwide — so-called ghost soldiers — and a Feb. 12 story this year in which Burkett recounted what he said were efforts by top Texas Guard officials to “cleanse” Bush's military record of embarrassing information in the summer of 1997." ---- Source : "CBS backs off Guard story Source for memos now says he lied about where he got them," By Dave Moniz, Kevin Johnson and Jim Drinkard , USA TODAY, Sept 21, 2004 , http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20040921/1a_cover21x.art0.htm via 17 posted on 09/20/2004 10:32:03 PM PDT by FairOpinion
FEBRUARY 27, 2004 : (UCLA, CA : JOHN KERRY SPEECH CONCERNING AIRPORT AND PORT SECURITY - SPEECH WOULD BE REMOVED FROM HIS WEBSITE WHEN SANDY BERGER NATIONAL ARCHIVES DOCUMENT THEFT NEWS BREAKS - COULD IT CONTAIN TELL-TALE PHRASES LIFTED FROM STOLEN DOCS?) --- Source - a pajamahadeen