Burkett says more may be coming, or not.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/18/politics/campaign/18guard.html
Texan Involved in CBS Report Tried to Help Kerry Campaign
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and JIM RUTENBERG

Published: September 18, 2004
BAIRD, Tex., Sept. 17 - Bill Burkett, the former Texas National Guard officer who has been caught up in the mystery of how CBS News acquired memos that seem to question President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service, unsuccessfully offered information and advice to help the Kerry campaign attack Mr. Bush, according to a posting Mr. Burkett wrote in an e-mail newsletter.

"I spent some time on the phone with the Kerry campaign seniors yesterday," Mr. Burkett wrote on Aug. 21 in an e-mail letter circulated to a list of about 600 Texas Democrats
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SNIP..." Addressing Mr. Bush rhetorically in an article on the Web site on Aug. 25, Mr. Burkett wrote, "I know from your files that we have now reassembled, the fact that you did not fulfill your oath, taken when you were commissioned to 'obey the orders of the officers appointed over you.' " On Sept. 4, shortly before CBS News broadcast its report, Mr. Burkett told the Democratic e-mail list he had a hunch that more material might soon emerge to embarrass the president. "No proof, just gut instinct," Mr. Burkett added.

Mr. Burkett's lawyer, David Van Os, said his client had not fabricated any documents. "From my knowledge of Bill's character, I am 100 percent positively, unequivocally certain that Bill Burkett has not created or falsified any documents," Mr. Van Os said......"

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1. But that's why the set-up was perfect.

He knew the documents existed so when he saw them again recently he bought it hook, line and sinker, and passed them along.

Bush was quoted on the tube today as saying he was waiting to be vindicated.

These guys are good, there is nothing parallel in the Democratic party.

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2. I think there is more to it than on the surface.

Sorry, but I do. I am not so sure but what our side might be playing a little as well.

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3. good article for getting people interested in Internet media

Once we break mass media's stranglehold on information dissemination, we have taken a huge step to moving this country away from the consumerist, rightist political movement.

This article will certainly make a lot of people think about what they are missing online.

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4. Yes, one would feel the need to be online, you are right.

That is a good thought. Like what the heck am I missing?