Posted on 09/29/2004 6:34:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
"I didn't know it was stolen. I just bought it from this guy I met," the driver will say. When pressed for details, the driver will usually insist that he bought the nearly new vehicle for about $1000, almost always from an unknown individual or person whose name doesn't check out, customarily at about 4:00 a.m., on a street whose name he can't recall.
Prosecutors use these statements as evidence of a consciousness of guilt. That, combined with possession of the stolen vehicle, is enough to secure a criminal conviction.
Much has been written about CBS' concession that it can no longer vouch for the authenticity of the documents that served as the foundation of its Bush National Guard story. But another story is developing, one that could possibly lead someone not just to public humiliation, but to a jail cell.
The watershed event for CBS was Dan Rather's (search) weekend meeting with retired National Guardsman Bill Burkett (search). During the meeting, Burkett said something that dislodged CBS from its death grip on the assertion that the story was true. CBS' about-face suggests that whatever Burkett conveyed to Rather that weekend was something wholly different from whatever he had originally presented to the network as a rational and consistent explanation of the memos' origin. This "something" suggested to the network that the creation of the memos might actually constitute a crime....
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There is no way short of a criminal investigation to find out absolutely who created these documents. The Texas Rangers should be talking to Burkett and anyone else they can connect to this.
LOL. And with that letter from his kids he just keeps digging that hole.
I'm still amazed at the Sandy Burglar stunt. Dems have no shame.
If the two documents in question were supposed to trigger federal jurisdiction, THAN WHERE ARE THE FEDS??
ping to Dan Rather's downfall
We can only hope someone actually lands in jail from this corrupt bunch. I won't hold my breath.
We've been saying this for some time, but it's significant that a major cable news organization is now saying it.
I wonder what the statute of limitations is on forgery? This won't be over any time soon. Maybe someone had better start thinking about doing a little plea bargaining.
"the creation of the memos might actually constitute a crime...."
It is a hate crime.
WHY??
He's already been pulled over all right. But will the cops do their jobs?
Sadly, since it involves politics and in the current poisoned atmosphere from the democrats, probably nothing at all will be done.
>Dems have no shame . . .<
At least he kept his pants on.
"Is that a document in your pants, or are you just glad to see me?"*
*Babs, in "What's Up, Doc?"
Bad kitty....Bad Kitty! Oh wait good Kitty ping! :)
Nice pic
I'm not convinced legally that a crime has been committed. Some Freeper legal eagles have posted extensively on this subject. See for example http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226754/posts?page=58#58
More than just a simple charge of creating fraudulent documents.
WHY??
NOW is not the time for Ashcroft or (Micheal) Powell to drop the hammer.
January 2005 will suffice. :o)
yeah...but its West Texas.
There is a history of crooked DA's out that way.
There has to be one left that can make the charges stick!
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