He said: "Kerry went into Cambodian waters three or four times in January and February 1969 on clandestine missions. He had a run dropping off US Navy Seals, Green Berets and CIA guys." The missions were not armed attacks on Cambodia, said Mr Brinkley, who did not include the clandestine missions in his wartime biography of Mr Kerry, Tour of Duty.
"He was a ferry master, a drop-off guy, but it was dangerous as hell. Kerry carries a hat he was given by one CIA operative. In a part of his journals which I didn't use he writes about discussions with CIA guys he was dropping off."
NOTE - First the dates for 4-5 of these purported missions has been limited to January & February of 1969. They're doing this because they need to try and bring it back to Nixon since Kerry flubbed the LBJ facts first time around.
A good fact checker (FReeper or otherwise!) needs to put together a little calendar of those days while Kerry was active in January + February (in calendar grid form would be great!) and fill in the blanks. Then we can see, exactly, when these missions could have taken place given the records & committed stories which are already available. This was a period when medals were flowing so those episodes will take up some of the periods & he can't bare to dismiss those dates.
Lastly looks like Brinkley fell into the sucker trap of seeing the secret compartment in the attache case & he's sticking with the hat story ROFLMAO
errh that's 3-4 ... maybe people can start posting here what happened on those dates for some enterprising individual to use as a source for a Kerry "Secret Mission" Calendar!
And they need to make allowances for the recovery periods for all those wounds for Purple Hearts.
John Kerry, International Man of Mystery
Now can they get the "Band of Brothers" to back this up. Mama T better pull out the check book and start writing.
When they introduce Brinkley on TV they should list his profession as whore instead of historian.
"He was a ferry master, a drop-off guy, but it was dangerous as hell."
Well, big deal. Even the current version of Kerry.com summaries waid he dropped off Seals...in the Delta though.
FRiends and Dem Lurkers: doesn't sound like insertions into Cambodia to me. Just delta operations. From Kerry's website:
12 FEB 1969
Two swiftboats inserted Navy Seals and conducted normal river patrols the night of February 12 and early morning of February 13.
13 FEB 1969
PCF 94 conducted routine Psyops mission.
14 FEB 1969
Two swiftboats inserted seal team and provided protection for mission.
18 FEB 1969 Bay Hap River
Kerry’s boat and another swiftboat, PCF72, entered the Bay Hap River in the afternoon carrying Navy Seals. A mine exploded close to PCF72, and a short time later the two boats came under heavy fire. Five B-40 rounds were fired at Kerry’s boat, three missed and exploded on the river bank, one passed across the bow and another passed across the boat’s stern. A mine exploded about 15 yards in front of Kerry’s boat. It was suspected that the Viet Cong had expected the boats to come up the river and planned an ambush.
"He was a ferry master"
No, that's "fairy".