Rassman is retired from the Los Angeles County sheriff department. He has been on sKerry's payroll since January and accompanies the campaign whereever it goes. He has a piece in the WSJ Opinion Journal last week. It was very slickly written and contained every talking point of the sKerry campaign knows to mankind. I doubt that he actually wrote it himself.
if Rassman is indeed on the Kerry/DNC payroll, then his credibility can and should be challenged more aggressively... certainly enough to counter the charge that the swiftboat vets are just GOP stooges...