White House coverup?

[mbali]

The fact that the White House have not questioned the authenticity of the Killian memos/letters and, in fact, released them so quickly after the 60 Minutes broadcast, raises an interesting question:

How does the White House know these documents are authentic? They could, after all be fabrications.

Unless . . . the White House was already aware of their existence, perhaps because they were in Bush's official file at one point?

Hmmmm.

Remember James Moore? He's the author of "Bush's War for Re-election" who reported that parts of Bush's National Guard file were destroyed on orders from his campaign operatives.

From an recent interview:

I think the evidence in my book proves that the hard copy, retained records file of Governor Bush was tampered with in Austin. There are too many documents missing from the file. Also, Lt. Col. Bill Burkett heard conversations with Bush staffers who were issuing directives to "clean up the files" and "remove embarrassments." He also watched a general in the Texas Guard throw documents out of the Bush file into a wastebasket. A second witness corroborated Burkett's story and credibility in 1999 and again in 2002. The witness changed his story in 2004 after I leaked Burkett's story to the media. Bill Burkett's reputation as an officer and a man is impeccable. Even the witness who changed his story wrote in an email, "Bill Burkett is an honorable man and when he opens his mouth he speaks the truth."

The Bush file needs to be judged, not by what is there, but rather by what is missing, and much is missing

{T}he records have not all been released, in spite of how the White House has tried to position this. Mr. Bush needs to sign a release authorizing any journalist or researcher who is interested in his records to get a printout of the full microfiche file at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. We only have a printout that has been screened first by the White House. There is more on file, as well as his pay stubs, which are located at the Defense Finance and Accounting Center in Colorado. Release of his pay stubs will show what days Mr. Bush actually served.

The big issue, though, is what is missing from his file. There should be a report from a board of inquiry on why he lost flight status, as well as pay stubs, and a document showing the total points he earned. That document would prove if he served the necessary number of days each year.

Someone should be asking whether the Killian documents were removed from Bush's official file and destroyed.

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[donco6]

1. They HAD to have them.

So again, Bush lied when he said he'd turned over everything.

[Heath.Hunnicutt]

2. They know what's really covered up

I'll bet we have no idea what they are covering up that happened in May 1973 when Bush suddenly started showing up for duty.

The thing is, they have probably been briefed on the really bad dirt and this dirt fit the overall pattern of what they know, but wasn't that bad.

[mbali]

3. kick -

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. this is definitely a story within the story.

aka coverup.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. kick

[kentuck]

6. It is also criminal...

They were required by law and the FOIA to turn over all documents. They did not. After the 60 Minutes show, they discover more documents? How many more are they hiding? They are a sneaky bunch, above the law.