Kerry's Other War Record (John Fund of WSJ targets VVAW Assassin Plot)

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 29th, 2004 | John Fund

[Sabertooth]

John Kerry mentions his service in Vietnam so frequently that it has become a running joke on the campaign press plane. He seldom if ever mentions his postwar activities as a national coordinator and principal spokesman for Vietnam Veterans Against the War, a group he says he quit in 1971 because he was concerned about its radical agenda. One reason may be that a credibility gap has started to widen over his antiwar history, and he clearly doesn't want to discuss it at length. His campaign is issuing misleading and evasive statements on his antiwar service in a way that would do the Pentagon spinners of the Johnson and Nixon administrations proud.

[Sabertooth]

Mr. Kerry's campaign has done more than contradict itself.
It has been in full coverup mode.

< -snip- >

The story is unlikely to go away completely. Last week Gerald Nicosia, the historian who first uncovered evidence the FBI tailed Mr. Kerry back in 1971, reported to police that three of the 14 boxes of the FBI files he obtained under the Freedom of Information Act were stolen from his California home and that other individual files from the remaining 11 boxes were also swiped, including documents about Mr. Kerry that Mr. Nicosia hadn't yet reviewed. "Those revelations are lost now, at least to me," Mr. Nicosia told the Associated Press. Someone, either friend or foe of Mr. Kerry, apparently knew what he was looking for.

[Texasforever]

This is starting to perculate.

[Sabertooth]

FYI

(let me know if you want on or off my VVAW ping list.)

[piasa]

Nontice now that they're coming out with a sex scandal again- anything to distract people from this VVAW thing? They can then harp on "it's all about sex" while avoiding the more important topic altogether.

[GeronL]

BUMP for the Wall Street Journal.

[Texasforever]

Yes and I hope we don't bite this time. This one story would sink any GOP candidate but it needs real focus to have any effect on Kerry.

[teletech]

This is starting to perculate.

I want a full blown boil! GO WSJ!

[nopardons]

This stuff needs to be investigated, collated and used as an October surprise, with it all coming out in one HUGE document drop.

It would be the height of stupidity to get it out now, or prior to the Dem Convention. And no one is going to be paying all that much attention ( except news junkies like us) until after Labor Day.

[Texasforever]

Give it time.

[doug from upland]

They finally did it. A few days ago, I sent this info to a WSJ reporter with whom I have had contact. Too bad he couldn't talk about it on Drudge tonight.

[leadpenny]

Do you mean John Fund?

[leadpenny]

My eyes! My eyes!

[Sabertooth]

This one story would sink any GOP candidate but it needs real focus to have any effect on Ker

Agreed.

There are a few incontrovertible facts here, that need to be hammered:

1. The assassination of Senators was seriously debated by the VVAW elite in KC in 1971.

2. Kerry was present, and voted against it. However...

3. Kerry did not report the plot to the authorities, and...

4. Kerry has subsequently lied about his presence there on numerous occasions, and is now lying about not remembering being present at that meeting. And...

5. Kerry's campaing has contacted all of the eyewitnesses who placed him at the meeting to get them to change their stories. And...

6. His campaign is in ongoing contact with and is planning on working with the self-admitted architect of the plot, Scott Camil, who is now a Green Party activist in Florida. And...

7. FBI files pertinent to all of this that were obtained by pro-Kennedy Biographer Gerald Nicosia were stolen from his home last Thursday night,

That's not taking into account any of Kerry's other VVAW activities, such as meeting with Madame Binh in Paris sometime prior to his Congressional testimony in 1971.

[PRND21]

But he has "misremembered" a lot of key facts about the period.

Bump

[BykrBayb]

Sabertooth, Thanks for keeping me informed. I'm rarely in a position to return the favor, yet you keep pinging me to the important stuff. I appreciate it, and will return the favor when I'm able.

[Sabertooth]

This stuff needs to be investigated, collated and used as an October surprise, with it all coming out in one HUGE document drop.

That option was always risky, and moreso now with the burglary of Nicosia's FBI files on Kerry Thursday night. There is an active coverup, and the best defense against that is an active and ongoing exposure of all available facts. Waiting for a coup de grace is not an option.

The key is focus and exposure. Peripheral theories and scandals need to fall by the wayside, otherwise everything looks like a fishing expedition.

[lavrenti]

That's not taking into account any of Kerry's other VVAW activities, such as meeting with Madame Binh in Paris sometime prior to his Congressional testimony in 1971.

Now, who do you suppose might have a record of that meeting in their files? Likely detailed, too.

Guess who has the authority to release it. He doesn't need Kerry's permission, certainly.

[FairOpinion]

"A few days ago, I sent this info to a WSJ reporter with whom I have had contact. "

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Excellent!

[Judith Anne]

Wall Street Journal, eh?

I KNEW this story had legs.

And now, those legs are getting longer and stronger.

;-D

[Sabertooth]

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